Travel details: 04:45, Early wake-up. Luckily, yesterday evening's new snow did not stay and the road's clear to go. 05:00, Petra drives me to Sonthofen's Bahnhof. 05:22, Train to Kempten. 06:05, Connecting train to Buchloe. 06:52+5', Connecting train to München Hauptbahnhof. I get off 7' earlier however in Pasing, from where I take the 07:49+2' train straight to the airport. Arriving there at 08:40, well in time for my flight.
I could also have taken the 06:10 train in Sonthofen, in which case I should have arrived at the airport around 9:30. But with only 5' in Kempten to make a connection, that would have been risky.
Walking from the airport's train station to terminal 2 takes 15'. 09:05, Being early I don't have to queue in order to check in my two trolley bags, which indeed weigh in as 26 & 16kg. 09:35, After a short drink-up-all-forbidden-liquids break, I walk through security. Of course they make me open my backpack to check & sniff both my gun-like camcorder and X-ray challenging dive light batteries.
11:15, Boarding. 11:55+35', Take-off. 24:00-25', Touch-down. 15' later we're let out of the plane, immediately finding ourselves in a queue towards immigration. 24:10, Officially stamped into Mexico. 24:15, My two bags are sliding in just as I arrive at the luggage belt. Only to get stuck in another unorganized queue to get through customs. Which I luckily clear without getting the red open-up-all-your-bags light. 24:35, On the way out I get myself a shuttle bus ticket for 50$. 24:50, Six other tourists and I ride out towards Playa Del Carmen and Tulum, where the driver finally drops me off at 03:30 (German time).
Señora Lourdes from Villa Matisse is waiting for me and immediately makes me feel at home. I get a nice upstairs room with private hot-water bathroom, double bed, hammock and fan. Perfect. While for me it's 04:20 by now, here in Mexico it's only 21:20 yet, i.e. seven hours earlier, but late enough for me to fall straight into bed after a refreshing shower :o)
Currency: 1 Euro = 14.80 Pesos , 1 USD = 10.30 Pesos
