Mexico Sun

We are off on a sun-seeking Mexican getaway.  It seems like just moments since our return from South America in December but after the great weather January had to offer, February has shown us the door with its Polar Vortex and accompanying snow, ice and power outages.  It seemed to us that Mexico was demanding our presence.

The Ice Falls Below Our Home

Time to Leave Before the Ruler Disappears

Melanie is taking care of Abby the cat while  Bryn will keep his eye on the homestead.  Brother Russ and Viv kindly shuttled us the airport and sister Rita will be there to collect us before whisking us away to the Zandoyo B&B in the Bococho neighbourhood in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico.    The Zandoyo and its owner Tony will be our home and host for the next few weeks.

Tried Out the New VIP Lounge in Vancouver

Cousin Randy and Doreen will also by flying into Puerto Escondido after a month’s stay up north at the ocean town of Rincon de Guayabitos.  They will be with us for two weeks in P.E. before the four of us venture up to Mexico City for a few days.  We will fly with them to Mazatlan.  Our stay will only be one night before flying Swoop back home to Abbotsford.  R & D will extend their stay another week before returning home.

We flew the 4.5-hour flight from Vancouver to Mexico on Interjet.  It was our first time on Interjet and while the service is quite Spartan they did feed and water us for $270 Cdn. each.  They left on time and arrived slightly early.  The 5:30 am landing ensured that the Customs & Immigration process would be smooth and quick.

We had a five-hour layover at the Benito Juarez International Airport before our 1.5 hour flight to Puerto Escondido on Aeromexico.  At the time of this writing, we are passing the time eating and drinking in the Aeromexico VIP lounge, courtesies of Deborah’s Privilege card.

We don’t have a lot of plans for this, our sixth trip, to Puerto Escondido.  The Zandoyo has a beautiful pool will get our attention.  We are lucky that there are a great many musicians holidaying in the area and we are sure to enjoy some fine music in the various venues about town.

We will try to get a few entries in the blog between enjoying the sunshine and sipping a few cold drinks.