COZUMEL 31 MARCH

PHOTOS : Waiting for the bus that never happened. Our stunning flat in Cozumel!

Today we leave Tulum for Cozumel. After a last swim by Callie and Luc, we head for the ADO bus terminal, as Luc expressed the need to travel on a big luxury bus. It is slightly more expensive than the “collective” and we have to wait for more than an hour, but we promised… After a real Mexican breakfast at Charlies, we get to the bus stop on time. But typical 3rd world country (or perhaps all countries, Uri!), the bus is late – 15 minutes. After loading all our stuff, we are eventually allowed unto the bus, just to discover that there are people in our booked seats! Turned out that they have double booked and overbooked the bus completely and with a few hasty Spanish words by the bus driver, we get kicked off the bus. Luc is crying because the man was so rude and Callie looses his temper. In the end we get our money back and get a really nice “collectivo” all the way to Playa Del Carmen. We are just in time for the ferry across and this time we are forced to sit on the top deck! Getting to Villas Las Anclas feels like getting home! The owners, Pedro and Eyal, are happy to see us. Eyal is a movie fanatic (and big animation fan) and Luc immediately scores a new DVD to watch. We are exhausted after carry all the luggage and getting to Cozumel. I take the time to download photos from my camera (now that we finally have electricity!!!) and write the updates (a whole week of it!) for the blog. Luc is hungry again, so we have to go to the big supermarket about 1 ½ kilometres from us to get some food. The units have self catering facilities, so we decide to eat in two of our meals (by this time we are really tired of eating restaurant food and the budget can feel it as well – average cost per meal $ 50). We end up buying a lot of stuff and then have to carry it all home as well! Still tired and take the evening off to watch some TV and go to bed early.