Cozumel Continued

Later on in the night of my previous entry, I met two Swedish girls that I originally met in Isla Mujeres, Moa and Sophie. They saw me as I was leaving "Casa Denis," where I had dinner, and we talked for a bit and decided to go hang out at their hotel. Their hotel was way cooler than mine, and Sophie made Spaghetti Cabonara and we ate and had a beer. We made fun of the stupid ass dating shows on MTV, listened to music, and then I went and made plans to get dinner and drinks the following day.

I went snorkeling after eating more waffles, this time with a tour on a glass-bottom boat. It was pretty cool, although a bit cheesy. There were plenty of fish, but it was only because the guide was feeding them that they would come around. I put together the reason that the fish had come up to me on (and bit me!) the previous day, and it had to be because they expected food. I did manage to see some 30+ pound parrot fish, which were amazing, and learned how to blow Os underwater. After I was done chasing fish around the three reefs we went to, I got an arrachera (skirt steak) sandwich and walked back to my hotel for a nap.

On the way, I found the guitar shop I had seen a few days prior and stopped in. They were selling guitars for sixty dollars, and I bought one so I wouldn't be missing it anymore! It isn't the best guitar, but it works and is definitely better than no guitar. I played for a while, took a nap, and waited for the girls to come get me for dinner.

At around seven, they came knocking, and we went out in search of a good place to get some authentic Mexican food. Along the way, they had to be females and wanted to stop in what seemed like every shop. I would have been very annoyed, but one of the merchants told us of a good, cheap, authentic place to go and it turned out to be the best food I've had on this trip. After dinner, we went to one of the "two for one" bars and had a few drinks and a couple more shots of Tequila; and this was a perfect moment to start talking about politics! We debated and argued for a couple of hours, and didn't even kill eachother! It was actually a good time, and we all understood eachother's ideas and opinions very well. All in all, a good night with some good company!

That's pretty much it for Cozumel. I made my way to Tulum today, my last stop before Belize, and I hope to see the ruins and find a place to stay on the beach tomorrow.

Hope all is well with everyone,

Seamus