As always, it takes a bit of time to get totally settled. During the everyday activities and occasional shopping excursions, it’s always interesting to look for “somethings old”, things that haven’t changed from last year, and “somethings new”, things that are new this year!
Somethings Old!
Morning Walks
If you ask folks down here, there are some who say “walks are for the beach” and some who say “walks are for the road”. I usually opt for walks on the road as it’s level and firm. Although there seems to be more traffic on the Coast Road this year!
Chicxulub
For the first few years, very little changed in the small fishing village closest to us. But the rate of change has really quickened. Here are a few of the things that really haven’t changed!
Progreso
There’s a long list of things that haven’t changed much, but one highlight is Elio al Mare, our favourite Italian restaurant in the area. It actually could be added to both sections given their new building opened last year after being closed for a year, but it ended up in this section because of the food!
This part of the blog wouldn’t be complete without mentioning FACES. From our first years here, where it was held next door at the old Yacunah Hotel, to this year, with its new renovations, the Wednesday afternoon Jam Session at FACES has been a mainstay of our weekly enjoyment.
A note for Canadian Rock Music enthusiasts… this week’s Jam Session featured, briefly, a Canadian rock music legend. Jim Henman, co-founder of April Wine (1969) and member of the Canadian Rock Music Hall of Fame hopped on stage to join the regulars!
Somethings new!
Chicxulub
And here’s some of the new stuff in Chicxulub…
Visible from our Coast Road and from the highway from Mérida is a new wind farm. It has been developed in the last 9 months as it wasn’t there before we left last April. Also, not really new are the flamingos… just lots more around here than in previous years.
Progreso
A new mayor in Progreso is making quite a change to the vibrancy of the city. Since taking office the mayor has directed a lot of energy towards increasing the level of tourism. Quite a bit of money has been spent on upgrading the Malecón area. The street itself is having a major upgrade, which I’ll show in a future blog. The area west of the pier has added a number of attractions.
One last update… a sad one for all aficionados of steam table chinese food…
That’s it for this “Somethings old… Somethings new Blog”!
Cheers!
Love to all,
-Doug and Elaine
Another great blog mi hermano!
Thinking of you. Love your shoes… haha. Keep the blogs coming….
Looks like a good mix of old and new. Enough old to be comforting and enough new keep things interesting.
Here at the lake it is about +4 and I have about 4” of slush to shovel.
Enjoy the warmth.