Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Crossing Over

No, not the kind I thought I was going to do last fall when I was so sick. The kind you do when you want/have to get from the island to Cancun.

I had a cardio appointment last week and was very happy that it was a bright day. The water was by no means calm, but at least the sun was out.

Here's the view looking north from where I have to stand in line before being released to get on the boat.





This guy caught my eye. We were about in the middle of the crossing when I took this picture. He was approaching fast and not veering off track. He passed behind the boat with about 10 feet to spare. Daring or stupid?

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5 comments:

  1. One Small Voz11:31 AM

    Neither daring nor stupid. Mexican.

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  2. Islagringo4:05 PM

    Leah: bold assumption on your part. He was most definately a tourist. And not of the Mexican variety.

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  3. Steve Cotton5:15 PM

    I go for someone simply having fun in a world where self-preservation is highly overrated.

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  4. norm8:05 PM

    I think it was a matter of knowing he could dump his wind at anytime, nothing daring about it.

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  5. One Small Voz7:19 AM

    Sorry, should have reworded better. I wasn't referring to the person's nationality, but to the general 'Mexican' nature of moving very fast and not swerving until the last possible instant.

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