Planes, trains, and automobiles

A recap of my travel filled day:

Wake up call at 5 am, off to JFK at 6 am (I literally took 3 different forms of transportation to get to the airport, including the subway, the Long Island Rail Road, and the air tram)…quite the workout for the crack of dawn.  Needless to say, I was exhausted once I got to the airport, which is pretty pathetic, considering I haven’t worked in a week and have had 10+ hours of sleep every night.  I’m turning into a sloth apparently? 

Without a starbucks in sight, I was forced to settle for a sub-par cup of coffee from Europan (oh, the sacrifices I make!) and my strawberry pomegranate odwalla bar (see below).

JFK departure at 9:00 am

Plane eats:

I made myself a sando for the plane ride the night before with hummus (shock), mustard, smart deli “turkey” and lettuce (airports aren’t typically loaded with vegan options – at least not entrees, so I gotta be prepared).

I literally could NOT keep my hunger at bay during the flight.  I ate my sandwich and apple at 10 am, and since my stomach was STILL growling, I polished off the dried fruit.  You would think this would tide me over for at least a couple of hours, but you’d be wrong!  WTF is wrong with me?!? (maybe I don’t want an answer to that…)  So after chugging down a bottle of water, I had my dried edamame and a cup of tea.  Ugh.  I was still hungry, and I’d eaten everything I’d packed…and then I started to get queasy, too.  Not good.  I forced myself to pass out for the remaining part of the flight, and when I landed in LAX my priority was food (STAT).

I arrived in LAX just before noon (3 hour time change) and found the first place to buy food.  BAH!  Options were scarce, so I went with a big packet of dried fruit and a bottle of water. 

My FIRST taste of dried kiwis!!!!!  OMG.  Love love love ‘em.  I can’t believe I’ve never seen these before (and even more bizarre, that LAX was where I was finally able to get my hands on them)!?  Anyways, the food helped me feel better immediately.  Man, I don’t know why I am so starvin’ marvin?  It’s not like I’m exerting myself at all…just sitting on a plane.  Whatevs.  Naturally, starbucks lured me in as well, I can’t resist that tricky siren.  So I grabbed a grande iced soy misto (which is $5 in the airport, inflation much?).  Sweet!

LAX departure at 2:30 pm, which I nearly missed because I thought it was a 3:30 flight…yeah, I was having a blonde moment, and that’s all I’m going to say about that!  Arrived in Cabo at 6 pm…but didn’t get to the villa until 8 pm.  Why, you ask?  There were many factors that contributed to my 2 hour (20 mile) commute.  Honorable mention to the shuttle service, which decided to drop me off last out of the group of 8 passengers.  But the real prize goes to the dark maze of a mountain upon which our house sits.  Since the community is gated, the security guards wouldn’t let the shuttle in, so I chilled for 10 minutes (luggage and all) at the entrance gate waiting for my sister to drive down the hill and pick me up…when 15 minutes passed, and she texted me asking why I wasn’t there, I realized we had problems.  To make a long (walkie-talkie filled) story short, I ended up getting a ride with a guard in a security cart to the villa (not without stopping once more at an another incorrect house on the way, though). 

DINNER!!  (This will be brief because I wanna hit the sack)

We went to an adorable place called Mi Casa.  The whole atmosphere was EXACTLY what I had hoped for.  So fun and festive.  I started the night off with a Pacifico – so refreshing!

Me and my sis.

Mom and Dad got massive margaritas.

Sister got black bean soup as an app (I tried a bite and I really wish I had gotten one too).  There were fun tortilla strips on the top…mmm!

Grilled red snapper with random veggies (there’s no way staying vegan will work out while I’m here, the options were crappy – and that’s no fun on vacation).

Massive plate of fresh guacamole (aka heaven).  Since we all got fish dishes, we got fresh tortillas for the table, and salsa and the works, and made some nice fajita/taco style plates.

I stopped photographing after this one…they got bigger and my hands got messier 🙂

I swear I only had one beer!!!