We woke up as in a “mid-night miracle” with all four in the same bed. It is funny to see that our wondering kids figured out immediately their way to our room. The cats also seemed to have finally settled, but the suitcases are still opened and our stuff is all over the living room.
I am spending some time with M & O in the swimming pool and trying to socialize with the neighbors to find out who has a wireless network (we NEED a password). That is my mission otherwise Alain is going to take advantage of the situation to socialize with the waitress at the Internet Café...
In the afternoon, we went looking for a car rental in downtown Playa. We were walking around and it was totally unrecognizable compared to our 1997 visit. It is impressive how they have built so much but yet everything is still pleasant.
Lorenzo had advised us to look for big companies like Avis or Herz because sometimes with the local companies you get rotten deals. But a nice guy with a big smile came out of his shop offering us a great deal on a car if we would be willing to take tour of a nearby resort. We were thinking “ok we have a year to spend here so there is no harm wasting 90 minutes visiting a resort”. Plus we would get a free buffet lunch and the great deal on the car.
We went there, had lunch, toured the place and got swallowed in mutitle sales pitches for a time-share deal. We went through three salespeople with three different degrees of aggressiveness. I had a headache. First we got the nice Mexican guy from a good family, then the tall, blond, stylish, US-educated Mexican woman, then the aggressive American with a gold watch and a gold college ring. On the top of it, we were expected to commit *on the spot* on a $70,000 purchase with no option to think about it overnight or the deal was gone. Finally after 3 hours, we managed to get out.
Later, Lorenzo stopped by and told us that the timeshare trick it is like a rite of passage for all foreigners … well we feel better :-)
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