Day 3 in Mexico
We woke up to a gorgeous day, without the crazy wind from the two previous days, and I knew this was going to be a hot one. We rode the scooter all the way to the southern tip of Isla Mujeres and had beef and chicken tacos for breakfast since our B&B owner takes Mondays off for cooking. The small outdoors restaurant we picked was overlooking the sea which looked just like a postcard: shades of blue and green, with fairly quiet surf for the season. We rented snorkeling equipment and plouf! jumped in the water with the fishes. Now here’s a problem: I am stupidly afraid of fishes. I am the kind of person of asks to change table at a restaurant when they sit me near a fish tank. But the little black and yellow fishes all around us in the water didn’t know about my fear, so they quickly surrounded me to see if I was edible. Taking deep breaths to calm oneself is a hard task when one is breathing through a snorkel. But then B., who thought the whole situation was pretty funny, showed me how the fishes run away when you try to catch them. So I found myself actually running after the little guys to make sure they wouldn’t do a staring competition with me right next to my mask.
And then I got over it of course, because there were just too many fishes and they were so beautiful! We even followed a stingray for a while, but I have to say I was glad this one didn’t come up to my face! It is forbidden to wear sunscreen in the waters of this national park because they are trying to get the abused corral back into shape, so of course, parts of our bodies are now as red as lobsters. We rested in the shade, surrounded by the biggest iguanas I have ever seen. And then we had to have fish for dinner, but I’ll let Blork tell you about that part.
We are now cooling off in an air conditioned Internet « cafe », which is not really a cafe because nobody is drinking and everybody is typing. There are Internet « cafes » everywhere in this small town and the locals seem to use them as much as the tourists do. I’ll probably keep writing in English because I can’t find the French accents on the keyboard.
Tomorrow we leave this paradise and we’re off to the very very hot city of Merida.
