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July 3, 2021: Day Twelve

Today was a travel day.  We were done packing up our apartment early and went for a little breakfast.  Then, we came back to meet the host and his father.  The father was there, but the host was not.  We were under the impression that we were to wait for the host, but that turned out not to be true...I think.  We waited anyway.

Our host's father graciously offered to give us a ride to our hotel for the third leg of our trip, which was across town.  There, we were going to leave our large suitcase so that we would not have to schlep it to the a beach.  We intended to take a cab to the bus station to catch the half hour drive to Progreso, but on the way, we decided to ask the driver if he'd be willing to take us to Progreso and for how much.  His cost ($400MX/$20USD) seemed pretty reasonable as we were probably going to need at taxi in Progreso, too.  Plus, his taxi was air conditioned (a rarity) and he drove very nicely.  So, we decided to skip the bus hopping thing and just sit in the comfortable car on the way to the beach.

Progreso Malecón and beach from our hotel balcony.
At night, we went for a walk, had a nice dinner and that was it.  With the beach closed, we're going to have to find a way to entertain ourselves, because this is a tiny little town - our plan in coming here relied in large part on beach and beach-related activities.

The beach itself (including the malecón) - we had heard - was closed for the weekend due to Corona.  That was a bummer.  Upon arriving around noon or so, we went for a walk because our room wasn't ready.  Around 3pm, when our room was ready, we spent the rest of the afternoon on the veranda, which overlooked the beach.  Despite being hot in the sun, our room was nice and breezy.  We left the door open to the hallway and the giant sliding doors on the patio and the breeze that passed through was just wonderful.

And so ends day twelve.

Steps:  7,027

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Location: Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico

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