I’d never done this before – exchange posts with people whom I don’t know online and then meet them cold in a foreign country at night in an admittedly less safe place than my hometown, with my wife and two equally sheltered friends along for the adventure. Much to our welcome surprise, we met EddieT56 and the Boss Angie and some other peeps and they were GREAT! We chatted about all kinds of things – our work, homes, kids, school, our home states, football (Go Vikes!) and the conversation was great. EddieT told us about the Doc, the history of this peep meet, some of the other peeps, and a bit about the Bucket itself. PM him for more info – he’s got tons. BTW, beers at the Bucket were 5 for $10.00 US – one of the best buys in Playa!
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(I left the above paragraph in because this is what happens when you are up at 1 a.m. on a work night typing your TR and your body collapses into deep sleep. Woke up at 3:47 and decided sleeping in a chair in the sitting position might be good for my chiropractor, but nor for my spine so I went to bed).
OK, where was I… Sorry about that. The Bucket is a great place to do this and I highly recommend a peep meet. Check other forums for dates and times, and maybe even chime in before your trip to try and get to know some of the people. The ones we met were all very nice and we enjoyed the adventure and experience.
World famous EddieT56 and the Boss Angie – Thanks guys for a great time!:
Have to add this about the restroom at the Bucket – If you are short, like my bride, it’s OK and reasonably clean. If you are taller like me, be prepared to contort as you enter. It also has a somewhat “Clint Eastwood-esque” feel to it (see Fistfull of Dollars).
So far, so good:
All were getting sleepy so as the meet wound down, we taxi’d back home and flipped on the TV. Back to the Future II was on (great concept and movie, by the way) – in Spanish. I now realize that there must be easier ways to try and learn the language, which I promised myself I would do before our next trip down. We drifted off to the scene and sounds of Michael J Fox and his nemesis, “Bif” warring it out over the girl en Espanol!