And hope you love Chichen Itza as I did.  Then I came home and got books about it and new research on Mayan culture and art -- they know how to translate the Mayan hieroglyphs now, amazing -- and wished I had read them first.  A tip, if you have time or are looking for good reading to take along.

But when on Isla, the transportation of choice is to rent a golf cart -- on your own at the places that do so or let your housing site do it for you.  Then be sure to get to the south end to see the ruins, such as they are after the last hurricanes, of the shrine to a Mayan goddess, the reason so some say for Isla Mujeres' name.  There also is an outdoor sculpture garden there plus a couple of places to eat and some stores, but too pricey and not as authentic as the fare in town.  However, along the way do stop at the places that offer the ancient Mayan chicken recipe (darn, I forget the name now) made for 1000s of years.  

Otherwise, it's seafood and fish all the time for me, fresh caught that day -- Shrimp Ceviche, Fish Veracruz, etc.  Mmmmmm.

More info can be found at the community/tourists discussion forum, btw -- islamujeres.com, I think.  Very useful for constant updates on new great places to eat, on good housing (the hotel noted here at North Beach that is so massive is Avalon Manor, fun to walk through but pricey and one of those silly places that provides all the meals, when it's much more fun to roam the town).

I agree, especially on the stimulus. I think he settled for the minimum thing that had a chance of maybe working. It needed to have a lot more clout.  With the debt what it is, and already getting hammered on it politically, would another 300 billion have mattered? Not if it had helped the economy.

I'm not sanguine on global warning, summit or not. The corporations who really run this country are never going to let anything serious be done.

I can only hope that the shocks of the last year have shown him the truth about trying to play nice with people who do not have the best interests of the country in mind.

And I still say he has absolutely no ideology to guide him in making policy choices.  We're at the mercy of his chosen "experts."

For all Bill Clinton's flaws and weaknesses, he totally inhales this stuff and understands it as well as his "experts," and has guiding beliefs and principles to help him choose.

Obama can't effectively sell any of this stuff to the public as a result.  All he can do is make soaring speeches about goals, when the public wants specifics explained.