Friday, December 28, 2007 (Ron)

This is our last day. I never thought it would happen, but we are kinda glad to be leaving Mexico and going home. Cancun is nice, the weather was good, but it doesn’t feel like home. When we are in Mazatlan it almost feels more like home than Washington. Cancun is nice to visit, especially if you are young and like to party. We aren’t and we don’t.

We got everything packed up and taken down to the lobby to stow for a few hours. The weather was great so we laid out by the pool to soak up a last little bit of sun.

I wanted to get some Mexican pastries and some stuff to eat during the flight. We took the bus downtown and stopped at Mega. They had a large selection of pastries and baked goods so I really stocked up. Then we saw a large hot deli section so we went over to check it out. Lots of variety, everything looked so good. Some of the dishes were labeled but of course the labels were in Spanish. Those were fairly easy to figure out, but many were not even labeled. I asked the lady there but she didn’t speak English. So I tried some anyway.

With enough food to feed the Mexican Army, we found a bench in the shade on Tulum Street and had lunch. Good food, good people watching, nice weather. After lunch we had to get back to the hotel to catch our shuttle to the airport. The busses all stop around where we were on Tulum Street so we looked around for our bus. A local guy saw us and must have thought we needed help. He came up and asked what bus we were looking for. I told him and he said he knew exactly where we needed to go to catch that bus. He said ‘follow me’ so we did – for about twenty feet. He told me this was the perfect spot and he was charging me a dollar for his valuable guidance. I told him forget it, I’m not giving you a dollar for that. We argued about it for a bit, but our bus pulled up so Pat and I got on it and went back to our hotel.

We got back just in time to catch the van to the airport. No problems checking in or getting thru security. With plenty of time before take-off, I worked on lightening our load by eating some of the pastries. Soon we boarded the plane and started the journey home.