Rainy Wednesday in Cancun

This was originally to be a "beach day," breaking up our Mayan excursions. But Chaac, the Mayan rain god, had a different idea. The rain began early. It was cloudy all day and rain returned from time to time.

All the Palin boys slept in, but this is a relative term. The two older boys had breakfast together about 7:30. Alexander joined us about 9:30.

At 10:30 we took a taxi to the Hotel Zone, about five miles away. Ruthie Palin always said that travel and shopping go together like a horse and carriage, so we went to La Isla Shopping Village, on the lagoon side of Cancun island.


The covered walkways were barely sufficient to keep the rain out. But as Alexander said, "It's better than lazing in the room."


Mostly we looked in the Mexican souvenir shops for gifts to bring home. But we were poor hunters and did not find anything we considered worthwhile.




For lunch we sat by the lagoon. Alexander and Phil had spicy barbecued pork. Fred had spicy shrimp. Despite the rain and a rather chilly breeze, we all had frozen margaritas in an - unsuccesful - attempt to mollify Chaac. Darker clouds formed on the horizon.



After lunch we walked to a second mall. Ruthie would be unhappy with us, again no purchases were made.



Phil waded in the Caribbean Sea. Alexander was satisfied to walk the beach. We came back to the hotel about 3:30 to laz around in our rooms and blog.




Before dinner we took a dip in the hot tub. We have had dinner each evening at the Courtyard restaurant. There is a covered patio looking over the pool. At sundown they light some torches and it is a peaceful and pleasant place. Last night as the clouds cleared a sliver of crescent moon moved across the sky as we ate and talked.

For three nights in a row Phil has had Sopa de Lima, a Yucatan speciality.