What a long travel day

Today is a travel day to Merida. Only about 350 km from Cancun but by bus it took a long time.
We ended up getting a later start than we had hoped for but figured we would still get to Merida before sunset. We were able to catch the 12:00pm bus from Cancun. The sales guy had asked if we want first class but we are going on the cheap and said no as well it was 11:55am and we just wanted to make the bus. In retrospect we should have ask what first class meant.
Our bus ride took 7 hours...that´s not a misprint. We stopped in every single little town from Cancun to Merida. during the trip we figured that first class meant a different bus with a more direct route to Merida.
We started getting hungry only a couple hours into the trip since all we had for breakfast was two piece of toast at 8:30am and then on walked a guy selling fruit! Perfect. By the way the fruit here is amazing. We got some with sprinkled chili powder and sqeezed lime over top. Other people walked on throughout the trip selling sandwiches and pop.
We got in at 7:00pm walked to the first hotel we saw (it is also recommended in our travel guide) right beside the bus station and got a room. It´s turns out to be a really nice place with very helpful staff.
We were so hungry after we checked in we walked around to find something to eat. We couldn´t find any kind of restaurant so we grabbed a couple slices of pizza. Unfortunately they sold us the last of the pizza and I was still hungry and we just wanted to get back to the hotel so we stopped at KFC got some popcorn chicken. Brutal I know, I go to Mexico on a backpacking trip and four days in I´m eating KFC. I don´t even eat that crap at home.
That is the jist of our travel day. I guess the moral is no matter how rushed you are if someone offers you first class ask what it gets you.

Poster in Merida

What a long travel day

Merida, Mexico