ATL Layover, Part 1

After a short flight to ATL, I find myself looking for ways to amuse myself for 5 hours. So far, I've eaten a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut (at 10:30 am!) and looked at giant sculptures from Zimbabwe between terminals T & A (haha, T&A). What do you call sculptures (or anything) from Zimbabwe? Zimbabwean? Must Wikipedia later.

Now I'm sitting in the On the Border conveniently located right across from my gate drinking a margarita. This woman who I believe was drunk (at 11am? Props to her!) said the bartender made really good ones. It's pretty good, but doesn't compare to ones from Cozumel! It's in a huge glass though, which makes me happy. The fact that I'm drinking a margarita out of a tumbler makes me feel a little trashy though. And the John Mayer/Gavin deGraw crossbreed wannabe they're piping throughout the restaurant has a decidedly un-Mexican feel. I paid almost $7 for a small pizza, drink, and breadsticks (which were awful and the only time I've ever not enjoyed Pizza Hut breadsticks), so I'm afraid to think how much this margarita will cost. It will be worth it though, if not for the tequila for the place to sit and write without being hunched over in those crappy benches at the gate.

I'm sitting next to a guy that just got back from Afghanistan and he's wearing this little pouch thing on his arm with his ID in it (among other things, I guess). The bartender said it would be handy for when she was out on the beach in the Bahamas, and I had to hold back the urge to tell her that she'd have awful tan lines (and weird looking too) if she used it for that purpose.I'm kind of in love with my new Sharpie pen now, by the way.

Now they're playing Madonna. How Mexican. I've only killed 20 minutes here and I'm running out of ideas. I may have to watch movies/TV shows on my iPod and pray there's an interesting movie on the plane. E! wasn't working in my last flight, and that's the only channel worth a damn in the morning.

OMG, they're actually playing a song in Spanish! About time. Anyways, the margarita's almost gone and my hand's starting to hurt, so I'm stopping now. You can measure my boredom by how many more times I write today.

Cruisin' Part 3: Cozumel

I LOVE Cozumel. Makes me sad I didn't have more time to see the rest of Mexico. Parts are more like a city and parts are so laid back.

Mayan temple

We began the day with a tour of Cozumel led by Moy, who was one of the best tour guides ever. We visited an old church that is right next to remains of a Mayan temple, and the differences were interesting to observe.

Tequila for sale

 

Another stop on the tour was a tequila farm, where they raise the agave plants and create tequila on-site. It's a long and interesting process between how clear and yellow tequila are made (it's an age thing), and there's a shop at the end where they sell all their products. Seeing Grandma take a free sample of tequila was worth the price of the tour!

For lunch, we went to a recommended restaurant from the tour guide and had authentic Mexican fajitas and margaritas. Then we spent the rest of the day at a not-so-authentic Mexican experience of Señor Frog's that was almost at the end of the dock. It was either that or spend time on the boat, and I'll take more time on the mainland any day.

The Whistle Lady

I've been to a Señor Frog's somewhere in the US once, and it was nothing like the one in Cozumel. This one is like a 24/7 college party with conga lines and people pouring drinks all over you (but aiming for your mouth). It was fun while you're there in it, but afterwards you're just sticky and gross. The worst part is that there's a woman here with a whistle who comes up to your table, pours a shot down your throat, fondles your boobs, and then charges you for it. What the crap? Maybe I'm getting too old for this. =P