Friday, March 30th
Our trip to Merida Mexico starts in
Toronto. We spent the last 10 days in Roatan Honduras with Joey and
Liam and return from there to Toronto last night. Wish we could have
flown directly from Roatan to Merida which is about 800 KM. But there
is no such thing and other options than returning to Toronto were
either just as long in time or more expensive. We used Air Transat to
fly back and forth to Roatan and it was reasonable price. The good
news in all this is that we got to spend an extra day with Joey and
Liam. Joey and Liam had an early flight back to Calgary. We said our
goodbyes knowing that we would see Joey this Summer. We went back to
bed hoping to catch a couple more hours of sleep.
We took the 9AM shuttle to the airport
as our flight was at 12:40. We should have taken the 10AM one as we
were there too early. Our route to Merida is via Houston Texas. We
had a 90 minutes layover which was as good as you want. No big rush
at the airport running to gates. We grabbed something to eat at a
nice restaurant. Did not have time to explore the airport but it
looked nice.
Quick flight to Merida, only 2 hours
from Houston. Arrive in Mexico and went thru immigration without any
problems. For Taxis you go to an outside booth where you tell the
cashier where you want to go. She then tells you how much. Downtown
is only about 6 KM from the airport. $200 Pesos which is about $15.00
Canadian, includes a bottle of water and some cookies!
We get to the house, Casa Canton,
around 7PM where Neil the property manager is waiting for us and
gives us the tour of the house and a rundown on a few things. Will take pictures of the house later when I have more time but here is a picture of the dinning room.
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We head out to find somewhere to get
something to eat. 2 priorities, Mexican food and Margaritas. We
checked out a few restaurants around a square, Santa Lucia Park, that
is 2 block from the house but these were too fancy for us tonight.
Perhaps some other night. 1/2 a block away we found a place that was
perfect for us tonight. Wendy had enchiladas with green salsa and I
choose mole sauce for mine. 2 rounds of margaritas, because you just
can't have one on your first night in Mexico, unwritten rule. We sat
in the restaurant courtyard. Nothing fancy here, plastic chairs and
table. The waiter who may also been the owner was quick. A table of
12 arrived and he had no problems dealing with a few tables plus the
large table. Wish we knew what they were ordering as it looked very
good. Mostly appetizers style food. The restaurant had a very nice
mural. Supper came to $25 which we were happy to pay.
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| In Santa Lucia Park. |
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| This looks like what we are looking for |
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| Our first night supper |
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| Mural at the restaurant |
After supper we went for a short walk before heading home to bed.
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| No 45 minutes wait, lots of Marquesitas makers in town. |
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