DAY 25
Week 4
MÉRIDA (Yucatán, MEX)
Monday April 8th, 2019
TODAYS MILEAGE – 3 miles / 0 kilometres
TRIP MILEAGE – 15,541 miles / 25,004 kilometres
Its only taken 3 weeks and a chicken enchilada meal, at the Menta Deli Rest in Campeche city, for me to start destroying the thunderbox with the squirts from 3AM this morning - not happy Jan!!!
As much as I’d like to say I spent the day exploring Mérida like the conquistadors’ rather than Don Quixote, it was more like hopping from baños to baños, shitting through a flyscreen door without hitting the wire.
The worst part was of the ordeal is after about a dozen sit down orchestra performances, my freckle started playing Johnny Cash’s Burning Ring Of Fire with all the vigor and excitement of a sugared up toddler.
After dropping of my dirty laundry at a local lavandaria, I spent an entertaining ½ hour in a pharmacy explaining that I need something to 'detener el fuego' (stop the fire) and pointing to my arse. God bless the poor lady assisting me and thankfully with her patience and Google Translate on my mobile phone, we came up with a solution after discussing the merits of anti-bacterial gel, Preparation H hemorrhoid cream and several other tubes of undefined liquids. For all I know, the solution she provided could be infant teething cream, but it does the job with near immediate relief.
I caught up with a couple of the tour group for lunch at the Bistro Apoala for an amazing Snapper fillet with gnocchi, which was one of the best dishes I've had in a long while.
The rest of the afternoon was spent either in bed or on the throne, with the exception of picking up my laundry, which came in at 5.5 kilograms (12 pounds) and for for 70 Pesos ($5.18 AUD) it was professionally washed, dried and folded – talk about being a bargain.
• MÉRIDA ~ Exploring The City (Yucatán, MEX)