New Town, Night Town

Another early drive south of Cancun to find small beach towns leads us to Puerto Morelos. There is also a Mexican state named Morelos, and every town has an Avenida Morelos. Seems he was one of the heroes in the Mexican revolution more than 100 years ago. Like "Victoria Street" in Canada, or "Washington Avenue" in the States?? It's hemmed in by a mangrove marsh so it only has 3 streets north-south. The east-west streets are spreading as some elegant condos are appearing, but the great thing is the height limit is 3 storeys. No high-rise towers, so you see further, and you see the sea. It's also the place where the reef is closest to shore, only 300 meters away, so there are a lot of dive/snorkel shops. Maybe that's why there were more cars from Canada(Quebec, Ontario, B.C.) and the States (Minnesota, Iowa, California, Kansas, Michigan, etc.). Also an old lighthouse that was battered by 2 hurricanes but didn't topple --- it just sags like a leaning tower of pizza. Summary --- nice little daytrip spot, but not for long.

Back home, I've sprained ligaments in my left knee and cut two fingers washing the van, so everything is normal. We had a Saturday night in the old part of Cancun, where locals go to the plaza to rent electric cars for their kids. Or ride the rides. Lots of colour and even a meal at a breezy Hungarian-Mexican (!) outdoor diner. The portions actually overwhelmed us -- hard to do.

No notice whatever here of 3 main occasions in the world. No Robbie Burns Day (Jan .25), no Chinese New Year (Jan. 25), no Australia Day (Jan. 26). You can make up for that by having haggis stuffed in a whole carp dipped in Foster's beer!