Tuesday was a relax-by-the-pool day. We ate at the breakfast buffet, and then went straight to the pool. It was cloudy with occasional sprinkles, but not too rainy for us to be outside. At the swim-up bar we had a drink called the coco loco. The bartender takes a large coconut and cuts it open, dumps out some coconut milk, and adds a bunch of different alcohols. He also used different fruits to make eyes, ears, and a mouth. It’s quite the spectacle.

That night we took a collectivo to town and went shopping again. I bought a cowboy hat which I rarely wear (but it seemed like a good idea at the time) and a beautiful hand-woven blanket. I tried to haggle with the seller but when his wife came out with their baby Theresa felt bad. That is the oldest trick in the book. We had dinner at Esparrigus, which was recommended to us by someone we met at the resort (guacamole made at the table, mayan chicken and pork pibil). We talked to a nice couple from Montreal, who bought us a banana flambé dessert. The dessert had started our conversation earlier, and it was so good that they said we had to try it.

Midway through dinner, the lights in the entire city flickered and went out. The waiters brought out more candles so we could see our food, and even so we could barely see anything. Since it was dark some of the shops started to close up, and in the distance we could hear a mariachi band playing. It was almost a surreal experience. After dinner we walked around for 10 minutes or so before the lights went back on and everyone cheered.