Yucatan days & nights - The escapades of Ron & Kathy (et al) - Page 17

Tlyn · 01-13-2009

Yay, an update! And there will be more - I don't want it to end.

It's been very cold and snowy here in Minn., so I am vicariously living through trip reports.

roni · 01-13-2009

I'll do some lunchtime posting here. First I'll finish off Christmas Eve.

Before we went out for a big peep dinner, we once again braved Wal-Mart on Christmas Eve afternoon. This is a busy time. We got some of the things we wanted (wine and snacks), but when we got in the long line (you know the one line that feeds 5 or 6 express lanes), Kathy decided to go quickly and look for plastic knifes and water. Well, the line moves pretty fast and I was getting close to the head of the line. An Argentinian man about my age who was behind me and I were having a fine conversation and he noticed I was looking out to the store with some anxiety (his wife had been dumping stuff in their cart on a regular basis and then going back on patrol). I said to him in Spanish, my wife is lost, she is half-blind and she is out there in the store somwhere.

He asked "Does she have the money?". I said no, I have the money. He told me not to worry

He was right, Kathy got back in time and we survived Walmart on Christmas Eve

December 26

We woke up early as is our custom. I went out to look for coffee and found an OXXO just around the corner. They have brewed coffee and machine-made cappucino. The brand was Andatti, and the brewed cafe americano was just fine and for 13 pesos a cup the price was just fine also.

After diddling around the room and getting our morning stuff done - you know the shower, put sun-screen everywhere etc.. kind of stuff, we headed out for breakfast. Down a block and a half to 5th Ave then north to La Vagabunda. Good eats, price okay good start to the day.

I think after that we went Mega and bought some more things, including a nifty orange handled knife we could use to slice the cheese we had bought the previous day. I like to take photos at Mega, and seafood and sausages was the theme this year

After the shopping we headed to El Pirata, that will covered in the next post.

**Susie Q Roo** · 01-13-2009

Hmmm... I thought you came to Paamul for breakfast on Christmas Day.

roni · 01-13-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Susie Q Roo

Hmmm... I thought you came to Paamul for breakfast on Christmas Day.

So right. The days they all run together and I was trying to do something quickly at lunchtime.

The description I gave was for our morning of December 26. I'll go change the date
Okay, it is fixed now.

roni · 01-13-2009

Now that we have cleared up my memory on what we did on Christmas Day, I will give a fuller report of that.

Kathy and I woke up early, as usual. I went out on a coffee search and found the Andatti coffee at OXXO for 13 pesos a cup. Good stuff. We rapidly showered and sunscreened with no hanky-panky because we were so anxious to get down to Paamul and see our friend and traveling companion Susie. Despite the fact that we have been going down to Playa for 5 years, we have never taken the colectivo, but this time we did. We went to the block where it was and a nice gentleman asked us where we were going. I said Paamul He repeated our destination to the driver two times. We completed the load and off we went.

We were the only gringos on the van, and that was fine with us. We did get stopped by the Army and every one got out of the van and everyone's bags got searched. Arlo Guthrie could write a real good and entertaining song about it, I am quite sure

We arrived in Paamul and two very beautiful women in a VW picked us up on the road. Susie and Annie. It does not get any better than that.

Let me find some photos of the morning, some of which have already been posted but they are worth seeing again

The whole mimosa crew

Annie and Squish

Susie and Kathy

Squish unplugged

Susie and a neighbor with a borrowed hat and a cute outfit

I could so spend a month or three at Paamul. They have activities

MartyC · 01-14-2009

Glad to see another installment Roni. I do hope there is more. I'm really enjoying your trip report.

roni · 01-14-2009

On to Christmas afternoon

We went to El Pirata for lunch and afterwards. It was fun. Squish showed up, I am pretty sure. We drank some beers, watched some people and enjoyed ourselves.

Afterwards we ended up moseying over to the Ahlambra because our friends Sol and David were arriving today!! Many of you have met Sol. We've been lucky to hang out with her in Oregon, camp with her and David in Oregon for the Country Fair, and to spend some time with them in Boise. We enjoy spending time with them.

Here are some photos - some of the ones from El Pirata may be from the 26th, a day that we met Baked and JudyBlueEyes there;

Pelicanos

Our waiter. They were understaffed on Christmas Day and really hustling. It was easy to be patient on this Caribbean beach on that day

roni · 01-14-2009

So, we stopped by the Alhambra and left a message saying we'd be back at 6:00. We got back a little before 6 and met Sol and Dave and headed out to eat. It was good to see them

Ended up at Las Brisas on Calle 4 for dinner.

Here is Dave giving the menu a judicious eye

On the other side of the table, Kathy and Sol were doing the same

After much menu gazing, here is what we ended up ordering - 480 pesos for the 4 ofus

After dinner we headed up the Calle 4 to Mom's hotel. None of us were sure of where it was, but I acted like I knew if we just kept walking up Calle 4 we would find it. Turns out I was right. Bonus time: We met Babaloo for the first time that night. Here he is telling Sol something amazing

Here are Sol, Dave and Jurgen, the bar manager/owner

Kathy and I

Sol and Paloma

After a few tequilas, we headed out. Another good day with friends in Playa.

redhairgirl1 · 01-14-2009

I am really enjoying this Roni! I wanna meet Sol one day. She look's like such a sweet lady, but i know she's gotta have a little cougar in her

roni · 01-14-2009

December 26, oh my, what a wonderful day

We shopped, buying 4 bottles of tequila to take home. Thanks to Susie, we have an extra suitcase to accomodate stuff (Susie, send us the address in Ohio to ship it to)

We met Baked and Judy, Babaloo came down to the beach. Sol and Dave where there. A good time was had at the beach.

Judy, Dave and Sol

Kathy and Squish

Babaloo

Another view

and another - doesn't Kathy look happy?

Coming up next

Dinner at HC

Night cap at Beer Bucket

silvergirl · 01-15-2009

Enjoying this so much Roni........Thank you!

MartyC · 01-15-2009

What Silvergirl said. Keep it coming Roni.

Sol · 01-15-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by redhairgirl1

I am really enjoying this Roni! I wanna meet Sol one day. She look's like such a sweet lady, but i know she's gotta have a little cougar in her

I want to meet you too!

roni · 01-19-2009

Dinner at HC de Monterey Carnes

I really like the food here - good marinated skirt steak, crema, potato, jalapeno, cold beer and very reasonble prices.

Combine that with fun, friendly people and life feels very sweet! As a bonus, Josee, George and their daughter were eating next door and came over to visit.

Michael, Heather and Sol

David, Sol and Heather

Squish, Babaloo and Heather's Man

I should do some cropping on this one, but I won't right now. The people with full heads are Kathy (at the end of the table), David and Sol.

And I'll end with a photo of Heather and Sol

**Jesus** · 01-19-2009

I hope Stewie and other foodies take a look at this. According to a sign in the wall, they make PANCITA on Sat & Sun.

01-13-2009	#242 (permalink)
roni añejo Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 59,688	I'll do some lunchtime posting here. First I'll finish off Christmas Eve. Before we went out for a big peep dinner, we once again braved Wal-Mart on Christmas Eve afternoon. This is a busy time. We got some of the things we wanted (wine and snacks), but when we got in the long line (you know the one line that feeds 5 or 6 express lanes), Kathy decided to go quickly and look for plastic knifes and water. Well, the line moves pretty fast and I was getting close to the head of the line. An Argentinian man about my age who was behind me and I were having a fine conversation and he noticed I was looking out to the store with some anxiety (his wife had been dumping stuff in their cart on a regular basis and then going back on patrol). I said to him in Spanish, my wife is lost, she is half-blind and she is out there in the store somwhere. He asked "Does she have the money?". I said no, I have the money. He told me not to worry He was right, Kathy got back in time and we survived Walmart on Christmas Eve December 26 We woke up early as is our custom. I went out to look for coffee and found an OXXO just around the corner. They have brewed coffee and machine-made cappucino. The brand was Andatti, and the brewed cafe americano was just fine and for 13 pesos a cup the price was just fine also. After diddling around the room and getting our morning stuff done - you know the shower, put sun-screen everywhere etc.. kind of stuff, we headed out for breakfast. Down a block and a half to 5th Ave then north to La Vagabunda. Good eats, price okay good start to the day. I think after that we went Mega and bought some more things, including a nifty orange handled knife we could use to slice the cheese we had bought the previous day. I like to take photos at Mega, and seafood and sausages was the theme this year After the shopping we headed to El Pirata, that will covered in the next post. __________________ - .. New Da Blog Last edited by roni; 01-13-2009 at 03:29 PM..

01-13-2009	#241 (permalink)
Tlyn life=playa Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: SSP, MN Posts: 892	Yay, an update! And there will be more - I don't want it to end. It's been very cold and snowy here in Minn., so I am vicariously living through trip reports.

01-13-2009	#243 (permalink)
Susie Q Roo Critter Magnet Join Date: May 2003 Location: Q Roo Posts: 16,086	Hmmm... I thought you came to Paamul for breakfast on Christmas Day.

01-13-2009	#245 (permalink)
roni añejo Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 59,688	Now that we have cleared up my memory on what we did on Christmas Day, I will give a fuller report of that. Kathy and I woke up early, as usual. I went out on a coffee search and found the Andatti coffee at OXXO for 13 pesos a cup. Good stuff. We rapidly showered and sunscreened with no hanky-panky because we were so anxious to get down to Paamul and see our friend and traveling companion Susie. Despite the fact that we have been going down to Playa for 5 years, we have never taken the colectivo, but this time we did. We went to the block where it was and a nice gentleman asked us where we were going. I said Paamul He repeated our destination to the driver two times. We completed the load and off we went. We were the only gringos on the van, and that was fine with us. We did get stopped by the Army and every one got out of the van and everyone's bags got searched. Arlo Guthrie could write a real good and entertaining song about it, I am quite sure We arrived in Paamul and two very beautiful women in a VW picked us up on the road. Susie and Annie. It does not get any better than that. Let me find some photos of the morning, some of which have already been posted but they are worth seeing again The whole mimosa crew Annie and Squish Susie and Kathy Squish unplugged Susie and a neighbor with a borrowed hat and a cute outfit I could so spend a month or three at Paamul. They have activities

01-14-2009	#246 (permalink)
MartyC reposado Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vancouver BC Canada Posts: 1,039	Glad to see another installment Roni. I do hope there is more. I'm really enjoying your trip report.

01-14-2009	#247 (permalink)
roni añejo Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 59,688	On to Christmas afternoon We went to El Pirata for lunch and afterwards. It was fun. Squish showed up, I am pretty sure. We drank some beers, watched some people and enjoyed ourselves. Afterwards we ended up moseying over to the Ahlambra because our friends Sol and David were arriving today!! Many of you have met Sol. We've been lucky to hang out with her in Oregon, camp with her and David in Oregon for the Country Fair, and to spend some time with them in Boise. We enjoy spending time with them. Here are some photos - some of the ones from El Pirata may be from the 26th, a day that we met Baked and JudyBlueEyes there; Pelicanos Our waiter. They were understaffed on Christmas Day and really hustling. It was easy to be patient on this Caribbean beach on that day

01-14-2009	#248 (permalink)
roni añejo Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 59,688	So, we stopped by the Alhambra and left a message saying we'd be back at 6:00. We got back a little before 6 and met Sol and Dave and headed out to eat. It was good to see them Ended up at Las Brisas on Calle 4 for dinner. Here is Dave giving the menu a judicious eye On the other side of the table, Kathy and Sol were doing the same After much menu gazing, here is what we ended up ordering - 480 pesos for the 4 ofus After dinner we headed up the Calle 4 to Mom's hotel. None of us were sure of where it was, but I acted like I knew if we just kept walking up Calle 4 we would find it. Turns out I was right. Bonus time: We met Babaloo for the first time that night. Here he is telling Sol something amazing Here are Sol, Dave and Jurgen, the bar manager/owner Kathy and I Sol and Paloma After a few tequilas, we headed out. Another good day with friends in Playa.

01-14-2009	#249 (permalink)
redhairgirl1 añejo Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Grand Lake, Co Posts: 8,978	I am really enjoying this Roni! I wanna meet Sol one day. She look's like such a sweet lady, but i know she's gotta have a little cougar in her

01-14-2009	#250 (permalink)
roni añejo Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 59,688	December 26, oh my, what a wonderful day We shopped, buying 4 bottles of tequila to take home. Thanks to Susie, we have an extra suitcase to accomodate stuff (Susie, send us the address in Ohio to ship it to) We met Baked and Judy, Babaloo came down to the beach. Sol and Dave where there. A good time was had at the beach. Judy, Dave and Sol Kathy and Squish Babaloo Another view and another - doesn't Kathy look happy? Coming up next Dinner at HC Night cap at Beer Bucket

01-15-2009	#251 (permalink)
silvergirl añejo Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 4,948	Enjoying this so much Roni........Thank you!

01-15-2009	#252 (permalink)
MartyC reposado Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vancouver BC Canada Posts: 1,039	What Silvergirl said. Keep it coming Roni.

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01-19-2009	#254 (permalink)
roni añejo Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 59,688	Dinner at HC de Monterey Carnes I really like the food here - good marinated skirt steak, crema, potato, jalapeno, cold beer and very reasonble prices. Combine that with fun, friendly people and life feels very sweet! As a bonus, Josee, George and their daughter were eating next door and came over to visit. Michael, Heather and Sol David, Sol and Heather Squish, Babaloo and Heather's Man I should do some cropping on this one, but I won't right now. The people with full heads are Kathy (at the end of the table), David and Sol. And I'll end with a photo of Heather and Sol

01-19-2009	#255 (permalink)
Jesus Nutty Peep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Posts: 6,017	I hope Stewie and other foodies take a look at this. According to a sign in the wall, they make PANCITA on Sat & Sun.