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La Fiesta de Casa Cenote June 16, 1999 by bill in tulsa All photos are links to larger version of same. Note: all links open in a "new" window so close window to return to report. This is my trip report in a little different form. We didn't do much except the Fiesta De Casa Cenote and hang out and eat and drink and swim. Hummmm different for us but we had a Vacation of Vacations. Wouldn't have had it any other way. Please send an email putting names with faces if you can. Just send me the file number under photo and the name and i will update this page. If you find any errors please let me know. Thanks bill
The above meal is our first nights dinner. Now for a look at what met us as we arrived at Casa Cenote. We pulled up to a Coco Tree and parked the Chevy
that we had rented in Cancun.
We are wondering where Peggy and Gary are so i decide we better ask about them. Well to our amazement this is what we were told in broken English with a few words of Spanish and Mayan thrown in. Gary is in Texas! Peggy is in the Hospital in Playa del Carmen. She rolled her car on the highway. Geez, this is one "he double toothpick" of a way to start a vacation. Can you tell me when you expect Gary back? Yes maybe around 9pm. Boy, now what to do. Can we check in to our room? No, you will have to wait for Gary. Now I'm starting to freak just a bit. Lynn, what should we do? Bill, just slow down and have something to eat. Relax boy and see what will happen. Well the above pictured Langosta al mojo de ajo
arrives and that takes my mind off the horrible start at Casa Cenote. We
are just finishing up the lobster and one of the guys comes over and gives
me the key to Casitas Number 2 (the Medicine God room) you see all the
Casitas have a very Large Stone Carving by Juan Hemenez embedded in the
wall for a headboard to the bed. They also have the matching stone carving
in the bath but it matches the room next door. By the way the Langosta
is wonderful. I am still worried sick for poor Peggy with Gary gone to
Texas so she has no one looking out for her. Geez, what to do now.
I look up and here comes Gary followed by Peggy.
She doesn't look like she's been in a car wreck. Hey Peggy are you all
right? Well yes I am, why do you ask?
Gary orders Margaritas for everyone. They are very tasty and wonderful. Peggy mentions that the guys are all looking at her with big Eyes. Maybe they think I am a Alux (ghostly creature)! I better go talk to them. When she returns she says that someone saw her car rolled over and all crashed up and that she was in the hospital dying. The other guys that are suppose to be here are out look for her seen Gary is gone. Shortly the guys return from Playa with quite a story. Someone saw the car just like Peggy's and even the same state tag rolled over and torn up really bad. The guys went to the hospital asked how she was and they said to ask her husband who was standing over there. That's not Gary! So Peggy is not dying. So that shows the devotion that Peggy and Garys workers have for them. Wonderful bunch of real people. Mas Margaritas por favor. We talk 900 miles an hour in an attempt to get to know each other and Lynn and I try to keep up with Peggy and Gary in the Margaritas world. We are very tipsy and decide to all go out to look at the Cenote as someone at the Lol-Ha had said it was tea colored the other day from all the rain. When we arrived it was crystal clear. Looked so inviting I just dove right in. Burr, it is very cold. Climb out and everyone is laughing at me. Back for another Margaritas. I realize that my glasses are gone. Peggy says not to worry we will find them in the morning. Well they have some dinner and from here on I am a blank.
I stroll along the beach headed north to look for signs of Turtles nesting. To my dismay I come across a nest that has been robbed! Oh me, I was hoping to find it before anyone else so I could erase the tell tail signs and inform Peggy and Gary where it was. Well needless say some nest robber had beaten me to the punch. In this part of the world Turtle eggs have been used for a source of food since the beginning of time. There is a big push by organizations like Central Ecological Akumal to educate the children about the demise of the Turtles and their becoming extinct. This is working quite well but old habits and tastes are hard to change. Please help the Turtle people any way you can. I am walking back towards the room when I see Gary moving around in the Restaurant. So I walk on over to say good morning. Hi, Bill ! Would you like some coffee? Sounds wonderful to me. He pours us both a cup and fills the insulated carafe with coffee and carries it over to Lynn. When he return we just sit around and talk about everything. We have hit it off pretty good and enjoy the conversation. I ask where Peggy is, she's gone to pick up the guys. We have everyone working all day today as this is the day of the Fiesta. Normally we work two shifts. They are open from 8am until 9pm. Today will be a big day and everyone will stay busy. Hi Lynn, good morning sunshine. Really none of us are moving very fast after the Margaritas Devil sat on our shoulders last night. Peggy shows up with the guys ready to work. They start their daily routine getting ready to serve the tourists that stop by on their way to or from the many attractions of the area. Some are here just because Manatee Cenote is one of the few free cenotes left around. Peggy then tells us that she carried us to our room last night and put Lynn to bed and her and I went for our luggage. Humm. Good start to a vacation I would say. This will not happen again that is for sure. Bloody Mary anyone? Si si Senorita por favor. Yum that tastes good. We have just about any thing you want for breakfast. We choose the Eggs, Hot Cakes and Bacon. So good with Maple syrup. Peggy orders a drink she calls a Chi-Chi. They say it is liquid French Toast. Me too. Sure does taste like french toast. Gary and Peggy have a busy day ahead of them so we go back to our room to shower and get ready for the first of our Fiesta guests as we have no idea when they will start arriving.
This photo shows some of the Decorations that
have been prepared in celebration of La Fiesta de Casa Cenote.
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