Nir Cohen

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My name is Nir , im from Israel and im traveling a bit in our small world .



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April 14th 2007

From Tikal i went to Rio Dulce . The first second i get off the bus there someone offered me a hostel , i told him ok and he told me to go wait on the resterunt there for a boat to pick me up . after 15 minutes i gave up and prefered to sleep in the city . I cheaked a few hotels and i went to a cheap one , whice was i think the second worse hotel i was in (after the crappy hostel in Playa del Carmen) . My room was full with bugs and i asked for my money back and to go to a diffrent place but the guy said he doesnt have the money and the lady with the money is not here and will only return tommarow ... read more



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April 11th 2007

There was a Direct Shuttle from Semoc Champey to Flores that left in 5am and cost about 15$ of course i was lazy to wake up in these hours and to cheap to pay 15$ (thats crazy you can cross Guatamala twich with 15$) so i woke up around 9 and toke the 10 bus in the direction of Cobañ , i wasnt planning to get there only go on the road and somewhere switch to Flores bus . Bus no 1 Semoc Champey to Lanquin . now Lanquin is very close to Semoc only 15km maybe less but about an hour drive and when i asked the driver if his direct to Cobañ the fucker said he is , and when we got to Lanquin he just stopped and throw my bags on the floor ... read more



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April 7th 2007

Ok i was very happy to leave Antigua , it was very nice there for the few days but in the Holy friday it was crazy , i wanted to go get something to eat but it was impossible , the cheap fastfood places were packed with people , the line was going outside the shop , and the cheap resterounts were full as well , my only chance was the markets whice were full but reasonable but the damn possations blocked my way , it was impossible to cross the street and getting to the markets , i was walking 5 blocks trying to bypass it but the crowds of people there didnt allow to pass .. And the most important i was happy to leave Antigua becuase i got sick there i dont know ... read more



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April 1st 2007

Guatamala Pana and Antigua .. after i crossed the border to Guatemala i could see the diffrences quite easly, First the Taxis , they are a weird combination of a motorcycle and a riqshe . the other thing is the landscape , almost an hour after we get to Guate(mala) the moutains begin to rise and we climb higher and higer into them , at some point we were inside the clouds at altitude of 3100 meters , in the clouds we couldnt see anything just fog , but the driver was driving preety fast for my taste .. in the clouds we were delayed for about an hour becuase of road work , they only have one lana each direction and the heavy mechines were working on both . After i got to Panachechel i ... read more



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March 30th 2007

The first impression of San cristobel is thats youre no longer in Mexico . The city is very beautifull as expected from a city who just recently returned to Mexico from being a Spanish colony . All the houses are colored in many diffrent colors , every two blocks or so theres a big chruch , the streets are not paved with asphalt but with sheards of stones much more beautifull than all the rest cities ive been to in Mexico so far (Tulum isnt that preety its just the feeling you have there makes you feel amazing) . In San cristobal ive been for about a week and here i passed my birthday drinking cheap rom next to the campfire there (in the hostel everyday they have a campfire in night) . of course everyone ... read more



Tulum

Published: March 21st 2007North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Tulum
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March 21st 2007

Tulum , im writing it after leaving Mexico and i think thats one of the best places on the Caribbean shores of Mexico . The place is small not too big , and has Tulum beach and Tulum "downtown" , at first i was staying in the downtown in a place called the weary traveler hostel , a great place but a little too crowded for me , after two days there i met a girl from Israel she told me she sleeping on a Cabania on the beach and invited me to join her and a couple from England . Sleeping on the beach is almost spiritual , i dont know whats in this place , maybe the sea , the beach , the cabania (like a Hosh in Sinai) , the people or the ... read more



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March 9th 2007

Ok , so im done with Cancun , the city itself after being there and seeing other places is not such a good place to stay in . But after coming to Playa del carmen the place is really beautiful , even though the city is not so big (the touristic part consists of only one long street) its very nice and vivid street . The beachs of Playa are also very beautiful as all the beaches of the carabbian sea are . In Playa i went for two dives , one a drift dive where i could see alot of very big sea tourtles and a flack (err group ?) of about 30 hugh fish swimming by , i could see thier big teeth and it was a bit scary thing to see . the ... read more



Monterrey & Cancun

Published: February 15th 2007North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Cancun
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February 14th 2007

Ok , so i was a week in Monterrey and it has been a great week , first i want to thank Lucy for showing me the city so thanks ! We went to the museom of Mexican history where ive got to learn about Mexican history , from the beginning with all the locals that were here, the Spanish people coming here a few centuries ago and the Mexico revolution . Weve also been to the Glass museom, whice was a bit small but very beautiful glass things (mostly glasses) but there were small Mexicans playing thier small guitars and a few scenes from the Birth of Jesus made completly with glass . I also tasted a lot of Mexican food , its mostly the basic Tortie and the verity is in the filling , ... read more



Monterrey 2

Published: February 9th 2007North America » Mexico » Nuevo Leon » Monterrey
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February 7th 2007

On the Evening of the tour in the city i went with a friend of Lucy to a nice club called (i think) Rodeo , almost everyone there were dressed as cowboys and the music was latino Mexican and everyhere and there some country music as well , they tought me how to dance and it was really funny cuz they mostly have this one dance and the rest are variations of this dance it is like a slow dance but where you have to grab the girl just a little above her behind and spin, next they were dancing country whice i really liked , all this dancing in lines and changing directions it was really fun , once in a while they all was shouting Yaaahoooww like cowboys , and we all drunk more ... read more



Monterrey

Published: February 9th 2007North America » Mexico » Nuevo Leon » Monterrey
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February 5th 2007

Anyhow , after i cheacked in the Hostel i toke a shower and went to a Oxxo (kind of a 7eleven) , and bought a just-add-water meal , after ive finished eating , i called Lucy . Lucy use to live in Israel , in Rehovot , both of her parents are doctors and (surprusingly) Lucy studies Medicine as well in the Monterrey university , shes a very good friend of mine and i think ive been talking to her like 6 years .. Because i was starved (could you believe in AA flights they ask money for the lunch !?) we met at the metro and went eating downtown whice is a very nice place with shops and malls and all and ive ate some Torties , after that weve been walking around the city ... read more






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