Days in the Cabana
Each morning I rose by eight and took my book, towels, and basic stuff and put all about my favored cabana by the pool. It was a pleasant walk I could either go around the outside of the buildings with our room or go through the courtyards and through the mangrove.
I staked out my favorite cabana the first day and had Lydia go to Breakfast then I went so I would not lose it. After that I realized that if there were items spread about no one bothered it. So I my little slice of heaven and base of operations for the day.
The shirt I am wearing is from a Team Triathlon I was in while in Guam. I swam the 1000 meter open water on the first leg of the team. I did not come in last and the guy who were behind me were younger than I.
I spent those days reading The Poisonwood Bible by one of my favorite authors, Barbara Kingsolver. I also swam, walked through the the mangrove looking at the animals there and walking to the bar (20 yards away) for another drink, and scowling at the woman who flagrantly violated the pool rules by going topless at the pool instead of on the beach (which was clothing optional). Many of my fellow guests were Europeans especially British.
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I hate when people break the “topless pool rule”
Being topless at the pool would get on my nerves to, especially when there’s a place nearby where one can freely (pardon the pun) do it. I’m puritanical that way.
I have yet to read a Kingsolver novel; I think it’s about time!
For heaven’s sake! I can’t believe I can’t even spell the correct form of to! I am appalled at myself!
I am not a prude about the topless bit but I was annoyed that the rules were not enforced.
Start with The Bean Trees…I loved it and reread it from time to time.
Sounds idyllic O . I have never read Kingsolver though . What does she write about ?
She writes about ordinary people learning about their strengths and abilities and doing the right thing in the face of many obstacles. Good strong voices of women (and men). The Poinsonwood Bible is about a misguided missionary who drags his family to the Congo in the 60′s (I think) and the tale is told from the perspective of his wife and daughters. The Bean Tree was the first I read and it spoke to me because the women in the book were real and familiar to me. The older ones spoke in the voices and idioms of my grandmothers and great aunts and I loved it. Read it first and there is a second book about the same characters Pigs in Heaven that is also superb. Then move on from there.
O.
Hi!
One of my favorite places is Akumal, QR, Mexico which is just south of Playa, before you get to Tulum. It’s a (as yet) small fishing village — very safe and quiet — with enough restaurants and bars to maintain one’s interest for a couple of weeks.
We spent our best Thanksgiving there snorkling and eating great seafood.
Love the photos.
Cheers.