The north end of town - Big Fish and Aeroplanes!

I live at the south end of San Miguel, the main town in Cozumel.  There are many reasons to like it here. But the north end of town is more "real" in some ways.  I rediscovered some of its' joys today. 

One of them is the airport.  Which is just outside town.  From the road/sidewalk, you can see part of the  runway. Which means that, if you're patient, you can stand right under planes that are landing or taking off.  

I had forgotten that.  So, you can imagine my surprise/awe when a plane went right over my head!  While I was taking a picture of a tree.  It was coming in for a landing.  At first, I just heard the sound.  Loud.  Powerful.  Then, there it was!  I stayed there for a while waiting for the next plane.  It was awesome!!!

Another neat thing about the north end of town is the small fishing boat landing.  Locals bring their boats onshore and unload their catch almost every day.  A boat with bright coloured paint caught my attention as I went past.  Then, I saw the fish.  Big!

The fishermen were kind enough to chat with me and let me take pictures

Pictures
1-  An airplane landing over my head.  Wow!!!
2 - A fisherman kindly posing with the fish he was cleaning.
3 - I'm assuming that's the boat the fisherman was using.  His buddies were moving stuff on/off the boat.
4 - There are 3 vintage military planes on display just outside of the airport grounds. This one is a T-28 Trojan, used as a training plane until 1982.
5 - This is Chris, one of the fishermen who chatted with me.  The size of their beer bottles (and bellies) was very impressive!  Chris actually pushed his belly out for the picture.  He had a fun sense of humour and very good English
6 - The big tree, with interesting roots, that made me stop just outside the airport.