Had a nice chat with my neighbours, who invited all residents of Villa Mar, our little "hotel" for homemade springrolls. They were yummy! Turns out, there's an "american" store where you can buy all things from home. Including vietnames rice paper!
Then went to Casa Mission for lunch with Carl. For 450 pesos, about $4, you can get the "set lunch" which includes a lemonade, a soup, and meal with tortillas. That's pretty cool in itself. But more cool is that the place is beautiful! Dinner there can be a more pricey affair....
Then off to the the "Blue Angel" hotel pool with Carl. It was very leisurely! I swam (fairly hard actually), and chatted with Carl, Catherine, etc., and generally relaxed.
Then dinner again with Carl. You're probably thinking that's a lot of Carl time. It was. But i invited myself to dinner, at his favourite place, Casa del Indio. It's definitely not fancy, but it has lots of karma. Why invite myself? Because he told me that Indio was gonna serve him lion fish for dinner. That is one crazy looking fish! And i'd heard a lot about it! Turns out it's not from Cozumel and is an invasive species. It's dangerous for divers. Touch it's fins/appendages and your body part will swell and hurt for several days! Divers are spearing them and feeding them, minus the fins/appendages, to groupers, nurse sharks, and other potential predators, to see if they can develop an immunity to the sting and a taste for them. There are no natural predators now, and the lion fish are eating up too many little fish of every kind.Turns out lion fish is pretty tasty! The tail was still attached to mine, so i was sure that's what i was eating. But there was no sting. Fresh fish, rice, salad, and pop - about $8, including generous tip. Thanks for the cool experience Carl!
Photos:
1) Casa de Mission and me
2) MY lion fish
3) a lion fish (from Google)
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