Day 1 Cancun with a bar girl and Coco Bongo
Sorry for the long winded posts, but I do my trip report based on what I can recall and also for my personal recollection as it is hard to recall the events from the past. I made my way to the Tijuana airport via CBX in Otay and it was a decent, but long walk. I made it into the terminal without incident and went to eat at VIPS waiting for a bar girl I met at HK over the summer. She is going to school and was debating on whether to live in Tijuana or Guadalajara during her final year of school. She is one of my favorites to hang out with regularly outside of the bars. As usual, she is always late. Our boarding time is 1030 pm and she arrives in the terminal at 1020 pm meeting me at VIPS. Thank goodness I ordered the food as it took them 15-20 min to prepare it. We eat and catch up on what she has been up to and pay the bill. She likes cheesecake, but we have to wait for it to arrive. It is around 1050 now and takeoff is at 1110. We got to the gate at 1100 and the gate agent looked shocked as the gate closed, but she was able to get them to let us on board. We were those people that held up the plane as I'm sure they wanted to take off early.
We're thankful we didn't miss the flight out of TIJ and get comfortable. The Vivaaerobus flight was 50% full, but somehow people managed to take our seats so we sat in one of the many vacant rows. During the flight she makes it feel like we are long lost lovers by DFK, hand holding, etc. She even fell a sleep in my lap for a while. She tells me it is her first day of her period and I thought to myself, well that makes it interesting. We landed and the people located at the arrivals kept yelling taxi, English?, etc. I told them I had a rental car lined up and they left me alone. Outside we met a guy that stated our rental company isn't open until 8 am when we reserved the car for 6 am. We landed at 5 am and I've traveled often and know the people lie all the time to try and get you into an overpriced airport taxi. My regular is Mexican and actually believed the guy, but I called and had her talk to the rental car company since I have limited Spanish.
Eventually the shuttle arrives and we are off to the rental car agency (MAS) which is apparently also known as Mexican Rental car agency. We get a Kia Rio and the guy takes forever filling out all of the required forms. The drive to hotel zone in Cancun was unique as the roads are horrible. The Airbnb we reserved is decent right across from RUI and located in a shopping complex. It is a 2 br with kitchen, living room, and bathroom. It seems decent for what we need as I just need WiFi and AC. We take a much needed nap as the red eye flight was brutal, but made it better sitting next to a hot chica. We eventually wake up as she has to dial in for a video call for her class and I try to figure out what activities we should do. She suggests Coco Bongo show. Also reserved Xcaret and Xel ha based on recommendations here.
So the day goes on and we go to eat at Mextreme and the food was just ok, but not great. We ordered some margaritas and a guy walks out balancing them on his head. In order for you to be able to grab your drink you have to give a little dance and then you can grab it off his head. My regular gets up and does a dance and I see people just popping out their cellphones to take photos and video. It was funny as I told her she has many fans. After eating, we went to the local flea markets to get her a bikini and water shoes since she didn't have any. We got back to the room to change and walk around. I booked the gold seats for CocoBongo later that night. We went to the beach at around 730 pm and the sun already set. The show starts seating around 830 pm so we had to make the hike back to the Airbnb condo and get something to eat. We went to Wings Army for a chicken sandwich and fries which were decent, but not that great. We got a taxi for 200 peso for less than. 5 miles away as we were running out of time.
We got back to the condo and changed for Coco Bongo and then took a cab to the club. No line as we arrived at 9 pm and most of the seats were occupied. The mesero escorted us to a small bar top, but said if we wanted better seats, then we would have to get a bottle. I said sure and he took us to the area on first floor with tables on side of main standing room. Apparently this is the VIP area that costs $1 k per table. We got a bottle of Buchanan whiskey and it was an extra $290 on top of the $232 we paid for the Gold seats. The show started and we were next to a group of 3 chicas that were dancing and seemed to be drunk, but they didn't have bottle service, so maybe provided the table just for entertainment.
At the beginning of the show, a staff member found the regular I was with and asked if she wanted to be a part of the beetle juice show and she got taken by her hand to the top floor and disappeared. She reappeared with beetle juice and was dancing for him and was on the big screens. She was giving everyone a good show. She came back and said they asked if she would be apart of another act and she said she would think about it. During the night a guy from Germany came over and introduced himself and he seemed wasted, but I could understand the conversation as it was in English and the regular not being rude entertained the conversation, but said she was with me and I'm her boyfriend, which was new to me, but funny to hear.
The table next to us was a group of Mexican guys and one came over to chat with her, but it was all in Spanish and I didn't understand anything they were saying, but one of the guys friends wrangled him up and gave me a thumbs up. I feel bad for them as I notice a bunch of Mexican dudes at all of the clubs and most of the foreigners taking the chicas out to these clubs and restaurants. The second or last show she got escorted back to the top of the main stage and she was front and center dancing and performing. I found it amusing that they had so many hot woman from all over the world (blondes, Canadians, Brazilians, Colombians, Venezuelans, etc.), but they picked her out of all the woman to go on stage. I am normally a low key guy and they kept panning the camera for the big screen our way as the regular was dancing with the three hot chicas next to us. I wanted to ask where they were from, but the regular is already jealous as she kept thinking someone was calling me, when it was the GPS displaying directions on the car radio screen.
She was wasted and I was hungry so we headed to a taco shop called Peppers tacos which was not expensive, but tacos were tiny. The group of Mexican guys sat at the next table and the German guy came out of nowhere and kissed the regulars hand. I saw she had a distant look and she always seems that way when she is drunk like a 1,000 mile stare. I ask if everything is cool and she said she is fine, but drunk. A Banda band was next to us and she wanted them to play a song and the request would cost 500 peso. I'm not sure if they played her song, but they didn't take her money and she knew everyone they played. It sounds like sad music, so not sure if that is why her mood changed.
We finished our meal and headed down the alley to a group of guys trying to get us to a strip club located on second floor, not sure if it was Manhattan club, but it was expensive. They wanted 750 peso for cover and then 220 peso for 2 Coronas. She gets jealous so not sure why she agreed to go into the club as I repeatedly asked if she really wanted to go. We took a couple of sips of the beer and then left as the club was kind of boring. She wanted to head back to the taco shop and listen to Banda. I was full and didn't want anymore food or drinks. The table next to us had some drunk ladies and they offered me a drink, but I said I'm good and wasn't feeling it. It is hard enough with a language barrier and a chica that keeps getting hit on by various bros.
She still seemed distant so I suggested I take a cab back to the Airbnb condo and she could get a cab later once she is finished. She told me not to leave and that everything was fine even though her facial expression seemed distant. She was chatting with the ladies and not sure what they were talking about, but they seemed friendly and kept offering drinks, food, etc. , but I was done for the night. She eventually finishes and we try to get a cab for the. 5 mile trip back to hotel and told them $10, but they said minimum $15. I said ok and kept walking while the regular was in her 6" heels. She eventually takes them off and is walking barefoot. I try to get another cab for $10 and they said $15 so we just kept walking. She needed to use the restroom and decided to pee in front of a parked car.
As we were walking back I asked what was up and she said everything with me is good and I asked is it something else and forget she doesn't have a good grasp of English. We walked the rest of the way back to the Airbnb and she said she wouldn't do this for anyone else, but doesn't want to pay the taxis their inflated prices. I was ready to shell extra $5, but she isn't going for it. We get back to the room and she passes out on the bed. I sleep in another room as another incident happened in a previous visit where we both downed a whole bottle of Don Julio 70, but she didn't recall what happened the night before. I had to remind her of the events and I don't want to take advantage of her while she is out of it.
