Sunday, April 25, 2010

The Long Road

Sunday was an uneventful day for the most part as 10 hours of it was spent in the car driving from Placentian to Playa del Carmen. The drive through the mountains of Belize was spectacular, kind of like the drive through the White Mountains in New Hampshire, only with palm trees and monkees instead of pines and white tailed deer. No problems at the border in Belieze, other than they fleeced us for another $75 BD. In Mexico, they didn't even look at anything, just waved us on through.

The 4 hour drive in Mexico was uneventful. The one thing of interest was a 40 km stretch where thousands of brightly colored butterflies fluttered all over the highway, dying by the thousands as well. Our car alone took out three dozen or so. We figured there must have been a mass hatching that day, and that was not lost on the birds either, mostly swallows, which were picking these things out of the air one after the other.

We pulled into our hotel, Villa del Mar about 4:00 PM and were shown to our room, a large suite with a huge private balcony, an upgrade from the one we were shown when booking last time through. The hotel itself is an older spanish style building that has been completely renovated. Out back through a series of secluded garden walkways it shares access to a pool and bar area with a connecting hotel. The area is just steps from the pedestrian arcade with all the shops and restaurants. Best of all, it is costing us $49 US per night.

Being hot from our travels we headed out for a quick swim before heading out to find a place for supper. We didn't have to walk far to find something appealing, and we wern't disappointed.
The meal was delicious, and the 2 for 1 Carona was a bonus. We spent a good hour sitting there people watching, looking at couples, some which seemed like a perfect fit, and others you wondered how they ever got together. The night was a bit of a gem as far as I was concerned, making up for the long day on the road. One of those little moments I am determined to enjoy to the fullest. To bed early as usual, and a full nights sleep.


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