Cancun - last few days - March 24 - 27th

Sunday morning produced a beautiful sunrise.

Today is a beach day. It's quite hot and humid. We've been eating breakfast in the conference center as it's not so busy. It doesnt have as many option ... but I don't eat the Mexican stuff anyways. Here they do have an egg and omlette station. Can you spot Ray? lol

I also managed to get reservations at the Mexican Restaurant tonight. Not really my thing, but Ray enjoyed most of it. Their plating is fabulous, I just wish the food tasted as good. Most meats are way overcooked.

Looks beautiful, but the chicken inside was all dried out.

Monday morning we got locked out of our room for an hour. Our key cards did not work. We went down the elevator to the front desk 3 times for them to reset our card .... didn't work. Finally they got someone from security to try and get it working. After 20 minutes he ended up calling his supervisor. They had to access our room by going into the room next door and climbing over the balcony onto ours to open the door. Turned out the batteries are dead in the locking mechanism!

We'd planned to go back towards La Isla Mall for a late lunch for better food, but it's another hot one, so again we headed down to "our spot" and spent the day. Lots of relaxing and reading happening. At least down here the music is muffled somewhat. Ray wears his headphones with his music most of the time to drown the music and the pool exercise whistle out. 

Ray did managed to get into the ocean for a bit 2 days ago when it was calm.

I managed a reservation finally at the Steakhouse, again nothing to write home about. Ray ordered the ribs which were ok. I ordered chicken wings, which were over fried and dry, so left most. I don't like the taste of the grease they use here and most foods are fried. Most people gain wait at all inclusives, I'm losing as I don't like the food and as well as being sick these 2 weeks.

Tuesday, our last day here. I'm looking forward to going home. We thought about taking the bus to IHop for different food but I looked at their menu and it was mostly all Mexican type foods too. Back to the buffet we go.

For dinner we were back at the Fisherman's Restaurant. Ray ate a great meal of well perfectly done salmon. Me, just salad and ice cream. I'm way too hot to eat.

Check out is 12 noon. We ordered up private transportation to the airport for 1 pm instead of 3 pm for our flight out at 6:15 pm. Just want to get out of here. I would rather wait at the airport and maybe get some better food for lunch.

At the airport, check in was easy with no waits and security was easy too. By 1:30 we were sitting in Wolfgang Puck's Kitchen Restaurant having a fabulous lunch. I ate a great Turkey Clubhouse and Ray one of the best burgers he's ever had. Delicious.

Now we waited for 4 hours before boarding our plane. The airport certainly got really busy around 4 pm so we were glad we came early. At 6 pm were loaded on the plane and managed to take off on time. Dinner was terrible, dry chicken and mole with rice ..... I didn't eat it. Glad I ate a big lunch. 

The flight was uneventful until we started going by Tacoma and Seattle where we saw a huge display of lightening on the horizen for several hundred miles (and we were heading straight towards it). Never seen anything like it. Unfortunately, this storm cell is massive, causing torrential rain at the Victoria Airport and our plane was unable to land. Apparently the Victoria airport's runway is on the short side, and with a larger plane the possiblity of hydroplaning off the runway we were diverted to Comox, up island. Being so late in the evening we waited 20 minutes for ground crew so we could be refuelled. As Comox does not have customs we couldn't get off the plane. The crew were informed the heavy rain had ended in Victoria so after refuelling we took off again and landed safely in Victoria. With everyone waiting for us in Victoria and wanting to get home themselves, baggage was fast and customs even faster. Stepped into a taxi outside to get to the hotel. Heads on pillows by 2 am (4 am Cancun time). 

After 4 hours sleep, we were anxious to just get home. I've been still coughing a bunch and not feeling 100% still after a month. We stopped at the Walk-in Clinic in Duncan, but there was already 20 people in line waiting. Well that won't work.

We decided to go to the Doghouse Restaurant for breakfast before heading home. While eating breakfast, I called our doctor's office in Nanaimo and got an appointment for 11:15 today with one of the other doctor's in the clinic. They know us as "Kristi's parents" lol Nice to have a doctor in the family.

Dr. Finlay said that she thinks it is a viral infection that is hanging on with my bronchial tubess wheezing causing the mucous build up, so prescribed a heavy duty puffer. She also sent me for a chest xray across the street which I did. I will be checked again in 10 days

Finally home at 1 pm. A very long 24 hours.