We started off another morning with breakfast by the pool and then drove the golf cart along the eastern side of the island into town in order to spend the day there.


We only saw other people here once, which was during our first morning at breakfast


Still fascinated by the fact that this trip was the first time I had seen the Caribbean


I'm sure shortly after this photo, we were passed by the scooter behind us

We parked the golf cart a bit outside of the central area of the town and then walked to the Mercado Municipal for some lunch at the restaurants located in front of the market. We chose the busiest one we saw, Lonchería Alexia y Geovanny.


Walking towards the mercado


Mercado parking lot


Lonchería


Jugo de sandía


Queso con chorizo


Pescado a la Veracruzana. Basically with a thin tomato based sauce along with olives, onions, capers and bell peppers

Lonchería Alexia y Geovanny was the best food we had on the island. I would happily return if we ever went back to Isla Mujeres. We then made our way to Playa Norte and spent a few hours on the beach. Of course, if you want to use the lounge chairs and umbrellas, you have to pay. In addition, there was a small restaurant and bar that you could order food and drinks from but we only had a Piña Colada each.


Correos de México


Playa Norte. The water was warm and shallow, allowing us to almost walk all the way out to where the boats in the photo are.


The things in the water seemed like sunken oil tanks


Relaxing

After a really fun few hours here, we had an early dinner at Qubano since we knew that there weren't a lot of options by the hotel.


Calamari with vegetables, plantains and rice

Then, the fun started. We got back to our golf cart and noticed that it seemed awfully underpowered. We had to wait for the whole street to be clear before backing out of our parking space and after coming to a stop at a stop sign, it would take seemingly forever for the cart to move again. We proceeded down one of the small streets in the town and just before we were due to make a left onto the main road on the western side of the island, the cart never started back up. I switched places with the GF and had her put the cart in neutral as I got out and pushed us into a nearby parking spot, which hilariously was in front of a different golf cart vendor. I called Golf Cart Indios and explained the situation and while they responded and said they'd bring us a different golf cart, I was just over the hassle of having one. Since it would take them about twenty minutes to get to me, I sent the GF and our daughter back to the hotel in a taxi and waited for them to show up. True to their word, they did bring a new golf cart but I refused it, in part because we wouldn't really need it tomorrow, and asked for my money back. They said they were unable to process a refund and get me back my driver's license at this hour so I handed them the key and told them I'd be by in the afternoon to process the refund.

I ended the night by getting a taxi back to the hotel after that unfortunate episode.