Muchacho Polaco

Time for our six month cleaning. This is my least favorite experience.

We are sitting here on a bench eating some icecream. Nights here are really nice.

In the years to vome when it is asked; where were you for the 2017 election, this will be my answer. Pita Mediterranean Cuisine, Merida.

We discovered some flamingos a few days back. A lot of flamingos. I tried to walk out to them. It didn’t go well.

We rented an enormous home in Merida for a few days, in the ballpark of 6000-7000 square feet. The house itself is beautiful, but the location isn’t very good and it’s far from the town center. Even so, good times are to be had.

Watching some pre-election political parody.

Touring some government buildings last night.

Dinner last night. I was the only displeased patron at this overpriced meal.

We left Hermosillo last night at 7pm and a arrived in Merida this morning at 7 a.m. The trip was utterly exhausting mostly due to the 7 hour layover in Mexico City. A layover where it was entirely impossible to sleep. 

Fortunately our hotel allowed us to check in early this morning despite an email from them yesterday saying it would not be possible to do that. We slept for roughly five hours. It was amazing.

We are staying at El Gran Hotel. For 700 pesos (35 dollars) a night, it is pretty amazing. We’re staying here tonight and tomorrow night as my sister will get here late in the evening tomorrow. Tonight we will pick up my father at the airport around 11 pm.

The photo above was taken from our room at the hotel. Our room overlooks a little park.

We spent the day on the beach at Kino. This is the very best time of the year for the beach. It was mid-90s with a pleasant water temperature. 

Recently a park for food trucks has opened up near our home. This is the 3rd park to have opened in the last year. The concept is great as it provides for numerous options for meals, nearly all of which are spectacular.

We met Juan and Ruth for dinner last night. As it turns out, the food truck that they ate at was owned by one of the guys we went camping with a couple weeks ago.

We had breakfast this morning at a little cafe near our hotel before departing for Guadalajara. The food was great. 

We are now on a bus on our way to Guadalajara. We are currently on episode 6 of Survivor, season 16. So much fun.