NOTE: due to poor WiFi, and of course our desire to be no where else than the beach this blog was put together and then imported here upon our return.
The timing of this trip is rather fortuitous because we’ve
been having such a harsh winter. The
snowiest in years, the coldest in years and so on and so on
We’re traveling with Gary and Nancy (with whom we always
traveled to Mexico). Our destination is
Playa Del Carmen….. south of Cancun by about an hour.
Packing for the trip was an easy thing… just shorts and
bathing suits… the resort we’re staying in, Mahekal Beach Resort (translated: Magical) …. Where we
get two meals a day and ocean view cottage.
MaryAlice is not comfortable flying but is game. Our plan was to stay at the Holiday Inn by
Metro on Sunday and so we could avoid any early morning traffic stress and have
free parking while we’re gone. Quite the
deal!! I was a little concerned that the
large implant in my leg might be an issue but I waltzed through security with
no problem.
Our flight took only 3 hours, MA and I were blessed with the
screaming kid in the row behind us…. Oh well.
The flight was direct to Cancun where a driver from the hotel with a
large sign with MaryAlice’s and Gary’s name printed on it) greeted us and drove
us down to Playa (with a quick stop for cold cervezas).
The resort is stunning.
It’s family- friendly and the room we’re in has just been updated.
View from our room
We were on the beach by 2PM local time on Monday.
Gary and Nancy are veterans of Mexican vacations and
especially vacations at Mahecal and have their own itinerary: Get up in the morning, drink coffee, walk to
town or away from town and back (typically ~ 4.5 miles round trip), on the
homeward lap stop and pick up supplies (beer, wine, rum) at the ‘Mini Mart’,
freshen up, then eat a huge breakfast (included at the resort), veg on the
beach all day, retire to their room ~ 4
for drinks and snacks. Then go to dinner ~7.
We’re doing it all… but the walking seemed hard at first (on
the beach and then through town) but it’s become habit
now.
Since Gary and Nancy have been here for about 9 years in a
row they know and have become friends with many of the staff (which will
benefit us as I will explain later).
They also have struck up friendships with other people who are frequent
visitors to Mahekal … we met one of those couples, Mary Jane and Jerry, who we
had a fabulous time getting to know.
The walks are challenging for me…. I still err on the safe
side because of my knee surgery… but I am surviving and am finding the walk
through the town’s local section educational….
Just one note: the stereotype
about Mexicans being lazy is TOTALLY wrong.
(more on this later).
OK… I took some beach time off to write this… (BTW wifi is
at a premium here and I will post this later)
so I’m back to the beach..
Oh and so far everyday has been sunny, mid to high 80s with
a breeze off the water…. Think we’ll survive!
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