http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/prokop/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from prokop en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:03:02 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:03:02 UTC Ola friends sit back and listen to our tale of The Last Days in Mexico ..MOSQUITOS MOSQUITOS MOSQUITOS EVERYWHERE That out of the way Playa is truly a great place. Not quite a paradise as a paradise is reserved for those very special places but a tropical tourists dream. The roads go on right into the sea whitesand beaches almost clear water coral reefs and whatnot. Our hotel was a bi http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Playa-del-Carmen/blog-197839.html So friends the journey across Yucutan has taken us to Tulum what seemed to be a tropical paradise azur ocean and beach ad libitum. As soon as we arrived we went to the beach area and booked a cabaa. Now a cabaa is basically a wooden hut with a fletched roof ours was with a private bathroom in the cabaa. In there a small smelly bed with a protective mosquito net cover. Overlooking the b http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Tulum/blog-196983.html From the hurricane .. on to Mrida. After not having electricity and propper food for two days we decided to take it real easy and relax. This was to be our last propper city stop before a week long tour of the Carribean beaches of Mexico.Merida hostel turned out to be an allright place but with a LOT of mosquitos. Merida is actually a pretty big place size of Copenhagen laid out in a grid http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Yucat%E1n/Merida/blog-196340.html Ola amigos ..So we thought all was safe and well in Chetumal but it sure wasnt. People sleeping in the bus station franticly trying to get out of there everybody getting ready for the hurricane that was heading exactly this way.We arrived at our hostel at 0430 and were met by people still up unable to sleep. Two very nervous americans a confused german a happy canadian and an ple http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Chetumal/blog-195394.html Welcome to the jungle ... mexican style at least.It is safe to say that this portion of our trip is the one which got the most mixed reviews from the two of us. I think its fair to say that Mie is not a jungle person.On the bus we chatted up an australian girl Coleen. When we arrived we got into a taxi and off we were to El Panchn a jungle surrounded site where many different hostels have http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-194230.html 128 168 San CristbalSo friends.. On the bus again.. this time we were doing the nightbus which went okay except Mies feet swole up for two or three days mie which could KILL me.As expected San Cristbal is nice and cool .. the high mountain air and the evening rain chills the place down. That means tshirt during the day something waterproof in the evenings and two thick blankets at ni http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/San-Cristobal-de-las-Casas/blog-193350.html 98 118 Puerto Escondido OaxacaHola Amigos ..We left Oaxaca City after hanging out with some excellent people Dan Pete from England and Julia Alex Stefan Anne both couples from Germany. It really started to feel like a relaxed travelling experience from here.The bus to Puerto was a killer bad and loud spanish movies The talking dog movie again 11 hours of sitting down. The firs http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Puerto-Escondido/blog-192101.html Oaxaca 78 98Early in the morning we cleared Mexico City.. The experience of that superhuge city was in many ways unsatifactory the city is noisy hectic and in my opinion lacked charm. If we have had a month there we might have gotten a more fullfilling impression. The ammount of cultural sights is staggering.We decided to skip Puebla and go straight down so we took the primera bus to Oa http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-191677.html So we finally got to Mexico City ..At the arrival we set our goal NOT to be robbed at the airport which we managed without problems..The hostel is .. different. We were warned beforehand by Mie's neighbours that the hostel might be a little crummy. and it is.. The highlights include NO hot water smell of old socks no change of sheets and the place is located in the middle of a street marked. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/Plaza-de-la-Constituci%F3n/blog-188854.html Copenhagen Rostockprokop suchnek There was a significant buildup towards the G8 summit this year. The leftist parties were buzzing with preparations in order to gather a big and peaceful appearance in Rostock. We woke up at 6 in the morning made our lunches and went off to the central station in Copenhagen. From here some 10 buses were filled with people and off we went to Gedser the con http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/Rostock/blog-178990.html Prague Tabor Czech Krumlovprokop suchnek I decided to go out for a trip from Prague to Tbor and Czech Krumlov. Tbor is a nice city if you are into the historic aspect as it is home to the Hussite movement. Czech Krumlov is a tourist attraction a very clean and picturesque experience. The reason for adding this trip to my blog is simply that I received my revelation about traveling http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Czech-Republic/blog-178561.html