Monkey business!

Where else could you sit drinking wine, listening to little kids play, watching the odd bikini go by (believe me some of them are odd) and watching a hockey game, all at the same time? I love this country.

Even coming in on the plane I watched a really lovely navel display. Three young Mexican ladies stopped right by where I was sitting and reached up to put their carry-ons in the overhead bins. I got a great show and felt very patriotic. (I did have the urge to poke one just to see the reaction but common sense prevailed.) I delayed our departure when we landed to try and see the reverse of this wonderful action. Unfortunately Rosalie, for some reason, was anxious to get off the plane and pushed me to get up and do my duty with our own luggage. Heavy sigh!!

Since arriving, I had been sniffing for the true smell of Mexico. We ate at the Marina several times but didn’t smell it there. Even in our room, I couldn’t smell it. I knew I would find it eventually.

Grabbing a taxi we went to the bus depot and reserved our seats for the ride to Melaque. On our way back we got the driver to drop us at Soriana (a grocery store) to get some wine and an ATM machine as funds were running low. As we walked back through the mall I caught the whiff of the true smell of Mexico…Fabuloso. This awesome floor cleaner has a distinctive smell and always reminds me of Mexico. My quest was achieved.

Later in the day we finally decided to do what we had come here to do. So a taxi to the Malecón was ordered and the fun began. When we got in the taxi, the seat belts were a bit of a mystery, so we decided not to bother. That is, until he crossed himself, then we figured we better plug-in. Halfway there, he pulls out a small towel, that he used to dry the sweat off his face and neck, puts it in his hand and travelling at 100km an hour sticks it out the window to dry off.

The first stop was to a bar/restaurant called The Zoo that we had been to before and ordered two-for-one mango margaritas for Rosalie and wine for me. The local monkey was behaving himself so we had our drinks in peace and after paying our bill we moved on.

Walking the Malecón is always fun. There are lots of shops to window shop and we love checking out the Katrinas. We were approached several times to buy solid silver bracelets for one dollar. We soon found out that it was one dollar a gram.

After a while, it was obvious that we had to eat. So, we went back to The Zoo and after ordering, had a word with the monkey. I asked if he was a monkey or a gorilla. He said a monkey so now I know for future blogs.

He was behaving so we agreed to have a picture taken with him. Rosalie, unfortunately for me, took a video.

I gave him a huge tip and promised to meet up with him before leaving next April. He was great with the kids and I was getting quite envious. After I had cooled down we went back to our room, but somehow I couldn’t get that monkey out of my mind.

Tomorrow, Melaque.