Home to King Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette. This place was unblievable. I didn't even make it into the palace. The Gardens alone took me half the day. For those of you who find yourselves lucky enought to see the gardens and are on a time budget, I would recommened stiking to the left side and center. The right side had something happen (right when facing down to the channel) a few years ago and it seem to still be growing in. Not that it isnt still nice. It is just not as nice as the left side. Although there were many poeple there, it never felt crowded and many times I found myself alone imagining what it must have been like to walk these gardens at the hight of their beuaty. As I walked through ... read more

So the plane ride was painful. I thought my knees were going to be perminately stuck in a sitting posion. But it was a much more enjoy able ride then the last time I came acroos because it was winter the last time so there was nothing to see. This time it was the the day after the summer solicice and I got the midnight sun for the whole trip. The Hutsons Bay was cool to see but Iceland was covered in clouds so no pictures there. Once I got to Hethrow I was taken to Harperton which is home to the oldest running field trials in the world... but thatès for tomorrow... read more

We can.t talk long since there is an eletrical storm(mom thinks) starting so this will be shortish and cause I am to lazy to save and add more later.. Well mabye. We swam with the whale shark today and that was the funnest, both of us agree that holbox is our favorite place by far. Even the place we are staying is not so hot at night cause it really doesnt have walls, unless you count bug netting as walls. And I really like the layout of the place, but on to a quick whale shark report. We went out just thinking to see the whale sharks but we got a bigger suprise as the trip went on. We first saw a antisocial dolphine...yes they DO have emos in the under water life, harhar. Next was ... read more

different hostel, different feel, and a different keyboard, I think this one is a french keyboard where most the letters are in the wrong place and just when i got used to the mexican one, oh boy. speaking of french keyboards, this hostel everyone seems to be french and most thought we were till they got some blank looks when they are talking to us. this place is not really a hostel it more like a guest house with a lot of bunkbeds. it has a very homie feel to it, although its a little bit uncomfortable because its dominated by men. last night, all the guests chipped in and we had a big BBQ. way too much food and boy was it good. plus i got a chance to practice both my french a spainish ... read more

Today we were supose to go to Cuzama to see 3 Cenotes but poor Chelsea is quite sick with Montezumas Revenge so I'm taking this oppertunity to write a blog and holding my breath that I don't get sick too. Yesterday we took a bus to Labna, Xlapak, Sayil, Kabah and then on to Uxmal. Although we were rushed for time; it was amazing! Labna and Xlapak are small and look's like they may have functioned as food storage locations during the high of Uxmallian rule. At Labna we followed the sacbe (ancent Mayan road) to the Arch of Labna. The arch is the most intercately decorated arch to be discovered and is the enterance to the city of Labna. ) At Xlapak we got to see an archaolgical site in the process of being discovered ... read more