Mexico Day 1

After a 2 a.m. chocolate cake feast in Mississauga, and a sparse 4 hours of disrupted, excited sleep, we headed to the airport. Five hours later we watched a city spring up out of the Mayan jungle.

As we disembarked and were engulfed by a garment of heat and humidity, we had our first reminder that we were in Mexico - haggling for a ride from the airport.

Our hotel is near the centre of Cancun, about 4 blocks away from an amazing taco stand in Parque Las Palapas. We are also conveniently situated one block away from yet another amazing taco place. In fact, writing about this is making me crave more tacos. The salsas are amazing and fresh. Is it breakfast time yet?

We did do a few things other than eat tacos... but I swear if you had any idea how delicious the tacos are here...

We came across a huge supermarket/department store and spent more than an hour looking around. $25 got us a cheap clock radio, shampoo and conditioner, hair dye, and a magazine full of Mexican recipes. In Spanish.

Speaking of which, Russell speaks a surprising amount of Spanish, which has come in quite handy - we're not really in a tourist area of Cancun, and most of the folks we've met so far speak little or no English.

Russell is reading a local paper. He just told me that the local minimum wage is MXN$56.07. We agree that, given the prices of food we've seen today, that isn't bad at all - it is totally livable.