Monday, April 16, 2012

OPERA........????? In Puerto Morelos....????










Saturday night, the Cancun Opera Company had their star tenors, baritones and soprano do a concert, on the beach, on an amazing stage - FOR FREE.....gotta love Mexico!!!!!










The stage itself and the sound production - this is the sound crew - did an awesome job........










Decoration, lighting, sound production.....it was all amazing.....the show began with our traditonal Mayan dancers doing a few numbers....I was enjoying it so much I forgot to take pics.....doh!!!!!











Each opera singer sang several songs from popular operas, and then the 3 tenors.....oh, my.....did a couple of numbers together.













The 3 tenors........!!!!







3 tenors and the soprano, who had the voice and range of an angel. There was an intermission, and they set up the stage for the second half as if it was going to be mariachi music or something, and none of us had eaten, so we left and went to the Cantina for supper. Turns out we missed amazing singing in the 2nd half.....oh dear.......









But look who dropped back to town for a night....our dear friends Mark and Tanya from Kamloops, who joined Miki, Diane and I at the Opera and the Cantina for dinner!!!!












They are happy and healthy, all set to work at their lodge for the summer, and looking forward to being back in November for the winter!!!!












Yah, not a great shot, but you get the idea......










The next night we were invited back to Steve and Robins - AGAIN - gosh, we owe them so many dinners.....for one of Steve's famous "Bowls" - rice noodles, grilled peppers, pork ribs.....oh, my, so delicious........
We picked up an I Wanna Pizza as an appetizer - yum...one of PM's newest and most popular restos.











Camera is doing weird things in the night light....looks like everyone is moving.....












But we had a lovely evening, great food and the BEST hosts......!!!!!
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Puppies to Canada!!!!!







Our friend Lee, owner of eco resort Genesis in Ek Balam, brought 4 puppies to our house overnight on her way to Ontario, where 2 of them already had forever homes and the other 2 foster homes. There are 2 black from one litter and a brindle and brown from another...........











The 2 wee black ones were abandoned on the road at 4 weeks, and are much smaller and shyer than the two Lee has raised at Gensis.









This fat boy loves to eat.....and whine....even while he was eating, so none of us got a lot of sleep overnight. Botas was pretty good, but pretty much ignored the babies running everywhere.












On our way to the airport....2 little black ones in the small kennel, the 2 big ones in the bigger one.







Lee with the 4 puppies on the lawn of the airport after she got checked in and all the paperwork approved. One last pee and run in the grass before their 4 hour flight to Hamilton Ontario. They all arrived safely and are happy in their new Canadian homes!!! Good job, Lee - those are 4 very lucky puppies.
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din din and hockey.....










Fabulous dinner at Steve and Robin's the other night......













not sure what is happening with the camera.....oh dear.....we all have auras.......










First night of the Stanley Cup playoffs.....Hockey Night in Puerto Morelos, on the pool deck.......












we plug in the computer and the TV outside, get the game streamed on NHL.com, and then plug the computer into the TV so we can see it on a bigger (well, 22 inch, but bigger) screen...........












then we pop in and out of the pool to stay cool during the game....still 30 degrees at 10 pm.......











Botas isn't much of a cheerleader......he would rather chase his ball...........
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