Our last night in Oaxaca was amazing. We walked down to the main square , it was warm and all the trees were lit up with tiny white lights. There was a band playing and hundreds of people were dancing. It was a smooth elegant dance with all the movement from the hips down. I asked what it was and was told it is an old Oaxacan dance derived from the Cha Cha.

Yesterday Fri the 13th must have come early, there is a black hole in every trip and this was ours. It started with a 530 am wake up for an early flight, long delays with Mexico City fogged in, missed connection, waiting in 6 long lines to get another flight, rude taxi driver who couldn´t find out hotel in Playa, being ignored by a hotel clerk on the phone for 10 min, messed up room reservation. By then it was 7pm and hadn´t had a decent thing to eat all day, so we decided the only way to avoid a double meltdown was to eat and go to bed.

Today we had fun, a whole new attitude. Playa is 40mi south of Cancun on a busy 4 lane highway with huge resorts all the way on the ocean side. Our hotel is at the north end of the walking mall, so is close to things but not noisy. We just walked around all day and looked at things, then in late afternoon went down to the beach for while. Tomorrow we have a tour to Tulum, courtesy of the hotel for the messed up reservation.