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happy birthday Lucy
THE most beautiful girl, inside and out
I am SO blessed and lucky to have her as my travel companion in life
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up to some tropical stormage which quickly cleared to hot sun
thought it would be good to have a cooling jacuzzi on our private roof terrance
which was private till three, male, hotel staff let themselves in and crept upstairs with a surprise birthday cake for Lucy
fortunately Lucy had just got out the tub and was wearing a towel
I was still in my birthday suit: lying on my back, now with my legs crossed
this didn't deter the hotel staff who placed the cake down on the edge of the jacuzzi and said 'now can we sing you 'happy birthday?'
which they did, seemingly unphased by my lack of outfit or our crying with laughter
the pink you see isn't sunburn: it's a crazy shade of awwwwwwkward
quite a memorable birthday moment
followed by cocktails at WILD and dinner at casa banana where Lucy says she had the most delicious food of her WHOLE life (which unexpectedly was a lamb risotto with a crusted parmesan topping)
traffic jams in Tulum these days with huge coaches trying to deliver package tours to beachside hotels
end of (chilled Tulum) days
the later forecast rain didn't come.
moped home dodging suicidal crabs running the road-crossing gauntlet