Living the retirement dream in Puerto Morelos, Mexico and Parksville, British Columbia, Canada.
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| After snorkelling, we went to our favourite lunch spot, Buena Vida..... |
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| Awesome food, and the view...... |
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| The bay, the water....... |
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| lovely........ |
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| and then it was on to Puerto Aventurous, a marina resort ...... |
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| lots of money, restaurants, shops....... |
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| and in these waters, beside this little island..... |
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| and DOLPHINS....!!!!!! |
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| Last stop was Paamul...where I promised Mario big iguanas.... |
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| check out all these iguanas.......... |
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| what a bruiser........ |
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| and this guy is just too cute.... |
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| Off to beautiful Yalku Lagoon outside of Akumal with Mario and Murielle, who leave for Canada in just a few days..... |
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| Big Mama greeted us at the edge of the lagoon..... |
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| Always such a delight to go snorkel here..... |
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| Now Murielle does not swim and has never snorkelled in her life, but Mario talked her into the water... |
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| Miki cuddles up to Mama....... |
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| In the water, trying on a snorkellllll |
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| my gosh, she has her face in the water...... |
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| Can Murielle really be going snorkelling.....????? |
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| And there she goes, folks, led by a smiling Mario..... |
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| Amazing and wonderful..... |
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| Yalku has added several more cabanas for rent for large groups or families... |
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| Lovely place to lie in a hammock after snorkelling.... |
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| The sculptures at Yalku are almost as wonderful as the water and fish... |
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| This is how I felt after swimming with all those fish for an hour or so... |
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| and this is how I would like to have done my swimming...LOL |
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| I joined Dinah, Jorge and a lovely gal dog trainer from Spain to attend a fundraiser in Playa del Carmen on behalf of Coco's Cat Rescue there. |
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| It was held at The Blue Parrot Hotel in Playa.....and was very well attended! |
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| Met lots of folks who donate, volunteer and help out with animal rescue in this area.... |
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| There was a silent auction with dozens of great things to bid on for the cause... |
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| Dinah (right) and a friend catch up...... |
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| Coco (in the pink) started this organization just 3 years ago, and it has found homes and spayed and neutered hundreds of cats........ |
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| Not a great pic, but this is a 6 foot tall cat tree from the U.S. someone brought for the auction....! |
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| Live band, Crazy Boy, was awesome... |
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| Jorge, Dinah and Carlos...... |
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| Spanish dog trainer, D, Dinah and Carlos |
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| It was a fun night, and more importantly, raised lots of money for Coco's! |
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| Second live entertainment was a drumming trio...WOW!! |
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| Amazing guys.......! The hotel donated all the free drinks, a catering place donated appies, and we all made as much of a donation as we were able to make. Being Playa, there were lots of well heeled gringos, so I am sure she made lots of money. Thanks, Coco, for all you do....! |
