holy crapoley, we're back in mexico!
what a day... i got about 4 hours of sleep last night, and mike got 2. we were at the toronto airport at about 5:45 am... our flight back to mexico city was uneventful, but mexico was a bit trying. we had a 2 hour stopover, which turned out to not actually be enough to get through customs, collect our bags, take the monorail to the next terminal, check in, only to be told that our flight is boarding NOW so we have to RUN RUN RUN, then to have security try to force me to drink an entire nalgene of water because i didn't have time to empty it, and then to have them finally relent and let me throw it out (why can't they just dump it? i'm really curious, if anyone knows...) which pissed me off because it was my favourite nalgene... then once we finally made it to the gate, it said our flight had been delayed by about 45 minutes. there was no boarding counter with our flight number, so we waited. only to have our names announced with threats that if we didn't get to the plane right away we'd be left behind!! then, getting to the plane involved being put into a giant bus (???) with a bunch of other folks and driven out to the plane on the tarmac! anyway, we didn't miss our flight, and there were only like 7 screaming babies :| when we got to acapulco we had half an hour until the storage place where we left the defiant closed, so we got a taxi - it was $270 pesos ($23 CAD) which is outrageous, but they were all done through a little booth at the airport and we didn't have time to argue. it was literally like 5 km to the storage place, and i was pissed. anyway, we made it in time and the defiant roared to life (despite being COVERED in dust and what appear to be cat paw prints. and i mean covered. it's like they had a cat convention on our truck!)
we made the decision to pick up the defiant and camp despite not having insurance (we think we can renew our old insurance online - to be determined tomorrow), and found a place in the mexican camping book we bought (i think it's called "a traveler's guide to mexican camping' by mike and terri church, or something similar. it's amazing. carpe viam told us about it.) and attempted to find it. after driving in circles for like an hour and getting directions from no less than 3 friendly locals, we determined it was closed for the season (we found the place, we're like 99% sure, but the sign was gone and nobody was around). after a stop at walmart for food, and home depot for ratchet straps (to replace the one we broke going over that giant tope on day 18), we drove waaay to the other side of acapulco (32 km, which sounds like nothing, but dude... mexico!!) and finally found a camping spot at playa luces. it's really beautiful - we're very close to the ocean, and there are adorable giant toads and wee geckos and perros all over the place. each campsite has it's own little mini pool, and there are 2 larger swimming pools, a patio, etc. it's really lovely.
mike went straight to bed, but i was gross and sweaty (did i mention it's 33, feels like 40 here, or was in the afternoon? i'd say it's at least 25 still), so i went for a dip in the pool, which was warmer than my body temperature (and where i'm fairly certain, in hindsight, that i interrupted a couple having do-its. gross.) i wandered around and let the breeze evaporate the water and i felt much nicer after that.
we're so happy to be back home in mexico, and can't wait to get on the road again. i'll write more about that tomorrow, but there are some things that need to be done first! but hopefully tomorrow we'll be happy and well-rested and ready to deal with those challenges. :D
buenos noches, amigos!
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