Well hell....

maplesyrup
I see you there, Wifey! Taking a trip to the Dark Side!? Enjoy!

Hi Mapes!  Miss your face!  xoxxo
 
I like the dark side!  Where is everyone?
 

Hola Moonaround!

Still here, just trying to get the kinks outta my back from that darned small office I got in Hautulco!! lol Sure wish I was back there right now. Brrrrrrrr.
 

Well hey there, old folks! What's been happening? I heard there was a swim-with-the-dolphins thing right there in the middle of Akumal Bay now. Apparently they bring these huge buses down from Cancun. All the local guides fight over who gets to unload the dolphins and carry them in large groups into the bay. I'll bet the orange vests look great! Someone should make sure they swim in a counter-clockwise fashion outside the black lines so as to not disturb the turtles.

John in DC
Well hey there, old folks! What's been happening? I heard there was a swim-with-the-dolphins thing right there in the middle of Akumal Bay now. Apparently they bring these huge buses down from Cancun. All the local guides fight over who gets to unload the dolphins and carry them in large groups into the bay. I'll bet the orange vests look great! Someone should make sure they swim in a counter-clockwise fashion outside the black lines so as to not disturb the turtles.

Tomas and I actually almost got arrested for snorkeling John in DC!

Yep.  We still had a good time though.

So what were the names of.....
.....the guy who told the overweight balding guy in a speedo stories, and
 
.....posted photos of (supposedly) himself in swim trunks snorkling in the snow.

I think the snow guy was Fulleraoo

I remember fullerzoo as the snow snorkeler......didn't he also have posts
as the bath tub snorkeler? 
 
Who had the "beer snorkel"? 
 
Billiam's tales were put together in a binder and was sent around to different LG'ers.  I read that
and passed it on.  That was a few years ago.  Wonder who has that now?

Yes Beachey, that was the photo I was thinking of. 
I didn't remember that it was Whale. 
I noticed that they have been on a three month tour of
Mexico on another post today.  Perhaps he wore that while
driving down there. 

Holy moly, I can't believe I've been away from here for so long . 
Hope everyone has been doing well.
After a bad run of medical troubles and more craziness in life than I could even begin to list, we're  looking to FINALLY dust off the locogringo cooler and get in a real vacation this fall. Time to get drinks in hand, toes in sand and the Yucatan sure has been calling.
My wife is having some reservations about going with some of the more recent 'incidents' in the news, but we've always taken these things with a grain of salt, proceed with caution and situational awareness. 
Heck, I live in St.Louis,  the rest of the world thinks it's a warzone here. :-o
 
Going to stick with the all inclusive thing, and would prefer to be in/near Akumal.
we've always done Gran Bahia in the past, but after almost 8 years and with most of the staff we loved so much having left, seeing so many changes in the way they book now,  I'm curious if anyone here has been there recently and your thoughts/experience, and definitely exploring other options. 
 
Any suggestions would be great.
Glad to be back, I'll try not to be such a stranger.
Thanks, Bob