Mexico - Winter 23/24 : 2023-12-13 : Airport bus recon and Mercado downpour

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Activity
Type Name Description Service Provider Cost Kms To Date Total Notes Actions
Other Evening activity Dialogues of the Conqueror show every Wednesday. Outside of his home, a representation of Francisco de Montejo portrays historic events along with video mapping. In front of the Casa de Montejo Museum 8:00 pm Wednesdays $0.00
Accommodation
Type Name Service Provider Confirmation Location Cost Notes Actions
Bed and Breakfast Casa Carmita AirBnB Merida $1088.79 Free cancellation before 15:00 on Dec 10
Check-In: 15:00, Check-Out: 12:00. Leave keys on bureau or put them on room door
Entry instructions and WiFi on AirBnB 24 hours before stay
Guest favorite, Superhost, Room plus private bathroom in home with shared spaces.
Luggage drop-off allowed. Pets allowed.


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Our recon mission to the airport was successful but not as we expected.

We knew right where the bus was supposed to stop - two blocks, and around the corner, from our AirBnB.

We would get on it when it was ‘inbound’ to the city, and ride it in and then back out because that was our most convenient stop. We went out and we waited… and we saw the bus coming but then it turned away before it reached us. I thought we must have seen one on its way outbound and wasn’t worried. Brent, on the other hand, questioned it. And then he noticed a hand-written, weather-faded cardboard sign that said the bus doesn’t stop there anymore - it stops at the corner of x and y streets. Oops.

So we walked to the corner of x and y streets but there was no indication of which direction it would come from or where it would stop. Thankfully both streets are one ways so that made the options less.

We stood at different sections of the intersection, me looking west for an eastbound bus and him looking south for a northbound bus. I thought the bus would come straight north or straight east and stop, so Brent and I had those options covered. When the bus finally came, eastbound, Brent realized at the last second that it was going to turn north instead of continuing straight so we had to hoof it across the street to catch it.

Bonus - where we catch it is right around the corner from our AirBnB.

After that it was mostly clear sailing. We rode ‘inbound’ as expected, turned outbound to the airport. When we arrived at the airport, everyone got off except us, which was confusing to the driver. He didn’t understand where we were going. Finally we used the translator on his phone to tell him ‘we need the airport tomorrow. We are riding the bus today to learn how it works. We go back to Merida now’. He was very happy with that explanation. :)

When we got back to town we visited the delightfully chaotic Mercado but also got caught in a fairly enthusiastic downpour.


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