On leaving Cancun we were again reminded of how sometimes accidents can be beneficial. An option for getting to the airport in Cancun is to take the ADO bus for 66 pesos each plus a 50 peso ride to the bus station for a total of 172 pesos compared to 350 pesos for a taxi direct. Takes about a half hour with light traffic. We checked out a taxi driver who offered to do it for 300 pesos so we set it up for 7:45 am next day pickup at the hotel. So this was about $6 dollars more than the bus scenario. Amazing how you can get into a penny wise mentality. Anyway next morning Iam in the shower when the hotel guy knocks on the door and tells us our taxi is here. We look at our watches and figure he is about an hour early. Communication problems we figure. I go out to talk to him and low and behold Cancun is an hour different than the time in Campeche. Rushing through our packing we jumped in the taxi and headed off to the airport. Arrived with lots of time but had we not taken the taxi man we may have missed our plane. Tipped the taxi man well. Remember, always check local time.
Straight forward flights fro Cancun. Luckily we went by the baggage carousel in Dallas. Here were our bag and guitar going around and around. Didn't think we had to do our own luggage transfer, in fact I think we were told they would be forwarded on. Took them to the baggage place and checked them on only to have the guitar go missing between Dallas and Los Angeles. Turns out the Department of homeland Defense wanted to inspect this funny shaped bag to keep us all safe. Ended up arriving midnight next day and delivered to Ben's.
After 5 days in Los Angeles visiting the kids we were off to Detroit . Landing here our plan was to take the shuttle bus to downtown and figure a way across to Windsor for our bus to Kitchener. We asked an employee at the airport where to catch the shuttle. He told us very adamantly that there wasn't one and we would have to take a Metro Taxi. He knew this because he works here and laughed when I mentioned the webpage for the bus schedule. Not fully believing him we went outside following the transportation signs. We found the Smart Bus stop and took the bus downtown. Cost us 50 cents each as seniors and took about an hour for the 25 km ride.Why the guy in the airport lied to us I don't know, Lou thinks he has a taxi.
So a long dumpy ride rougher than any in central America deposited us downtown Detroit armed with new information gleaned from a fellow bus traveler about something called the Tunnel Bus.
We jumped into a local breakfast diner as much to eat as to get out of the cold and see if we could discover where this Tunnel bus thing stopped.
having finished the option 3 breakfast for me and the option 1 for Lou we set off found and boarded the tunnel bus. The driver treated us to a free $4.50 each ride as his money machine wouldn't take Lou's money .
The tunnel bus takes you right to the Greyhound terminal. Spent an interesting hour reading the local real estate rag. You can buy a small older house in Windsor for well under a hundred thousand but after being in the bus station and the local Tim's, we can understand the prices better. Bus stations are so much different in Central America than here. So a 5 hour weight and off to Kitchener and a ride home to Elora with a friend. Fait accompli.
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