The last two years, my travels to Cozumel were filled with lots of "misadventure". In 2014, my departure from Ottawa was delayed by 3 days because of snow. In 2015, the water pipes on the airplane were frozen, so our departure from Ottawa was 4 hours late, so I only arrived in Cozumel at midnight, very tired and seasick.
Today, the weather was totally cooperative. +7C! So the plane took off exactly on time. Which got me into Cancun before noon. So I easily took the ADO (like Greyhound) bus from the airport to Playa Del Carmen, then a ferry to Cozumel by 3pm. And best of all!!!! The ocean was super calm and I thoroughly enjoyed the ferry crossing. No sea sickness at all!!! Some of you may recall I wasn't so lucky last year...
Also very neat. On the ferry, I chatted with a local named Raul who'd like me to give him English lessons. I think I'd like that. It could be a neat experience and give me a bit of income while here. But first, I want to check with Barbara, my friend and owner of the Spanish English Academy (SEA), to make sure I'm not stepping over any boundaries.
I got to Cozumel early enough to walk downtown and have dinner in a small fun restaurant called "Mar y Juana". It was noisy with fun music and football fans cheering, and it was a little crazy with the waiter getting all the patrons, including me, to do a fizzy tequila shot. But it was a fun way to get into vacation/adventure mode!
Photos:
The view from the airplane just before we landed in Cancun.
The view from the ferry as we left Playa del Carmen.
My super yummy BBQ chicken at Mar y Juana's.
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