Monday, January 21, 2019

Cabo San Lucas Jan 2019


Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

January 20, 2019



Well, another adventure.  Planned a trip to Cabo some 6 months ago with friends Tom & Helene Kiefer staying at a very well reviewed Airbnb.  Turns out, Tom is faced with a heart valve problem requiring open heart surgery, so a cancellation was in order.  God bless everything went well and he is in recovery.  Based on the loss of deposit money, Shari and I decided to go and invited sister Kathy and John Albion to join 
Kathy & John


So happy they accepted and so sorry for Tom and Helene, but grateful he received the necessary care and doing very well.



A very early departure from The Villages for an international flight out of Orlando to Cabo, with a flight change in Houston, required a 3:00am alarm.  Travel uneventful with flights pretty much right on time with United Air.  Arrived at Cabo 2:30pm prox. Mountain Time. 
Cabo Plane

 (Gained 2 hrs).  First order of business after clearing customs was to get a car rental, prearranged by Bob.  Cactus Car Rental was very prompt and organized.  Directions to our condo very confusing.  Driving in Mexico can be
Cactus Car Rental
challenging particularly when you don’t know where your going.  Bob designated driver.  Finally got Bob’s Android GPS to use MapQuest.  Helpful but marginal.



Went through some very interesting areas, poor and rough.  Finally found our complex, but finding our unit was a different story.  Very large complex with very little building or unit identification.  Asked four to five people with little or no success.  Parking a major challenge as well.  Kathy “accidentally” found our unit, elevator button for floor #1 for unit #502, go figure.
Condo



Well, tired with full day of travel, housekeeper welcomed and calmed us down offering some beer and bringing to our unit .  Very nice lady.  Unit is simple / nice, but with a beautiful view.
View
After getting settled in, Now 5:30 prox., needed “drink and food”. 

Back to the car for a very interesting tip to downtown Cabo trying to find dinning with a couple of wrong ways on “one way” streets.  Ouch!!  Many places closed do to Sunday.



Well, after a few bad turns and interesting neighborhoods, we found a
Ramuri Resturant
lovely restaurant on the main drag.  Ramuri, greeted us with a welcome and the bonus was the NFL playoff game between the Chiefs and Patriots.  Great game except the ending for us, rooting for the Chiefs.



With a little local knowledge under our belt, drive back to Condo was uneventful, arriving back around 9:30pm prox.  Sat up for a little, Kathy and John checking out the pool, in bed by 10:00pm, tired.  Day one done.


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