Salidas y Llegadas… Departures and Arrivals!
The Arrivals in the this blog post are Dave & Deb, longtime friends from Sarnia and frequent visitors to Uaymarima!
As usual, we try to save a week between guests to allow us some time to relax and prepare the house for the next arrivals!
We enjoyed another Wednesday afternoon at FACES with Mat & Terri! It was Bill & Ellen and Greg & Anne’s first time to FACES this season. A good time was had by all!
We had neighbours to the East of us in Mayo’s house for a week. A family, mostly from the Denver area, were enjoying a week on the beach before going to Campeche for a family wedding.
They truly enjoyed the beach life… swimming in the Gulf, relaxing in the sun and playing games on the beach!
One of the group was a talented sand sculptor and enjoyed using the great packing sand on our beach…
Speaking of Valentine’s Day!
We decided to have a low key Valentine’s Day this year. Just an exchange of cards and a nice dinner out.
As the image below shows, one card shows a depth of thought and planning to search out and bring the perfect card from home… one card shows a spirit of improvisation to gloss over a certain lack of planning to obtain a card from a local ‘papeleria’ in Chicxulub! Both demonstrate love!
This year, the love of my life suggested that our Valentines’s Day dinner should be at a restaurant of my liking! Off we went to PF Chang’s at the Altabrisa Mall in Mérida; and ‘bonus’, it’s one of her favourite places too!
Other happenings around the beach…
Strong north winds over the past few days and weeks have washed a multitude of small conchs near to the beach. Coupled with the low tides this week, many of the local folks are out in numbers combing the beaches and sand bars for ‘caracoles’ to make into ceviche or stew.
If you’ll remember, I posted a couple of public service pics a blog post or three ago!
Mea culpa… while we did lots of other stuff… see below… I was negligent in taking any pics! 🙁
We enjoyed visiting with the “Scots” as we call them (Ellen & Bill and Anne & Greg) at their new digs at Villa Patricia, Km 19. Ellen won at 5 Crowns when she overcame my insurmountable lead on the last hand!
Kari & Paul, just four houses down from us, invited us over for a visit as well! It was nice to be able to spend time with them.
We hosted Satuday afternoon Bebidas y Botanas for Ross & Joan, Ken & Bonnie and their friends from Atwood, Tom & Jennifer! It was great to catch up with them for the first time this winter!
That evening, we joined Pam & Raymond and Pam’s sister, Jean, for a couple of games of 5 Crowns.
Not quite Breaking News! Raymond and Elaine won!
An finally, La Llegada – The Arrival!
That’s it for this one! The next blog post will highlight our visit to Uxmal and The Pickled Onion!
Cheers from Uaymitun!
-doug and elaine
Another great taste of life in the Yucatan. Many thanks, bro