This morning I slept waaaay in until past 9am – but that’s Akumal time, which means my internal clock still had me up shortly after 7. Nonetheless, I was rewarded for my (relatively) early rise with a spectacular sunrise, and a view of the Caribbean that basically confirms all of the paradise movies you’ve seen

After tinkering around with some photo editing and ensuring all my gear was charged back up, I settled into my book in the balcony  Adirondack chair until Sharon got up about a half hour later. The temperature was already into the mid-twenties, and I’m just coming to terms with what has been called “a tropical breeze.” It’s not just a rustling through palms; there’s actually a quality to it that is quite unique, combining the salt air, the increased humidity, and the mangrove trees. It almost has a flavour, and it’s quite nice.

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And as travel days go, this was a boring one – and therefore very good one!

We left the house at about 6am while a newly shorn Molly despaired that she was being abandoned. The six of us and all of our gear piled into a mini-van and had an uneventful (if somewhat bleary eyed) trip to the airport. It was rainy and cool but traffic was light and we arrived around 6:30.

Next, check-in. Happily we were fairly close to the beginning of the line which allowed Lynn to achieve her first goal – getting us all seated together at the emergency row, where more leg room was available. All our bags were well within restricted limits, so we had no issues.

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