A night on the town in Merida!

A great group of us went out for a fun evening in Merida!

It was super hot when we headed out at 5pm but

 

 

the air conditioned combi we rented to go was very comfortable!

 

Our first stop was the Bierhaus, a German pub with amazing ambience and decor!

 

 

And an amazing stock of different kinds of beers and liquors

 

The motley crew enjoying a wee one

 

 

These lovely ladies are spying on the guys in the mens' washroom as they pee!

 

The ladies' washroom was not quite as lewd, :) but amazingly well decorated!

 

A beer I'd certainly never tasted before but that was excellent! Didn't even taste like beer :)

 

From there we walked downtown, now night time and absolutely gorgeous (and much cooler) after dark!

 

And went to a very classy and delicious Restaurant in the Santa Lucia Square for some amazing food!

 

With our wonderful friends

Claude and Pierrette

 

Jo and Des (staying in our condo for this winter and next)

 

Bindi and Owen from Alberta

 

Mich and Lise

 

And the old guy and I

 

Very attractive and well stocked bar here too

 

And the food was fantastic and very artistically presented!

 

And back to our bus to snooze the way home! Wow, it's 10pm.  And we all managed to stay up this late!  We did well. :)

 

A gorgeous door on the museum downtown

 

 

And Vic hiding in a Mayan hut shaped hedge. Okay, maybe he had one too many beers - just kidding :)

More medical in Mexico - mine and a friend of ours

So, I've had a few more glitches (nothing serious) and so have had some testing done. Was found to be jaundiced so did a few more investigations, cut down on my crohn's meds, and everything seems to be falling into place.

 

Fabulous hospital, excellent service.

 

Lab right across the street

 

Our great friends, Judy and Keith!

Unfortunately, Keith was out playing baseball with the Chicxulub kids, and forgot he wasn't 20 any more!

He jumped (and caught) a fly ball, but landed on uneven ground, fell and broke his hip.

He was brought in to the Progreso Centro Medical, and they were ready to do his hip replacement! for 4pm that afternoon.

Unfortunately, the insurance company wanted to air ambulance Keith home and try to find him a place in Vancouver where he could have the operation done.

Obviously, with a recently broken hip, the pain would have been somewhat excruciating.

So after several rounds of discussion, and the local hospital on hold, Judy and Keith decided it would be much more comfortable, and expedient, regardless of their insurer, to have the surgery done here, and the recovery by the pool and ocean versus in icy spring conditions at home.

 

 

Despite the delays, Keith's surgery took place at 9:30 that night, and by Sunday morning when we went to visit, he was already recovering and looking great. They hope to have him ambulatory and excercising by Tuesday - more to follow.

 

An older but nice, clean private room with television and private bathroom

 

The CMA Hospital in Progreso is right across the street from city hall, and when we left that evening from visiting Keith, there was a gorgeous full moon (above)

 

Centro Medico Americano on Calle 33 in Progreso, Yucatan

Our French friends from France

 

 Renee and Yolanta, with the help of their gps, made their way to our house via the beach on a lovely Monday afternoon.

 

 

Yolanta, usually afraid of dogs, enjoying a dance with our Goldie

 

And they're headed home to France this week. It's been wonderful getting to know them and we look forward to seeing them on their travels again someday!

Bon voyage!!

 

A visit and traditional delicious pork and beans lunch with our Mexican family

The newlyweds, back from their honeymoon adventures.

Theirs is a story I think would instill longevity. If they can survive that kind of stress on the honeymoon, they should be good for another 50 years!

 

They headed to Europe to enjoy a Mediterranean cruise, but due to plane and train delays, they ended up making four extra flights to try to catch their ship, and ended up enjoying only 6 of the 10 days of their cruise!

 

But they're back and still smiling :)

 

Piwi and Manuel, the newlyweds and us in their lovely new home

 

Our Mexican family :)