This is the Hotel Elephante's landlady, Sylvia, with Richard and I.
That darned Tejon is so cute
I just had to take a couple more pictures of it.
Here is a quote from Val at
MN State: "Your mammal is a coati, or coati mundi as it is sometimesreferred
to, Central American raccoon relative."
Thanks Val.
Here is another look at the
'Blue Parrot Hotel' beach.
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At home in Minneapolis I ride
a 'BikeE' recumbent bicycle.
(Mnneapolis has more miles
of bicycle path per capita than any other US city.)
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I find like-minded biking
friends at the (HPVA) Human Powered Vehicle Association's Minneapolis
chapter. There are monthly 'show and tell' meetings that everyone is
welcome to attend. There is also an on-line discussion list that I send
notices to of this site's updates. I doubt you'll find anyone to deny that
I am a slow rider and hate hills more than most. My new Tricyclo came with
very 'tall' gears, which makes sense because there are no hills here on
the coast. Still, I wanted deeper gears so I could haul my dive gear to
some of the rocky beaches I've found on Cozumel. One of the guys in the
Club named Krafft offered to mail me an old crank with a triple chain wheel
for the price of the postage (~$20). (Thanks Dave). My plan was to have
him do that after I got to Cozumel. I stopped at a little hole in the wall
bike shop here in PDC on Sunday to see about buying a used triple here
and they sold me a brand new small single with both cranks, INSTALLED !!,
for 85 Pesos ($7.50 usd). When I bought the Tricyclo they put the largest
rear gear available on the back for me and now the complete drive is almost
1:1. (and perfect for me).
With this set-up I can pedal
like hell and maybe make twice walking speed, BUT with a 3-400 lb load.
=) And Yes, that pedal does look a little ragged but it WAS new a few weeks
ago. Some things age fast down here. When half the people don't have any
money there is quite a market for low cost goods. I had a problem with
the seat tipping back when I sat on it, no matter how tight I twisted its
nuts. Finally for $2 I had it welded.
When I got home tonight I found that they were replacing all the shower
heads,
curved
pipes, and shower faucet valves and knobs. For under $10 a night they sure
run a nice hotel. There were quite a few unoccupied rooms open because
of the
plumbing work
so I got a chance to nose around and noticed that I had forgotten to
mention
to you the great towel sculptures that meet you on your first night here.
