Laundry Day

Yesterday was the day that finally all of our clean clothes were no longer clean. This resort, despite spending millions on its build has no facilities so it's off the local Lavandria. As you may have learned from previous posts [stop padding the word count - ed] Doreen's brother and his girlfriend are staying at a resort 10 miles away, only 15 minutes on the bus. The plan, or so we thought was to meet them here (they catch the bus on its loop around to PV) and we would walk into Bucerias to find a laundry. Mixed messages led to a ballsup and we didn't get to meet them for two hours. At that point the bus arrives, Charles sticks his head out of the window and asks if we are getting on. Rapid decision making (My forte) clicked in - we got on and went to the laundry at the Marina. The Marina is another part of PV we intended to visit, just not yesterday. Lavandrias have their own way of doing things. Hand the laundry over, get it weighed and wait a few hours. So 3 kilos of laundrey were accepted and we were told to come back at 6pm, it was 11pm at this point.

Walked the Marina, renewed images of familiar sights, had lunch, walked some more and tried to get the laundry at 3pm. "Laundry finitio, Senora?" "No come back at 6pm", "Not ready now?", "No 6pm!" Then i saw the sign that gladdened my heart but doomed my chances for early pickup - a sign proclaiming that the workers were members of the laundry Union. Stil killing time we had a coffee and 30 minutes of Internet time, Mexico is the only place that I have seen profitable Internet Cafes. Then Doreen noted that she needed more money. Most unusually the best exchange rate is at the airport. So with two hours to kill we jumped on a bus headed North and hit the airport. Getting off at the stop at the pedestrian overpass, and the cheap restaurants, we headed into the airport.

The exchange rate this year is the best we have had for many years. The combination of the falling peso and the holding US dollar gives us 14.90 pesos to the US dollar, 12.55 to the CDN. Retail prices haven't changed much and the shopping climate is good.

Anyway with time to kill we succumbed to another bargain whilst waiting for the bus. A 325ml bottle of cerveza (beer) cost 13 pesos, however a 935 ml bottle of the same beer cost 24 pesos, a huge unit cost savings.
Back to pickup laundry, ride a couple of buses and back to the hotel for a a couple of hours TV. Cable is available but only a third of the approximately 45 stations are English. One is CNN, one is Headline News and the others are the Networks, But the Warner Channel must be mentioned as it runs "Two and Half Men" constantly. Anybody who had never heard of the "Harper's" before coming will leave knowing too much about them. Five episodes a day is a bit much. Charlie Sheen must be rolling in residuals from this channel alone!

Picture of the Day
Inside the Marina Mall