Day 4

Stomach Illness
Today started off badly because I woke up with bad cramps. Not sure what caused it, but it's the first time I ever had a problem. I tend to think it was something that I touched or something because no one else had it except me. Thank God! At least I could suck it up.

I took a Levaquin and Pepto Bismol. I could hardly eat breakfast...just had some fiber cereal.

Luggage
Mom discovered that her luggage was broken and there's no way that she could zip it. Luckily, we have insurance, but we had to go to Playa Del Carmen to buy her a new one.

When we arrived, there was about a 2 minute shower. Sam and Sydney did some more souvenir shopping. Sydney bought a fan to fan herself and Sam bought a shark tooth necklace. He was searching for more skeletons.

Sydney and mom had some gelato too!

Mi Amigo, Paolo
We stopped at the Hotel Jungla Caribe and I inroduced the kids to my friend, Paolo who runs the place. I didn't tell him that I was coming this time either. They have awesome rates considering that they are on 5th Avenue and about 2 blocks to the beach.....just $49.00/night.

Taxi
We were headed back to our hotel, but then I decided to stay in town a while, so the taxi driver dropped me off on Calle 4 and 10th Ave. in the local area where I stayed previously. I walked around a little bit, but my stomach still wasn't doing well. I stopped at every bathroom along the way.

I noticed that Carmelo's restaurant is for sale and the area looked a little worse. I walked to Wal-Mart to see if there luggage prices were any better, but they weren't. I was going to walk all the way back, but then decided there was no point since I didn't feel well.

RIU Tequila
Mom and the kids were at the pool. They swam a little while longer and then we headed to the RIU Yucatan for lunch.

RIU Yucatan
The beach shuttle stops running from 1:00-3:00, so we walked. I thought that mom was going to croak even though it's practically across the street.

We had lunch at the restaurant on the beach called the "Beach Club." It had a great view of the beach and ocean. Sam liked feeding the birds. Sydney couldn't find anything that she liked to eat, s she went to another place.

The kids and I walked the beach a little bit. People were standing in 3 feet of water feeding the fish. That's prime target for shark attacks!

The kids liked the swim-up bar at the Yucatan because it had tables and chairs in it.

They wouldn't give us towels 'cuz we are staying at the Tequila. That is so ridiculous since the Playcar will give them to us. And, mom and I didn't have a problem last time either. They said it's a new policy, and I said that they need to inform people of that upon check-in!

We took a taxi back to the Tequila. LOL

R&R
There's no point in trying to rest because Sydney wouldn't allow it. Although she was over-tired, she had to keep us from resting before dinner. Then, she complains that she's so "tired."

Steak House
We had dinner at the steak house, which was very good. Mom and I ate there last time we stayed at the Tequila. Sam had about 4 pieces of bread. He even tried Cream of Asparagus and Tomato soup, and liked it. I told him that it was like Sophie's. He didn't like the steak, however.

Entertainment
The kids were anxious to get to the show to get front row seats again. Luckily, we were able to. First they had a kid's show and and Ice Breaker before the presentation of "Mama Mia." I have to say that the entertainment staff at this resort is really good.