Isla Mujeres 2015 ~~ Day 1
“Isladise, Here We Come!”
3:30am finds us driving to the airport in a fierce
downpour. Scary drive but at least
it’s not snow!
Why is it that we never get any sleep before we leave? Airport silliness ensues….
Actually, he’s just trying to copy our son Jason, who left a
few days ago and is already on Isla….
Vince is hungry and I suggest having breakfast now as we
won’t have any more food options until tonight when we arrive. White Spot brekkies hit the
spot….although this will soon be a bad decision….
6am and our Horizon prop begins to taxi….before we even take
off Vince is asking for ‘the bag’.
What bag? I can’t get to
the carry on right now. No, not
that bag, but the airplane bag.
Oh brother! He does this
every time! Sure enough as soon as
we’re airborne, he spends most of the flight in the bathroom. He just can’t handle the bouncy little
planes. He’s still looking
gray when we land in Seattle. We
only have 45 minutes to get through immigration, grab luggage, go through
customs, drop luggage and go through security. I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that Vince can make
it. What a way to start a holiday! 3 or 4 trains later we arrive at our
gate only to find that it is delayed for about 20 minutes. Whew…give us some time to rest. I pick up some water, pepto and
altoids…all at a premium airport price!
Vince is finally starting to get some colour back….think we might have
to forgo any more prop planes in our future!
Our Alaska Airlines flight takes off at 850am….woohoo….now we’re really on our way! Plug in the ear buds with Maná and we try to snooze most of the way.
Our Alaska Airlines flight takes off at 850am….woohoo….now we’re really on our way! Plug in the ear buds with Maná and we try to snooze most of the way.
We land in Cancun at 450pm to sunny skies….yippee!! Love that smell when you exit the
airplane….humid air, diesel fuel, a bit of mustiness….love it! There is absolutely no line-up at
immigration and we breeze through there but then have to wait a few minutes for
our luggage. Get the green light
and we are out in the sunshine in record time. The CARM rep is there to greet us and directs us to wait in
a certain spot. We end up waiting
for 20 minutes but still make it to the ferry just in time for the 630 ferry
and a sunset….
Happy smiles are on for the next 35 days!!!...
Isla Mujeres comes into view…..even if I don’t like the new concrete
monstrosity that is the new ferry terminal, the sight of Isla is so
amazing! We quickly haul the
suitcases to a taxi and we are off to Caribbean Casa, Casita Isladise…. Caribbean Casa
Up the stairs, we open the door and hear the sounds of a ukulele….Jason,
we’re here!! Jason asked for a ukulele
for his birthday, which was just before he came down here and he has been
happily strumming away in paradise.
Jason is a Physics professor at Selkirk College so he’s enjoying some relaxation
on his reading break. It will be
fun to share some time with him as he hasn’t been back to Isla since 2008.
We quickly change clothes and then head off to our
traditional spot for our first night dinner….Rolandi’s. We start with a salad, some strawberry
margaritas for Jason and me, and a Leon for Vince…
Vince and I share a Hawaii pizza and Jason has ricotta pasta…
It’s not very warm tonight but it’s fun to sit on Hidalgo and people
watch. Walking off our dinner, we
wander the entire length of Hidalgo and then head for home….we haven’t slept
for who knows how many hours now, so maybe we should seek out our pillows. We’re letting Jason stay upstairs in
the master suite and Vince and I crash on the 2 sofas on the main floor. As I close my eyes around midnight, I
realize that I will have a front row seat for sunrise without even getting out
of ‘bed’….can’t wait!....
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