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| Santa Claus parade 2012 |
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| Steelers fan! |
Accompanied
by many honking horns (or is it horns-a-honking?), a flotilla of vehicles passes
by our house.
In a parade, there will inevitably be many golf carts overflowing with passengers who wave and toss treats to enthusiastic observers. These are privately owned golf carts, painted, decorated and accessorized to express the owners’ offbeat personalities.
Some of our friends have decorated their personal golf carts with the logos of their favourite sports teams, or flashy chrome hubcaps, or a variety of flags. Many locals have retrofitted their carts with plastic roll-down side curtains to protect them from tropical rainstorms.
One American friend has a very charming carrito de golf. It is upholstered in vibrant orange and
painted fluorescent pink, matching the exterior of her eye-catching house.
For Christmas, she added garlands, bows and ribbons, making her golf cart one of the prettiest on the island.
Other friends were over-the-top with their holiday decorations, adding ornaments, wreaths, tinsel, strings of garland and pearls, reindeer antlers and even solar-powered lights.
When the grandsons were visiting, we borrowed a riotously decorated golf cart for a few days.
In a parade, there will inevitably be many golf carts overflowing with passengers who wave and toss treats to enthusiastic observers. These are privately owned golf carts, painted, decorated and accessorized to express the owners’ offbeat personalities.
Some of our friends have decorated their personal golf carts with the logos of their favourite sports teams, or flashy chrome hubcaps, or a variety of flags. Many locals have retrofitted their carts with plastic roll-down side curtains to protect them from tropical rainstorms.
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| Great decorating job! |
For Christmas, she added garlands, bows and ribbons, making her golf cart one of the prettiest on the island.
Other friends were over-the-top with their holiday decorations, adding ornaments, wreaths, tinsel, strings of garland and pearls, reindeer antlers and even solar-powered lights.
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| We left a trail of broken ornaments around the island. |
When the grandsons were visiting, we borrowed a riotously decorated golf cart for a few days.
We entertained a lot of
people, leaving a trail of shattering glass ornaments as we were buffeted by
north winds, or we thumped over speed bumps.
Golf carts are legal to drive on the public roadways of both Isla Mujeres and nearby Isla Holbox. There are several golf cart rental outlets on the island where tourists can rent golf carts tricked out in camouflage, or as a 1957 Chevy, or a Jeep Wrangler, or even a fire truck.
And yes, this is a tropical island, and yes,
you are on holiday, but letting an underage child drive a golf cart is a
disaster waiting to happen.
Golf carts are legal to drive on the public roadways of both Isla Mujeres and nearby Isla Holbox. There are several golf cart rental outlets on the island where tourists can rent golf carts tricked out in camouflage, or as a 1957 Chevy, or a Jeep Wrangler, or even a fire truck.
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| Not the way to drive a golf cart |
There are
ambulances, fire trucks, police vehicles, propane trucks, or tractor-trailer
units, plus hundreds of taxis, golf carts, motorcycles and bicycles all vying
for limited road space. You are unnecessarily
risking not only your own safety but also the safety and livelihood of the other
drivers.
Quite recently, licensing a personal golf cart on Isla Mujeres has become almost impossible as
the taxi drivers keep up the pressure on both the state and municipal
governments to restrict the number of licenses available.
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| More friends decked out for the holidays! |
But, whether you rent one for the day, or own
one for your personal use, the one thing the golf carts of Isla are not used for
- puttering around a golf course. There
are no golf courses on Isla.
No matter, you can still have a great time driving a carrito de golf that expresses your individual personality while circumnavigating a beautiful little Caribbean island.
Hasta luego, Lynda & Lawrie
No matter, you can still have a great time driving a carrito de golf that expresses your individual personality while circumnavigating a beautiful little Caribbean island.
Hasta luego, Lynda & Lawrie
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