We're pretty excited

A week from tomorrow we fly back to Cancun. We were only there a month ago, but of course it was just a one night stopover on our way to pick up Igor at the border. 

This time, it's to meet our daughter and grandchildren. And even though that area of Mexico isn't our favorite, we're pretty excited!

Here's what we've got planned...

We have a car rental booked. Car rentals in Mexico are expensive because they have very difficult stipulations for insurance. We normally have full coverage through our credit card, but the fine print of the rental contract means that they require a physical letter from the insurer, which is often denied anyhow, and then you end up paying their $30 USD or more per day for insurance on top of the rental price.

Waterfront here at the marina.

I did a lot of research into this, and we ended up booking a rental for $358 USD, fully insured. The $CAD is very weak right now, so that doesn't help, and once we do the foreign exchange it works out to $505 CAD... almost $51 USD ($72 CAD) per day.

I had also done some rough math to see if we were better off simply taking public transportation and taxis while we were there. But with five people, that starts to add up as well. We're actually not going into Cancun at all... we've booked a condo in Playa del Carmen. And the cheapest way to get from the airport to Playa del Carmen is the ADO bus, which costs 250 pesos ($17.50 CAD, $12.40 USD) per person each way. That would be 2,500 pesos ($175 CAD, $124 USD) right there. 

So, with the convenience of having our own vehicle to do some exploring, we think it's going to be worth the extra cost.

Our accommodation in Playa del Carmen is a two bedroom, two bathroom condo with a pull out couch. Priced at $500 USD ($705 CAD) for the week.

While we're not giving our daughter and grandkids the "authentic" Mexico experience they might have at some of our favorite places in Mexico, The Cancun area does offer an awfully lot of fun things to see and do. One of them is the Xcaret Mayan theme park. It's really pricey, but Ruth and I have done it before and it's really good. So we've booked a full day there on Saturday the 21st.

Because the first and last days are travel days, we'll only have a full six days to enjoy. It'll be busy, but fun, and it'll go by way too quickly! But we sure are looking forward to seeing Lindsey, Cameron, and Sadie.

Just a quiet day here at the marina yesterday.

Rickety old concrete dock.

Looking back at the hills behind us.

There is some kind of heron in the reeds in the center of the photo.

It's a Black-crowned night heron.

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