Mexico - Winter 23/24 : 2023-12-24 : Progreso

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Type Name Service Provider Origin Destination Cost Notes Actions
Bus Progreso Autoprogreso Mérida Progreso $7.86 Round trip, two people. $100MEX
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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Today we were going to try again to go to Dzibilchultín but when we were waiting for a bus that didn’t seem to want to arrive we started thinking that with it being Sunday and Christmas Eve it might not be so smart to go to a small site that we didn’t know whether it would be open or not. So we opted to head to Progreso, the resort town north of Mérida, which we had tentatively planned for Tuesday. There is so much traffic going back and forth between Mérida and Progreso that there is a dedicated bus line and dedicated terminal with busses leaving every 15 minutes.

Progreso was a great excursion for today. The town was busy and touristy and… kinda awful, really. Just not our bag. But we had a look around, had a wade in the ocean, had an expensive lackluster lunch (but with good beer) and an easy round trip on the dedicated Mérida-Progreso bus.

A point of interest at Progreso is the Muelle de Pescadores Progreso which is (or was?) the world’s longest pier - it’s 6.5km long. Wowie. I was disappointed that both the Reserva Natural "La Ria" and the Meteor Museum were closed.
This evening we took a walk around town to see the Christmas decorations. Mérida is really a beautiful city.


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