How I Got to Los Calatos, Mexico, and I Found My Own Private Advantage

"How's your Spanish? Needy-o-ker," he asks. "I luckily I've been practicing so I can get through." He negotiates a price for access to Los Calatos, an island off the coast of Mexico. The man gives him 200 pesos and then takes him on his own private motorboat into the water. 'Not only did I make it, but I found my own secret way to this island,' he says.