Had to Get that Beach Fix

We had been talking about going to Progreso for several days and today was the day. Although tonight is when we leave by bus for the beautiful beaches of Belize, we just had to go to the beach yesterday. We LOVE Progreso....maybe because it seems the majority of people are ambivalent about it.
It was cruise day and something always goes down on cruise day in Progreso. We weren't disappointed. We got off the bus and were walking the 3-4 blocks to the beach. Just before we got to the malecon we heard a crash and looked to the street. There was a young, male, drunk American from the cruise ship getting up off the pavement. He had crashed on his scooter shortly after whipping out of the scooter rental parking lot, and he had the road rash on his shirtless chest to prove it. Well, he started screaming (in English): "My wheel was $^*&)(*&    UP.....My wheel was $^*&)(*&    UP.....". Lesson #1 down here is "It was MY fault". Blaming something on somebody else is only going to get you in trouble. Well, out of nowhere came a group of locals that basically were coming to get him to quieten down and not cause a scene. As in - Get out of the street, don't cause a scene, don't scare the other tourists, let's get you back to the scooter rental place and you can talk to them in private about this matter...

He started swinging fists and the last time I turned around the cops had arrived in full force. Terry always reminds me of what Ernesto had told us last year - you never see a thing...just keep on walking. And that's what we did.

We always go to the beach across the malecon from Los Arcos

The water at the beach was much warmer than just a week or so ago. And it was really pretty - clear and green. We went to our regular spot and did our regular thing. And of course, we saw tequila shots being poured and downed, followed by shouts and screams of "I'm drunk", followed by that one last tequila shot that pushes one over the top. Then, rubber legs, falling in the sand, puking in my beautiful warm, clear, green water. Nap time in the sand followed by "it's time to get her up and help her get back to the cruise ship". "ADIOS!"


Yes, this will fit in my backpack

 We laughed because the vendors now know who we are. When they walk by they say: "Oh, si. Manana, right?" and laugh as they just keep walking. They are all very sweet and always say hola and thank you. Oh! And I did buy something yesterday...a Mexican dress to take to Belize.
Well, for the most part the vendors are super nice and respectful, but just like anywhere else - there are some bad apples. Yesterday one guy came up to Terry and asked for 200 pesos. Hey, that's a lot of money no matter what currency you're talking about. Terry gave him a few pesos, and he got mad and said: "NO. I need 200 pesos."....Wrong thing to say to Terry...he almost reached in the guy's hand and took the money he did give him back. But, there was another vendor nearby that was aware of the exchange, and he immediately went after the dude. We had never seen this beggar before, and I'm quite sure we won't be seeing him again.

Don't think we will be seeing SKYY Vodka shirt guy again

Came home last night and ate up any and all leftovers we had in the frig. Our dinner consisted of eggs, relleno chili, onion, cheese, fideo, and refried beans...all mixed together. Nothing in the refrigerator so ---

TIME TO GO TO BELIZE! 

AND, we're very excited about meeting up with Joanne and Larry at Ambergris Caye.