We enjoyed being in Isla Mujeres again. Our first time was 3 years ago when we flew into Cancun and got to sail back with our friend Jeff Kieser. He was on the tail end of his Central American cruise. It was comforting having our first landfall on this cruise being a familiar one.
After Joe and BikeMan left we spent days cleaning and fixing the boat, snorkeling, diving and exploring the town. Mujeres is a small town and reminds us of what Key West might be like if there was no road, and it was Mexican... You run into the same people at the grocery store and internet cafe, you can walk and bike everywhere, and if your Spanish is as bad as Keith's, good news: just about everyone can speak enough English to help you. The key is to try little Spanish so they know how bad you really are and they won't think you are just being lazy.
A small boat systems crisis developed: it became apparent our batteries we not keeping up with our electrical demands even while anchored. After a quick inspection we discovered we had been too lazy with our battery maintenance and the water level in the batteries had dropped to a damaging level. Although we replenished the water, it appears that our main battery bank is now operating at a diminished capacity. This means no excessive food processor use, we can't leave our radio blasting all day and we may have to cut back on the vacuuming. In other words: life will go on (quite happily) until we have the time and resources to replace the batteries.
Most of our time in Mujeres we relaxed and got into the pace of cruising, perhaps we got a little too relaxed, it took us 3 weeks to leave!
Next Stop: Puerto Morelos.
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