I always find it rewarding to talk to the locals and learn a little about their lives and points of view. As I said, Cozumel is heaven for scuba divers, but that is it's only real claim to fae.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 2:25 AM Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: > Thanks for the compliment on the photo, Daniel! > > Cozumel is like so many small tourist towns for me: Most of what gets > thrust in front of tourists is the junk for sale by a lot of people trying > to make a living. I ignore nearly all of that. > > My little troupe of erstwhile friends and I got off the ship and took a > short tour which included an hour at a tequila maker. Nice tasting there! > Then they all headed to a beach club and evidently had a lovely time there. > I was not interested in the beach ... This is a gay cruise, there's much > more fun to be had... and a more entertaining view of the wildlife... on > the ship's pool deck with the guys than at the beach for me. So I had the > taxi driver take me back to the pier and spent the afternoon walking the > ship and talking with people. > > I didn't go on a gay cruise for the local color. As I said to one of the > beautiful young guys whom I had a margarita with, "We're here for us: We > make our own entertainment, we are our own entertainment, as we travel > through exotic places and enjoy being apart from our 'normal' world for a > time. All of us together." ];-) > > I did have a great time alone with the taxi driver as he told me all about > his life: He competes in triathlon events, he cycles. A youngish man of 44 > years, his family came from the Island, his wife is from the mainland ... > how they met, their kids. He asked about my life in the USA. For a twenty > minute ride, it was a good long lifetime of sharing ideas and interests. > That's the kind of cultural exchange I like. :-) > > G > — > No matter where you go, there you are. > > > On Feb 6, 2019, at 6:25 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Cozumel is famous for one thing, which it does extremely well: scuba > > diving. Aside from that, it is a run-of-the-mil destination. > > > > Cozumel sits at the northern edge of the longest and best reef in the > > Caribbean, and the facilities for diving there are far superior to > anything > > else in the Caribbean. I would never dive with any dive operator in > > Jamaica, other parts of Mexico, or any of the other islands; the > > equipment is rarely up-to-date and well maintained, and the emergency > > services are non-existent. Cozumel, however, exists almost entirely on > > income from scuba divers, and it takes the sport very seriously. My son > > and I loved Cozumel for the diving; my wife is not a diver, so she was > > bored -- except for the hair-raising plane trip to Chichen Itza. > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 8:35 AM Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> > > wrote: > > > >> In port, Cozumel, Mexico ... > >> > >> https://flic.kr/p/QRD6iv > >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
