A few days ago, while I was working on Tormenta Isla book #3 of the Isla Mujeres Mystery series, I was stuck for an answer.
I popped a message to two of my island friends, Tony
Garcia and Isauro Martinez. Within minutes, both guys had responded with oodles
of intriguing information. How great is that?
Captain Tony Garcia is a well-known wedding, special-occasion, and island-ambiance photographer.
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| Captain Tony Garcia |
He is also a tour boat captain, and judging
by the photos on his Facebook page, he’s a terrific chef.
Isauro Martinez is the affable and always smiling owner
of Indio’s golf cart rentals.
Indio was his dad’s nickname, and he is Apache. He always has fun stories to tell about growing up on the island.
And then there is Freddy Medina, who has been a good
friend since we moved to the island.
In the first novel of the series, Treasure Isla Book, I had one of my main characters, Yasmin Medina, jokingly name the crocodile that lives at the Hacienda Mundaca Park after her fictional cousin Freddy.
The real Freddy owns the El Arrecife Bar in Centro. He and his five sisters have been a fabulous source of island information and personal stories, especially for our weekly blogs.
Many other islanders and ex-pats have big-heartedly
answered questions, contributed bits of information, and recounted funny
anecdotes.
It’s all part of the island colour that I try to bring alive in the novels.
Indio was his dad’s nickname, and he is Apache. He always has fun stories to tell about growing up on the island.
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| Isauro Martinez Indio Golf Cart Rentals |
In the first novel of the series, Treasure Isla Book, I had one of my main characters, Yasmin Medina, jokingly name the crocodile that lives at the Hacienda Mundaca Park after her fictional cousin Freddy.
The real Freddy owns the El Arrecife Bar in Centro. He and his five sisters have been a fabulous source of island information and personal stories, especially for our weekly blogs.
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| Freddy, Yadira after the Elmo Christmas parade |
It’s all part of the island colour that I try to bring alive in the novels.
What
happens to the car ferry during a hurricane? “It normally is used as a breakwater across Laguna
Makax to prevent big waves from destroying all the smaller boats stored in the lagoon.”
Is
the lagoon jammed with boats by the time everyone gets their vessel inside the
area? “They are tight around the edges but not in
the center. The center is muddy, and if you drop anchor there, the boat will move. Berthed at a marina or tied to the trees is much better.”
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| Chatting while cleaning the day's catch. |
What’s
the name of the bit of water between Puerto Juarez and Isla Mujeres? “Bahía de
Mujeres.”
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| Morning group - I gave them a copy of this pic. |
You just can’t get that type of information from the internet. (Okay, maybe I could have eventually found the name of the bay on Google.)
Why does most of my information come from men and not women? Maybe because the guys like to gossip, to chat, to chew the fat?
I don't know. What do you think?
Cheers, Lynda, Lawrie, Sparky, and Max
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