Fishing the World

Well, it’s been a long time since I wrote anything here – my apologies to those few I’ve kept waiting in the dark!
The truth is that once I left Cuba, from where I wrote the last dozen posts or more, and reached the USA and Canada I spent many of my evenings camping, fishing, doing [...]

This morning brought good news – Serena’s computer was fixed and would be returning today! Thank goodness! I’d felt so guilty during my stay and it was a big relief to know things would be ok before I left.
I made an instant coffee and took it into the garden with the camera, spotting a lizard [...]

With Serena’s computer still at the repair shop in Tulum I was letting her use mine each day in order that she could keep abreast of her email. It was the least I could do, after all, it was entirely my fault (and Microsoft’s!) that the thing had crashed. I set it up for her [...]

Saturday, and time for a change ….. Serena had a regular visitor booked into the Palapa Hut so I moved to the larger hut a few yards away in the garden. The new guest was John, a retired gentleman from the U.S. who loved this place and came whenever he could.
The storm had passed, leaving [...]

A sound night’s sleep was mine at last!
Having said that, it was extremely hot and humid in Punta Allen. My hut had a ceiling fan which helped a little, as did the netting which walled the palapa, but the lack of electricity overnight meant that things could get rather sweaty and sticky.
I spent yet [...]

Thursday the 15th of April. I was a little better today, I’m happy to say.
Nevertheless, I didn’t stray far from the house until the afternoon when the need to buy fluids and food led me into the village. It’s a rather simple place, really, with just a handful of shops servicing the immediate needs of [...]

I’d set the alarm on my watch for 04:30 but slept through that. Fortunately I woke at 04:50 with just enough time to get dressed, visit the loo and be out on the road ready for the minibus to Tulum. Despite the rough, bumpy road I managed to sleep for much of the journey. That’s [...]

Another bad time for me. I again awoke with stomach pains and was soon darting through the tropical rainstorm to my little toilet/shower a few yards from my hut. No sooner than I thought my own personal storm had passed I was up and out of bed again. And so went the night.
The following morning [...]

My bus south was due to leave at 9 a.m. but nature’s call had seen me up at 6:30. I showered, packed, had a bowl of cereal for breakfast then checked out and caught a bus to the station. I mentioned to the staff that I’d be returning in a week in case my wallet [...]

I had intended heading for Belize today but my state of health made me change my mind. I decided to stay and give myself a day of rest. After breakfast I looked for my wallet but couldn’t find it anywhere. Oh, god, I went through every pocket and every bag twice, then thrice, stripped the [...]