SOME MORE PHOTOS OF CHENNAI

SERIOUS JET LAG!

IT IS FOUR IN THE MORNING HERE, BUT THREE IN THE AFTERNOON AT HOME AND I AM WIDE AWAKE! SOON, I WILL GET INTO THE GROOVE BUT IT SURE IS TOUGH.
YESTERDAY MY SAME DRIVER SHOWED UP ATMY HOTEL IN THE MORNING, I REALLY LIKE HIM ( I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PRETTY LUCKY WITH AUTORICKSHAW DRIVERS). SO WE EXPLORED SOME MORE OF THE CITY. I TOLD HIM THAT I NEEDED AN ALERATION DONE TO MY IPAD2 CASE AND SO I GOT TO GO WHERE TOURISTS DONT USUSALLY GO. WE WENT TO THE AUTORICKSHAW 'HOSPITAL', WHICH IS BLOCKS AND BLOCKS OF TINY SHOPS AND AUTOS IN ALL STATES. WE WENT TO 2 DIFFERENT PPL THERE AND ONE OF THEN PUT A HOLE IN THE CASE, WHERE I WANTED IT (IT IS SO THE CAMERA CAN BE USED WITHOUT ME HAVING TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE CASE) THEN WE WENT TO A SHOE MAKER AND IT TOOK US QUITE A WHILE TO FIND THE RIGHT SIZED RING TO FIT IN THERE. MEAN WHILE AT ALL OF THESE PLACES, CROWDS OF MEN WOULD HOVER, WONDERING WHY THIS WHITE WOMAN IS HERE AND WHAT IS GOING ON. IT CAN BE PRETTY FREAKY, IF YOU LET IT, BUT I DIDNT. NONE OF THEM SPOKE ENGLISH BUT MY DRIVER DOES AND SO I SHOWED THE CROWD WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND THEY LOVED HAVING THEIR PICTURES TAKEN. IT WAS PRETTY COOL.

i went for a 3 hour ride in an autorickshaw, i had a wonderful driver. great fun!

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I FORGOT ABOUT INDIA AND SOME THINGS THAT I AMJUST LEARNING. I LAUGHED SO HARD WHEN MY PLANE HAD JUST TOUCHED DOWN IN INDIA, BEFORE THE BRAKES WERE DONE SQUEELING AND JOSTLING US AROUND, ABOUT 30 MEN HAD ALREADY STOOD UP AND WERE GETTING THEIR OVERHEAD LUGGAGE! THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS TELLING THEM TO SIT DOWN AND THEY WERENT LISTENING, AT ALL. I WAS AMAZED AND THEN I REMEMBERED THIS HAPPENING WHENI WAS HERE BEFORE. THAT IS HOW DRIVING IS DONE TOO, SO I GUESS TO THEM IT IS NORMAL. ALL LINES ARE PUSHED LIKE THAT,IT IS HARD TO GET USED TO BUT I GUESS TO THEM THEY ALL FEEL THAT THEY WILL MISS OUT IF THEY DONT SHOVE.

INDIA

MY FLIGHT TO BAHRAIN WAS OKAY, I WAS VERY WORN OUT BY THE TIME I GOT THERE, THE AIRLINE GAVE ME A FREE ROOM IN A NICE HOTEL FOR THE DAY. I PLANNED TO HAVE A NAP AND HAVE LUNCH AND GO FOR A WALK. I HAD THE NAP AND MISSED LUNCH! NOT TOO MUCH TO SEE THERE AS IT IS BUILT FOR THE BUSINESSMAN. VERY ARABIA, PRETTY COOL IN THAT BUT IT DIDNT SEEM LIKE REAL PEOPLE WHERE ANYWHERE, THERE MUST BE ANOTHER PART OF THE ISLAND THAT I MISSED.

MY FLIGHT TO INDIA WAS VERY FULL AND I SAT BESIDE A MAN WHO STARED AT ME ALOT...WHATEVER.

IT WAS TIME TO GET USED TO IT. I WAS THE ONLY WHITE PERSON ON THE FULL PLANE.

INDIA AGAIN

MY FLIGHT FROM VANCOUVER TO LONDON(WHERE I HAVE NEVER BEEN BEFORE) WAS NICE, I HAD MT 2 SEATS SO IWAS ABLE TO SLEEP SOME. AT HEATHROW I BOUGHT A SUBWAY TICKET FOR THE 'TUBE' AND WENT TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE. THE QUEEN WAS NOT RECIEVING VISISTORS SO I STROLLED AROUND FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE FREEZING SUNSHINE.

whale shark video!

BACK IN ISLA MUJERES AND THE WHALE SHARKS

WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST A WEEK AND ARE RECOVERING FROM OUR SUNBURNS. WE ARE STAYING AT POSADA DEL MAR AS IT IS ACROSS FROM THE BEACH AND HAS A LOVELY POOL AND AIR CON!

A FEW DAYS AGO WE WENT ON A DAY TRIP TO SEE THE WHALE SHARKS. THERE WERE 7 OF US INCLUDING RYLAN. IT WAS A NICE BUT ROUGHRIDE AND BY THE TIME WE FOUND SOME WHALE SHARKS 3 PEOPLE WERE BEING SICK.

THE WHALE SHARKS WERE AMAZING, IF MY EYES HADNT BEEN STINGING FROM THE SALT SPRAY I THINK I WOULD HAVE CRIED AT THEIR BEAUTY! WE TOOK TURN WITH TWO PEOPLE AT A TIME SNORKELING WITH THEM. THE CAPITAIN WOULD IDLE THE BOAT NEAR THEM THEN HE WOULD TELL US WHEN TO JUMP IN. THE FIRST TIME MEG AND I WERENT NEAR THE FISH AS IT WAS SWIMMING FAST BUT THE 2ND TIME WAS SO INCREDIBLE. I HAVE VIDEO BUT I CANT SEEM TO PUT IN ON THIS BLOG, I AM TRYING FOR FACEBOOK. I WAS RIGHT NEXT TO IT'S GIANT GILLS AND IF I HADNT READ THAT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR THEM IF WE TOUCH THEM, I COULD HAVE RIDDEN IT! IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL AND THRILLING TIME.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT IF THE OCEAN WASNT SO ROUGH THAT DAY, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT THEM FROM THE BOAT AND ENJOY THEM WITHOUT FEELING ILL. ON OUR WAY BACK WE WENT THROUGH SO BEAUTIFUL COLOURED WATERS THAT HAD MANY BIG/GIANT TURTLES. AND AS IT IS THE SEASON FOR 'TURTLE LOVE' WE HAD A GOOD SHOW!.

NEXT WE ARRIVIED ON ISLA CONTOY, I HAVENT BEEN THERE FOR 5 YEARS BUT THE SAME STING RAY COMES INTO THE HARBOUR AND LETS US PET AND HAND FEEL HER. I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE HER!

WE HAD LUNCH HERE AND RYLAN FED LOTS OF IGUANAS AND A FEW HERMIT CRABS AS WELL AS THE STING RAY.

IT WAS A GREAT DAY, WE LEFT HERE AT 8 AM AND DIDNT RETURN UNTIL 5 PM. SURE GOT OUR MONEYS WORTH!

OTHER THAN THIAT WE HAVE BEEN HANGING AROUND. WATCHING THE HOCKEY GAMES AND ENJOYING!

LIFE IS GOOD. SEE YOU SOON.