Avenida Juarez -- Isla Mujeres

My favorite street on the island has always been Avenida Juarez.  In addition to being the most colorful street, it's also the best place to people watch as locals go about their daily business.  Here are some of my Juarez shots from the past few trips.











 


































In December after annoying locals for years with my camera, I finally got punked on Juarez while

Walking on Water: Playa Norte, Isla Mujeres

Some people love to sunbathe.  Us -- not so much.  Our favorite past time at the beach is water walking.  We love to take the plunge and walk from one end of Playa Norte to the other out by the buoy line.  We found out February water temps are slightly chillier than November/December -- probably in the high 70's -- but still very doable.  By March, the water was wonderful and warming up!




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I Miss the Village!

The struggle is real.  I'm missing the village.

I miss the convenience of walking into town, plunking down in a chair overlooking the street at Mogagua, and ordering my 60 peso fruit plate with yogurt and granola for breakfast. 




 

Afterwards I stroll around El Centro.

 



 

Matamoras always seems to be festooned with street banners.  Locals must have a lot of fiestas on this street! 

The Best Part of Waking Up . . . .

I used to hunt seaglass every morning on Isla Mujeres.  Since I have a wheelbarrow full of it in my garage at home, I've switched to snapping photos on my morning walks.  I love capturing the island as it wakes up each day.





The morning Coca-Cola delivery to OXXO on Hidalgo.

 




The fruit and vegetable lady setting up for her morning sales.





This man's carrying at least twenty-one

The Sunday Lost and Found

I keep getting 5 a.m. text messages on my phone from Yahoo with on demand passwords that I'm not requesting.  Like many people, I have a long abandoned Yahoo email that I created years ago and someone's evidently trying to hack it.  Early this morning when the text alarm once again woke me up, a mental flashcard with Flickr on it raced across my brain.

I wonder what happened to those Flickr

Good Times at Green Verde!

Green Verde headed my list this trip of new restaurants to try during our month on Isla Mujeres.  It did not disappoint! We loved the food, service, and ambience.

After hopping in a taxi and telling the driver Green Verde, I knew the man had no clue.  He'd never heard of it.  In my bad Spanglish, I directed Medina norte de Kash Keken.  He replied, El Centro?  No, near Construrama. As I tried

The Beach After Party

 



I bet you can guess where we go after the beach!  Shrimp tacos, fish tacos, cold beer, people and boat watching -- Bally Hoo's got it all!









 

These fishermen were moving the panga the old school way.









Snorkeling daytrippers unloading.

 




Fisherman at work.




 

In case you forgot where we are.

 

 




Pelicans waiting for fishermen to throw out some tasty treats!