No diving today. I had major congestion and we had the landowner relations to work on. Long story, but last I wrote we dove cenote Muchachos and no one would take our money....and I checked, I said it right in Spanish. So the Senora called Fernando wondering where the money was, he told her we were bringing it to her in person, and then he told her that her "platform was in bad shape and a safety hazard"...or something like that. She responded, that the cenote was now closed until she got around to repairing it......"Oh crap" was our response.
So we had to track her down, Fernando did anyway at John's insistance, and set a meet time to go to her house and pay her and offer her more money for the privilege of diving her cenote. After about 15 minutes we handed over the dinero for 9 days of diving and now have access back to the cave system. With a few caveats, we told her we would repair the ladder and offered to build a new platform. We also have to track the date and number of people that we take into the cenote and report back and she will verify with the guard...oi. So tomorrow we will work on the ladder and measure the deck.....after a dive if my head clears up :)
It is of note, that the "Come dive the 7 Cenotes" sign is gone from the Ranch, so no telling if anyone else even has access. And as a side note to our diving friends, Danny informed us that he tried to get into Vaca ha/Tortuga and was told it was closed indefinately due to research. I sure hope this isn't a trend.
After all that which went down around dusk, we headed of to Don Cafeto's for dinner. I have never had one of their margaritas, and they are fabulous....as was the mixed seafood grill for 2.
Stay tuned for more diving and dining updates.....
Karen and John
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Karen and John,
I really appreciate your taking care of all the "cenote relations" issues so the rest of us won't have to deal with them when we come down. She has always been a high maintenance cenote owner.
We were hoping you might fly in for "3rd Tuesday @ Bobby Q's" the other night but it looks like you couldn't make it. Karen M. mentioned that it always seems a little different when one of the regulars doesn't show up. Last month Shirley and I weren't there...this month John wasn't there. I think my comment was "John who?", but that was after a couple Bloody Marias, so I can't be held responsible.
There's not much going on back here, so just relax and enjoy yourselves...you're not missing anything. Keep the blog going, it's a great way to see what's going on down there.
Bye for now -
Kim
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