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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ovenbird43" data-source="post: 3512557" data-attributes="member: 64478">Jan 3: ArrivalTravel went pretty smoothly, no flight delays and a short customs line meant we were standing outside the Cancun airport just after 2 pm.  A Cattle Egret seen from the plane and the obligatory Great-tailed Grackles were the first birds of the trip.  We got in line for an ADO bus headed to Playa del Carmen.  There seemed to be considerable confusion and argument among the staff about how many buses were available to make the trip, so it wasn't until almost 3 pm when we boarded the bus and at least 30 more minutes before we actually departed.  But the ride to Playa del Carmen went smoothly and comfortably from there, lasting about an hour.At Playa del Carmen we quickly got our ferry tickets and boarded one of the ferries bound for Cozumel.  Fairly typical winter Caribbean fare about, with Laughing Gulls, Royal Terns, Ruddy Turnstones, and Magnificent Frigatebird seem from the ferry, as well as flying fish en route.  When we got off the ferry we hired a taxi to take us to our Airbnb.  Here, at the end our road, we were let in by other guests after pounding on the door and gate for a few minutes.  We set our stuff in the common area and contacted the host's girlfriend, who said she would be right over.  An hour later, tired and hungry, we texted the girlfriend and said forget it for now, we're going out for dinner.We walked down the street to a restaurant called El Torito, where we had told BF's Larry Sweetland to look for us around dinner time.  It was a small, quiet place with good seafood.  Soon after ordering, Larry and his wife and son found us and joined us for dinner.  It was good fun meeting him and his family, and he gave me some good pointers about where to find the endemics and other specialties including Yucatan Nightjar.  In the middle of dinner, Tom had to dash to our Airbnb in order to meet Rent a Bike Cozumel with our bike delivery, but he managed to return and finish dinner.Our host was home when we returned from dinner after 9, he gave us his girlfriend's key and promised to get extra keys to Tom before he left for his bike ride tomorrow (yeah right).  Exhausted from the journey, I briefly reviewed my plans for the next day and went right to sleep.</blockquote>

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