I’m just getting back to my desk after a several days in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. I had a little R & R, played some golf, and just enjoyed myself in general. Had all the same kinds of food I wrote about in a post last year, so I returned well fed. Now I’m tanned, fed, fit and ready to type, so it’s back to the grindstone. Thanks to the poor economy, this trip was a little more exciting than previous trips. At least the golf part. When we pulled the carts up to the first green on the first day we played, the caddy told us to pull off the cart path and park the carts down by the green. When we asked why, he replied, “Banditos.” Turns out that hard times have driven many desperate people to turn to crime to feed their families. According to the caddy, ‘banditos’ hide in the jungle along side the cart paths and come out while the players are on the green and steal anything they can get their hands on. A few weeks before we got there, there was an actual armed robbery on the course. Fortunately, our trip was without incident, so I returned home with all my belongings. Didn’t even lose anything to the airlines, which is probably a more likely way to lose valuables than to banditos on the golf course. Aside from banditos, there are other dangers on the courses in Mexico. I took the photo of this guy shown below as I drove by him in the golf cart. Any where there is water on the Marina Vallarta course, there are crocidilos lying about. You’ve also got to keep an eye out for snakes whenever you hunt for lost balls in the jungle bordering the courses. One of the things I like about Mexico is always coming upon the unexpected.

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