How We Celebrated Election Day

It was a hard day. We slept until we woke up. We walked on the beach and looked for shells and collected about five hundred in five minutes. Then we had breakfast, and turned on the Mexican Shopping Network. It became obvious that Sunday is a better day for shopping than Tuesday. Still.....

We were offered bracelets with our names on them, or, hats:

And, handbags and totes that looked like they were made out of woven gum or candy bar wrappers. Sorry we didn't get a photo of the sales guy, but here is a photo snapped later in a shop that shows the stylish accessories we could have owned:


See? Nothing goes to waste down here! Except, solid objects in the toilets, which are (apparently) supposed to be fished out and then thrown away:


After a few hours on the beach, Karen went to talk to the front desk about our lost coupon for discounted tours. They were able to come up with a new coupon worth $90 off one or more tours of our choice, so the three hours we spent listening to the benefits of buying/owning a timeshare condo were not a total waste. For some unknown reason, they seemed to remember Karen and I at the front desk, we don't why that is?

Originally we were going to take the Pirate Ship Cruise, but after careful consideration we decided that the Carribean Carnaval Party Cruise was more our style. After showering and putting on our dancing shoes we headed off via the public bus to the ferry to the party boat going to Isla Mujeres. The party started the moment we stepped on the boat, everyone was handed a drink but since we have two hands each, we each took two drinks. To start.

We took a 30 minute party boat ride to the island for a tasty dinner, show, and dancing under the stars. Here are some photos, mind you drinks were all inclusive and we got our money's worth. All five bucks, which was our cost each after our coupon discount.

Here are the Bowwow Girls (Karen and Lisa) after we got on board, before we had too many drinks:


Here are a couple photos of the show:



Karen swore she would wear this hat for a special Carribean hat dance before the night was through. Alas, it didn't happen:


Here is the Korean contingent. These girls know how to party!!:


Here is Lisa spanking her mystery man:


And, here is Karen either checking out Lisa's handiwork, or, getting ready to take a bite:


Here is Karen's man, Alejandro!, no mystery there except how to get him folded up and in the suitcase back to Oregon:


Around 11pm we got back to Cancun and on the bus, where we met this third guitar strumming honcho who entertained us (and we all sang along once again) to La Bamba. It's possible Karen and I would have done Stop In The Name of Love if he only had known the song. Surely all the other passengers were very happy of this.


Tomorrow, we travel to Isla Mujeres to stay until Saturday.