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Mexico 2024
Wednesday May 1st. Day 1: Getting there…
It was a 4am start & we didn’t sleep much. The minibuses arrived late so we could have had at least an extra 45 mins in bed !
The drive to Manchester airport took about 1.5 hours on very busy roads. This showed what a horrid commute it is into Manchester !
The airport was relatively stress free. The stress started when we boarded the flight. Like a lot of people on the flight, the seats we thought we’d paid for had been changed. We’d lost our isle seats & others were split from their young kids.
Luckly we got to change seats with a family – they got to sit together & we both got isle seats 😃
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10 hours – a long boring flight. Got through a lot of pods.
Luckily there was free G&T…
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The chav kids who sat behind us on the coach transfer thankfully slept. This made for a stress free 1 1/2 hours transfer to the resort.
The coast road is full of resorts surrounded by barbed wire. Ours is the Grand Palladium White Sands.
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We chilled for an hour or so before meeting the others for drinks & food. The resort is massive !
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After a buffet meal we all went to bed shattered – it had been a long day !