Mar 29: Clock winding down…

It’s our last full day in Mexico and we are determined to enjoy every little minute of it. Another lovely breakfast of fresh orange, tropical fruits, a basket of home made pan dulces (breakfast breads), eggs how you like it (usually Mexican with veggies and cheese and sometimes ham too). 

 We take a trip to the nearby village eof Piste to top up the gas tank, buy some snacks for the journey home then back to spend the afternoon at the pool, with a few other quiet guests! 

  We finally have to repack after a. Month on the road with a car when we just threw stuff in bags and drove off. It all seems to go back in the two suitcases. But we have a couple of loose bags and beautiful handmade hots in addition now. We have acquired very little here. 

  At 5:30 it’s a nice walk back to Mayaland hotel for simple dinner of sopa de lemon (lime chicken soup which I love, chicken fajitas, and their home-made lime, Pina and passionfruit sorbets. 

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