We didn’t emerge until 11:00 hrs., having slept in until 10:00 hrs. I showered and then we rushed to the main bank on the square to change up some more money. Luckily, this Casa de Cambio set in a very pleasant garden courtyard, did not shut up shop at noon.
We went on to have breakfast at 12:30 hrs. in the café with the Mayan Ruin murals. Browsing through Diego’s “El Nacional” newspaper we saw that the weather forecast was for continued temperatures of 30-35°C and a light breeze. Hardly Christmas weather for us Brits!
Next, we went back to our hotel to do some washing and sit on the roof sunbathing. Unfortunately, drifting cloud blocked out the sun most of the time. When it finally dipped below the walls around the roof, we made our daily trip to the off license (liquor store) to stock up for the day. A small 250ml. bottle of tequila cost only 1,600 Mexican Pesos, so I got one for later.
The evening was spent in idle chatter drinking “Sol” beer on the balcony opposite Radio Yucatan. At 19:00 hrs. we went out into the town where well-dressed young Mexicans were starting their evening promenades, mainly window shopping. We had a ropey meal and bought tickets for the cinema at 21:30 hrs. I then had my second shave of the trip, battling to scrape off the extended stubble with a blunt razor.
As we entered the cinema, we encountered our drunken Mexican amigo, Danny, in the foyer. Luckily, today he was sober and quite lucid, and he joined us to watch the film which was called “Let’s Get Harry”, a 1986 American action film. It was quite good, and appropriately set in Colombia where a party of Americans went to rescue a friend held hostage by cocaine runners.
After the film we had a piss-up in the hotel, polishing off two bottles of tequila and some beer on our favourite balcony. Danny slept in our room for the night.
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