Thursday, 29 December 2011

Day 18. Chrono - Cancun: Blogging & Swimming

DEC 29, THUR: CANCUN - Blog (Day 2) & Swim 

09.00. In my 4-bed pod, British girl Anna suffered stomach upset and nausea all night; her two pals left for Isla Mujeres in the morning. Met San Francisco couple David and Cavia over breakfast of Special K and coffee. He writes software for medical devices, like the gizmos that oblate arteries clogged with plaque. He used 'oblate' as a verb and said it's a nice way of saying 'burn the hell out of'... google says 'oblate' is an adjective and means 'having the shape of a squashed sphere; anyhoo, it sounded like these squashed sphere shaped things rotate through an artery and scrape (or burn) bad stuff away, and David writes the programs that control them and creates the GUIs for medical professionals to control the programs. He's also the product manager for a plasma-based device that burns away the uterus. Sounds horrible, but he pointed out it's distinctly preferable to having a hysterectomy if you're a peri- menopausal woman who won't stop bleeding. Fascinating. 10.30 Up and running at my Starbucks office. Wrote 1 1/2 entries. Skyped with V, who leaves for South Africa tomorrow. 14.30 Hungry. Huge chicken burrito at my 'local', around the corner from the hostel. Only one there, and chatted with Alberto (the waiter) and Jesus (the cook) in (very) broken Spanish. 15.30 Headed on foot direction Playa Tortuga, on the recommendation of Jesus. Turned out to be a 2km walk, along the golf-course. The beach was cramped, and the swimming area cordoned off with buoys so that the ferries departing to Isla Mujeres wouldn't run over waders. Packed with Mexican families, kids feeding the seagulls, swimmers in shorts and t-shirts; no seaweed collection here <ref: Cayo Lavisa>. Disappointed, I made my way 2km back to Playa Caracol for a serene swim with the surfers, as the sun set. 18.00 Showered at the hostel, met my two new German pod-mates (Tobias und Thomas), and returned to the Starbucks. Skyped with MB&H, who saw P&N&X off at the airport this morning. Finished off second entry. Did some photo admin.

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