Carol: Best greetings to you from Mexico!
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Mary: Oh my gosh! So you are travelling again. What is it like there? How long are you staying there?
Carol: Yes, Will insisted on a couple of months in the tropics before his hip operation, so we decided to go full bore and try again something rougher. So far everything's been going smoothly.
Mary: Isn't Mexico a bit dangerous? Have they got good medical care, just in case?
Carol: We are in Yucatan only, which is pretty touristy and they put great store on safety as tourism's their major source of income. As for their medical services I do hope we won't have to try them out. Besides we both have  our foreign travel insurances with a guarantee of immediate transport to Europe, if need be. Fingers crossed!
Mary: Good! And you are extra careful too, I hope.
Carol: But of course! We've rented a car to be independent of their erratic public transport and they seem to have a good network of fairly good roads. Mostly empty, sometimes even overgrown by vegetation on the sides.We never travel after dark of course.
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Mary: Good Lord! It looks like a narrow tunnel through a dense jungle! Any big animals?
Carol: They seem never to clear the sides of the roads, so the verges are kept clear of vegetation only on busy roads with much traffic. But most of their roads are like this, no one in sight for miles.
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Mary: Would suit my driving!
Carol: It soon becomes deadly boring. We tried to keep ourselves entertained by keeping the radio on and picking up as much Spanish as possible but it turned even a greater bore! 8D Anyway we're not overdoing it with driving. So much to see around!
Mary: Mayan monuments?
Carol: Caught you here! Had made the same mistake myself. We've been instructed to say "Maya monuments"  as the adjective Mayan refers mostly to people and their languages.
Mary: Ooops! Once a teacher, always a teacher.
Carol: :‑P No pro! Anyway we've been visiting all sorts of Maya monuments, mostly temples, but I still know precious little about them. Our guidebooks are worthless, only this touristy crap.
Mary: Oh don't be so critical about them. They are destined for different readership. You'll catch up when back home.
Carol: I hope I will! But with Will's operation looming over us, I might find it difficult. The thought about it seems to be bogging us down even here, but we avoid talking about it.
Mary: Oh Carol! Stop worrying! It is a standard operational procedure, one of the most common surgeries. William is fit and has no known ailments that usually beset men of his age. It's going to proceed without any complications. Take my word for it!
Carol: Thank you, Mary. I surely trust your opinion, after all you are a doctor. But you know what it's like.
Mary: Of course I do and I do understand you are upset. But please don't. Just enjoy your holidays!
Carol: You are right. We'll make the most of them.
Mary: And take care too!
Carol: XX
Carol and Will are now in Mexico, precisely in Yucatan. It's a pretty safe part of Mexico. Will is going to have his hip operation soon. It's a standard procedure, so it should go without complications.