I started my day yesterday with a trip to the dentist. Marilyn wasn’t feeling well so I set off on my own. I hopped the water taxi from the island to the mainland and then set out on foot for old town and my date with the dentist Susana.

As I left the Embarcedero I passed the the dozen or so fish merchants set up by the tracks. You don’t have to look to know these guys are there. If the smell doesn’t give them away the dozens of pelicans hanging around waiting for a hand out will.

 As  I neared the Navy base I could see the familys and loved ones of the enlisted, all dressed in their finest, waiting to see their kin.  Most Mexicans work a six day week til about noon or so on Saturday but the tempo of the city is definetley down a notch on this the sixth day.

I am now less than a week away from having two new crowns of my own to brag about. Including the root canal, the post and two crowns the total will be 9800 pesos. That’s about $825 or so in dollars.

After my appointment I walked back via a different route to the Embarcadero. I’d planned on buying my not feeling good sweety some flowers but back on the island chose a couple of bottles on wine instead. How can you go wrong with wine?

What do you think of the new background on the blog? Recognize it? It’s one of Marilyn’s paintings. She did it last year about this time over on the Caribrean coast in Tulum. Here’s the painting we saw then.

You can see more of Marilyn’s art here.

Thanks for the read.

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About an hour and a half east of Stone Island, up in the Sierra Madres sits a little town called Copala, population less than 1000. This spotlessly clean, 400 year old little mining town sits on the side of a mountain with it’s cobblestone streets and beautful structures.

In just about every Mexican town, the focal point is the square and the Catholic church. Copala is no different.

We meet  expatriates  where ever we go. In Copala they included a business man from Brandon Mantiboa and an artist from Seattle Washington. They told us of the extreme poverty in the area.

One story was that there were about 30 children in a town of less than 1000 whose familys could not afford to send them to school. Why you ask? Because the family can not afford the uniforms. A school uniform consists of a t-shirt, shorts and running shoes.

We hear that story a lot as we travel. You can see the middle class getting bigger as the years go by but there is still a long way to go.

This town certainly left an impression on both of us, I’m sure you will hear me talking about Copala again some day soon.

What are the odds you would get away with this in Canada or the US?

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It seems like years ago but when we were in San Carlos we went to the Pearl Farm one afternoon and  Marilyn came home with a new bracelet.

Then when Pam was here we were downtown one afternoon and I bought Mar a necklace and ear rings.

This time we really went crazy. She now has her two crowns. They’re done. Last year she was quoted $2400  for two crowns in Ontario. This year, she got them, but in Mexico. Including the X-rays for 150 pesos, total cost 6,450 pesos for the pair. In canadian money that’s about $530.

Bracelets, necklaces, crowns. I have to slow this puppy down.

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