Snorkling and Our New Friend Evy

Caroline and I have been having a great time. Monday we went snorkling at Isla Roqueta. We had a giant 32´catamaran to ourselves. It was us and two crew, Pepe and Raymondo. It was a beautiful day as it had rained a little and cleared out the sky a bit. It was really sad though. All the coral here is pretty much dead and they are trying hopelessly (it seems) to get it to grow back. The pollution and the amount of building, fishing, boats, etc. has really destroyed the environment and it was never more apparent than out under the water. On the way to the snorkling location we saw tons of plastic bottles and plastic bags floating around. It really made me realize how much we humans have negatively impacted our environments. It is really awful. I am making a concerted effort not to use plastic anything from now on. Anyway, there were quite a few beautiful fish, trumpets, butterflies, puffer, and we even saw some eagle rays. I also saw a sea snake (my first ever) and a couple of eels. After getting back on the boat having been out for over an hour, I felt very woozy. We went to another good snorkling spot and I actually just swam around the boat while Caroline went with Raymondo to see the sunken Virgen de Guadalupe. Ray cleaned off her face and crossed himself. Too bad we didn´t get any photos of that. How sweet.
When we got back we spent lots of time in the pool. I had one beer and felt drunk!

Later in the evening Caroline and I took Evy out. We met her the first evening at the grocery store. She is here by herself. She was supposed to come down with a friend of hers, but she died. Her husband has also been dead for 5 years. She is 83!! We are so impressed with her courage and she says she doesn´t let things hold her back. She even has a few boyfriends. We were both so happy to have some time with a ¨grandma¨ again. She has some serious spunk and many years I would guess. Dinner was fabulous, although a little loud with techno music for the bungie jumpers.

Every night we sleep like rocks. Tonight will be the same.
Mas mañana.