After a nice breakfast at Vips restaurant we walked the lagoon malecon (saw an alligator) for an hour before checking out of the Hyatt at noon
A 25 minute, $15 taxi ride and we were at the airport for our scheduled 2:40 flight. A funny thing at the airport was the check-in at AeroMexico. Caro has expanded the size and weighed down her suitcase with purchases. The check-in lady took a look at Caro's suitcase and asked to weigh it. It was 2 kilos overweight (for carry on) so Caro was asked to "check it" in (which we definitely did not want). Caro took 2 kilos out of the suitcase and put it in her backpack and "Voila" no problem. She was able to take it as carry-on. Ha Ha Ha. Too funny!
Our plane left 20 minutes late and we arrived in Mexico City only to discover that we didn't have a regular gate but were parked away from the terminal so we walked off the plane onto a portable stairway and buses took us in. When we got off the bus we went to the "connection" hallway only to discover we had to go through *!#$$**! security again and then haul our gear up one flight of stairs (!) to the main floor where all the gates were. We heard "last call for Los Mochis" so we ran to our gate number. The gate was 75A but 75A,75B,75C,75D were all together and there were three flights leaving from these gates at the same time. So what happened is that there were people everywhere figuring out which line to get into (no obvious information available for who goes where); getting their ID checked by the appropriate AeroMexico person (for their particular flight) and then everybody went back down more stairs only to remixed together in a common area before figuring out which bus to get on. SERIOUSLY STUPID!. Any way we made it and because of the tight connection time I am quite sure any checked luggage would not have made it. I think I have convinced Caro of the advantages of carry on only!
On the flight Caro noticed that they had liquor (for free) so she asked for a vodka. The Mexican liquor bottles have a special insert in them to slow flow so the stewardess had to shake the vodka bottle to get enough vodka in the glass for Caro's drink. I said to the stewardess that I wanted a rum with more shakes so she proceeded to shake and shake and shake to the point where Caro and I were laughing because I ended up with a STRONG double!!. I had to ask for an extra glass of coke just to mix it properly. Anyway both the stewardesses and Caro and I were laughing. Can't see that happening on a Canadian Airline!
Tonight we are in Los Mochis. We got a good recommendation from our taxi driver for a seafood restaurant within walking distance of our hotel. I think it was about a kilometer away. We had a good meal. The photo below is Los Mochis version of a shrimp cocktail. Very different from what we usually get.
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