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March 30, 2008

Collectivos, Ferries, Taxis, Planes and Automobiles

3/30 (Sunday)

Our last day on vacation. No one was looking forward to heading home. I got up before sunrise to get some photos of the sunrise across the water. We lounged in the room, reading and eating breakfast before heading down to the beach for a swim and some sun.

I contacted the art dealer in Isla to arrange picking up our piece. It turned out they had thought we'd be coming the night before... rather than try to arrange meeting them in Puerto Juarez, I told them I'd take the ferry across myself. There was not much of a window before we needed to get to the airport, so I quickly finished packing up, gave Hol cash to pay for the room and told David to meet me at the ferry port in Puerto Juarez. I grabbed a collectivo to the port and took the 18 minute ride to Isla. I walked the two blocks to the shop, grabbed the art and said my goodbyes to Javier and Eli. I got back to the Isla port just missing the same ferry I'd come across on, but within a few minutes the next ferry arrived and I was on my way back to the mainland, art in hand.

Hol and David were waiting for me when I reached the port and we took at taxi, after negotiating the price down a bit, directly to the airport. Aeromexico had screwed up my ticket so it took some time to sort out the problem. In the meantime, Hol's connecting flight from Cancun to Mexico City was on Mexicana (due to our change in plans from December our flights were a little messed up) which appeared to have a four hour wait in line to check-in. Since she was on our flight (Aeromexico) from Mexico City to LAX, I spoke with the helpful Aeromexico staff about getting her pre-checked in for that flight and verifying the luggage change. They were able to do it with her passport while she waited in the other line -- they even pointed out that her ticket from Cancun to Mexico City was actually first class (I vaguely remember having to pay a bit more, but had thought it was because of our other flight changes). We got her into the first class line and through the security check before our flight left -- all we had to do was meet her in Mexico City.

After the last flight and drive home to "the OC", we finally got to bed around 2am. An exhausting end to our Yucatan adventure.

Photo Album:
http://mehling.org/gallery/v/travels/2008_mexico/Day+17/

Posted by ben at March 30, 2008 10:00 PM


« Puerto Juarez and Cancun \| Main \| Notable URLs on 2008-04-12 » March 30, 2008 Collectivos, Ferries, Taxis, Planes and Automobiles 3/30 (Sunday) Our last day on vacation. No one was looking forward to heading home. I got up before sunrise to get some photos of the sunrise across the water. We lounged in the room, reading and eating breakfast before heading down to the beach for a swim and some sun. I contacted the art dealer in Isla to arrange picking up our piece. It turned out they had thought we'd be coming the night before... rather than try to arrange meeting them in Puerto Juarez, I told them I'd take the ferry across myself. There was not much of a window before we needed to get to the airport, so I quickly finished packing up, gave Hol cash to pay for the room and told David to meet me at the ferry port in Puerto Juarez. I grabbed a collectivo to the port and took the 18 minute ride to Isla. I walked the two blocks to the shop, grabbed the art and said my goodbyes to Javier and Eli. I got back to the Isla port just missing the same ferry I'd come across on, but within a few minutes the next ferry arrived and I was on my way back to the mainland, art in hand. Hol and David were waiting for me when I reached the port and we took at taxi, after negotiating the price down a bit, directly to the airport. Aeromexico had screwed up my ticket so it took some time to sort out the problem. In the meantime, Hol's connecting flight from Cancun to Mexico City was on Mexicana (due to our change in plans from December our flights were a little messed up) which appeared to have a four hour wait in line to check-in. Since she was on our flight (Aeromexico) from Mexico City to LAX, I spoke with the helpful Aeromexico staff about getting her pre-checked in for that flight and verifying the luggage change. They were able to do it with her passport while she waited in the other line -- they even pointed out that her ticket from Cancun to Mexico City was actually first class (I vaguely remember having to pay a bit more, but had thought it was because of our other flight changes). We got her into the first class line and through the security check before our flight left -- all we had to do was meet her in Mexico City. After the last flight and drive home to "the OC", we finally got to bed around 2am. An exhausting end to our Yucatan adventure. Photo Album: http://mehling.org/gallery/v/travels/2008_mexico/Day+17/ Posted by ben at March 30, 2008 10:00 PM		Bookmarks Ben's Resume Ben's Lists Mehling Photo Album Flickr Photo Album Recently Archived Cozumal and Playa Palancar Akumal Desperately Seeking Lodging See you in nine days Sian Ka'an Coba Ruins Tulum Ruins Finally! Background Micro Credit Archives August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 Etc. Search: