Zipolite, Mexico

Zipolite is perfect.  It is a small town with a few restaurants and bars and a great beach.  The first day we came, the waves were insane.  They were probably 12-feet high, closed quickly and crashed so hard it sounded like thunder and looked deadly.  It was deadly.  Since, the sea has calmed down tremendously and is swimmable.  

The beach is long enough for walks and while I was on a sunset walk the other day I saw a completely naked woman, laying ass-up in the sand, with no clothes around her, but a lot of local friends.  Immediately following this I witnessed a small dog trying to hump a larger dog, but the small dog was too small.  He would mount the larger dog from behind, and when that did not work, make his way around to the larger dog's head.  It was pretty creative, but once his owner saw what was going on, he was immediately put back on his leash.  When I returned past this scene the second time, the tied up dog was staring at his former playmate, tongue dragging on the sand and panting.  It was pretty funny.

Since we've been here, we've spent a lot of time lying on the beach, we've done a beach tour (by boat) and were going to do a crocodile tour, but I got a small stomach reaction to some local food.  This was not the swine flu, although our trip to Zipolite has also been marked by the swine flu outbreak.  It appears to be centered in Mexico City, so we have not been greatly impacted, but we are being careful and stocking up on antibiotics and masks, just in case.  Veronica had a wedding in Playa del Carmen on May 9th, but their Canadian airline cancelled all flights to Mexico and the wedding has to move to Dominican Republic (in a week and a half, all new plans have to be made).  Given this, we have decided to fly out of Mexico on Saturday so we don't get stuck here.  We will be going to Belize on Sunday.