Blogs from Chiapas, Mexico, North America - page 9

We woke this morning to the sound of dozens of howler monkeys calling to each other across the tree tops. They sound not unlike a jaguar’s growl, only more drawn out. Had we not known what they were it would have been quite unnerving. As Helen wrote in our last entry, we are in the rainforest and have been here for three days. Helen has been very brave. I have loved it. We came here to see the Mayan ruins of Palenque. We arrived on Wednesday at 6am after a very uncomfortable 9 hour bus ride from Merida, as we stepped off the bus the heavens opened and did not stop all day. The rain god was not happy. When we checked into our forest cabin we were advised to keep our stuff off the ground ... read more

Beste mensen, Zaterdag 2 november zijn we vertrokken naar een nieuwe bestemming: Mexico!We zouden met het vliegtuig ongeveer 15 uur onderweg zijn en 2 stops hebben, Na 10 uur vliegen werd er omgeroepen dat er een onverwachte stop zou zijn in verband met veel tegenwind en daardoor veel brandstofverbruik. Geen probleem dachten we, echter daardoor hadden we onze connecties gemist en waren we "gestrand" in Philadelphia. Natuurlijk was dit geen probleem, zo konden we meteen een stukje Amerika meenemen!( Het hotel werd betaald door de vliegmaatschappij en ook nog voor 20 dollar aan eten )We hadden een hotel in de buurt van het vliegveld en vandaaruit hebben we de trein naar het centrum genomen. Hier hebben we een paar uurtjes rondgelopen, lekker gegeten en nog een biertje gedronken in het Hard Rock cafe. De ochtend erna ... read more

Dear friends and family, It has been a while since my last entry - was Ann and my honeymoon really a year ago? Since our good friend Kevin moved mountains to get his stag party organised for Mexico, it gave me an opportunity (with wifely approval, of course) to spend a couple days with the boys in Puerto Vallarta and then make my own way across Mexico (fondly remembering a similar trip with my father in 1995) to fly out from Cancun. So the original plan fell apart when Kevin became deathly sick and could not make it to Mexico. As vacations were booked, plans made and tickets non-refundable, most of us headed out anyway to celebrate on Kevin´s behalf. As I had points to use, I stopped over in Santa Monica on the way and ... read more

Die Nacht war schrecklich, Regen prasselte aufs Hoteldach und alle umgebenden Wellblechdaecher. Kein schöner Ton für einen Motorradfahrer. In derFrüh war dann plötzlich eine Regenpause, Motorrad packen.Dann zum Frühstück (Im Hotel gab's keines). Regenguss. Wir sassen ziemlich bedrückt unter einem lauten Blechdach, von dem das Wasser in Strömen herunter schoß. Das Gespraechsthema waren die Seitenkoffer: die von BMW sind nicht wasserdicht. Aber es fiel uns schon ein guter Einsatz für sie ein: Alle unsere Schmutzwaesche einfuellen, Waschmittel dazu, das Wasser kommt von allein rein und nach einem Tag Fahrt ist alles sauber und muss nur noch aufgehaengt werden. Wir rasten zumHotel zurück wg. Regenguss. Abfahrt: R egenpause. Nach 5 km: Regenguss. Und so weiter. Den ganzen Tag. Es war schwierig sich zu entscheiden, ob man die Regenjacke anziehen will, darunter bis zum Sch... read more

Another early start as we had a long day ahead. Our first stop was at a massive waterfall not far from Palenque I believe. Some of the group jumped into the lake, but I wasn’t in the mood for it, to be honest, I was feeling a bit grumpy from sleeping in the jungle for two nights. Anyway I decided to walk behind the waterfall which was pretty amazing and I ended up banging my head on a rock, so that will teach me for being grumpy! After the waterfall our next stop was Agua Azul, but before we got to Agua Azul, our mini bus got a flat tyre and we must have waited there for about an hour while our coach driver got some assistance. Local children kept checking us out and talking to ... read more