weird stuff I saw in Mexico City

Can you see that huge yellow thing in the center? That's a clove of garlic, a massive and scary clove of garlic.

Apparently, only royalty are allowed to use the Mexico City crosswalks.  

Walking down the street, a friend and I ran into a poor sod in a pharmacist suit- we highfived him, danced with him, took some pictures, and then went on our way.

In the main square of the historic district, Mariachi bands stand in traffic, waiting for business.  There were literally hundreds of them around, some with full bands (con contrabasses) and some lone singers.  But all were in full regalia, just waiting for work at 11:30pm on a Tuesday night.

scuba in Portobelo, part III- the underwater pictures

from left: Mariah, Laura, Ashley, Casey, Austin, Eric

Spiny crab we saw underwater

Mariah, my dive buddy, and I consulting about something underwater

some ISP staff

On day 1 of staff training, we broke into small groups to discuss pedagogy.  The picture from that just surfaced today.

From left:  Erica, Salah, Ron, Laura, Wendy, Laurie, and Nelson in the front.

scuba saturday in Portobelo, part II

As we were coming up from our dive, a friend snorkelling on the surface took this picture.  I am about 80% certain that I am the one on the bottom right.  But it's a cool shot with all of the bubbles, right?

scuba saturday in Portobelo, Panama

getting gear ready

our very fancy transportation out to the dive site

dock of our hotel

great sunset

Signs in Panama

Some of my favorite street signs in Panama, as captured by Carolyn's iPhone.  Clockwise from upper left:

Bodybuilders chasing balls (aka children playing)

When cars hit they make fireworks (aka blind corner)

Robot with a big butt crossing the street  (aka crosswalk)

Terrifying mini-dinosaur crossing (aka iguana crossing in the middle of Soberania Nat'l Park)

Frank y Lulu

Frank Sinatra, so named for his blue eyes

My friend Carolyn was in Panama City visiting this week, and got some gorgeous shots of my cats.

So, I'm going to be a crazy cat lady for a minute, and post pictures of my cats, with their beautiful blue and green eyes, on the internet.

Lulu (Tallulah Bankhead) so named for her wild personality