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Valladolid, Yucatán, a 3 de octubre del 2009. Ahì les van algunas fotos para que recuerden las ruinas de Tulum, Q.R. Curiosamente me encontrè que, si bien los turistas van a visitar las ruinas y bañarse en las playas azul turquesa como nobles mayas, las estrellas del sitio son las iguanas. Por algo dice el Lonely Planet Guide que actúan como si fueran las dueñas del sitio. Son todas unas divas, ponièndose en pose para fotos y dejàndose tirar piropos. Todo mundo aprovecha para tomarles fotos y ellas muy en su papel. Un grupito de señoras japonesas no dejaba de saludar [View Full Entry]

Omar19762022 - Omar Velásquez-Manzo | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 28th 2009 | 13 Views | [diary=463142]

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Valladolid, Yucatàn, a 4 de octubre del 2009. Saludos a todos. Siguiendo con el afàn de conocer edificios viejos, hoy me di una vuelta por Cobà, que queda a medio camino entre Tulum, Q.R., y Valladolid, Yucatàn. Se tratò de una ciudad aùn màs vieja que Chichèn Itzà y aùn màs pequeña y con menos edificios, en la que hay que caminar mucho para llegar a cada uno de los edificios. Pero, a pesar de ello, el gran atractivo de este lugar es la "gran piràmide", porque: 1) Se trata de la piràmide màya màs grande de la penìnsula de Yucatàn [View Full Entry]

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By ulli unterwegs
November 30th 2009
Radtour North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Tulum
Auch wenn auf den Bilder das rad nicht einmal zu sehen ist, so waren Yasemin und ich doch den ganzen Tag damit unterwegs. Los ging es um 5Uhr, um den Sonnenaufgang bei den Ruinen zu sehen. Da zu dieser Zeit noch alles geschlossen ist, sind wir ueber einen Hintereingang rein. Leider hat uns um kurz vor Acht jemand erwischt und wir wurden rausgeschmissen, aber keine weiteren Probleme. Nach ienem deftigen Fruestueck im Hostel ging es dann zur Gran Cenote. Schon beeindruckend, wie die Natur so verschiedene Dinge schaffen kann. Die Hoehlen waren voller Fledermaeuse und die Sonne hat wunderbare Lich [View Full Entry]

ulli unterwegs - Ulrike | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 2nd 2009 | 39 Views | [diary=457805]

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By ulli unterwegs
November 22nd 2009
KARIBIK! North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo
Meine letzte Woche in Mexiko habe ich an der Karibik verbracht. Ich pendelte zwischen Playa del Carmen und Puerto Morelos. Playa ist die ueberfuellte Touristenstadt, in der man abends aber gute Bars findet. In Puerto wohnt der Kuenstler Renato Dorfman . Er hat hier ein Haus im Dschungel. Ueberall stehen Skulpturen von ihm und der gesamte Hof ist von ihm konzipiert. Waren interessante Gespreache mit ihm und seinen Freunden. Mit Yasemin hatte ich auch sehr viel Spass. Wir waren eigentlich nie allein. Das Haus war immer voll mit Freunden. Zwei Abende ware [View Full Entry]

ulli unterwegs - Ulrike | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 2nd 2009 | 31 Views | [diary=457799]

Karibik!
Der Fox, jetzt schwanzlos
aber schwimmenkann er noch

This last week we have had terrible weather. The tropical storm "Ida" has been working it's way through the Caribbean and right along the path where we regularly sail. The ships do their best to avoid the storms, most of our ships based out of Florida have detoured to avoid this end of the Caribbean entirely. But being out of Galveston, there's not really anywhere else to go. So we've been sailing on as usual. And it has been rough sailing! It's been a long time since I've been on a ship this rocky and really, it's not fun. Guests are [View Full Entry]

Travelling Artist - Jeanette Hedley | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 24th 2009 | 65 Views | [diary=453267]

Grey Skies in Progreso
Strong Storm Wind in Progreso
Not Much Business on the Beach in Progreso

A favourite part of repeated contracts on the cruise ships for me is getting to meet up with friends from previous ships. I’m into my final two weeks on the Ecstasy (my replacement, Brian, has arrived and I’ve begun his intro training) but I’ve got a few exciting reunions during these last days. Today in Cozumel was one: I got to meet up with my friend Erica, who I worked with this past winter on the Fantasy. Cozumel has been a staple port for me during these three years at sea. When I transfer in 2 weeks time, there will be [View Full Entry]

Travelling Artist - Jeanette Hedley | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 6th 2009 | 85 Views | [diary=450994]

Turtle Cruising By
Erica Putts Away
Pretty Birds

Today another day in Cozumel has rolled around. I wanted to go and see something I hadn’t yet seen there, so I asked Chris if he wanted to go to a beach. In all the many many times I’ve been to Cozumel, I’ve never just gone to a beach! As we walked off the ship, the sun was shining. We’ve had what’s seemed like endless days of grey, overcast skies and often rain. I commented on the lovely weather and we savoured the sun and knowing we’d have a day out in it. We got in a taxi and headed off [View Full Entry]

Travelling Artist - Jeanette Hedley | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 3rd 2009 | 118 Views | [diary=450286]

Me with the Fishies
Fishie Friend
Fishie Friend

It’s been about a week and a half since the epic adventure of transferring to the Carnival Ecstasy. And it’s been pretty chaotic ever since. When I arrived on the Ecstasy, it was in it’s final days of dry dock (renovations). We had one night in Freeport, then 3 days to sail to Galveston, the ship’s home port. That time was needed. Though the ship had been in dry dock for 4 weeks, it was still a mess. Walking around the ship, I couldn’t wrap my head around how it was ever going to be in a condition for guests to [View Full Entry]

Travelling Artist - Jeanette Hedley | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 23rd 2009 | 132 Views | [diary=447316]

My Latest Floating Home
Touristy Shot #1 - Get Eaten By Crocodile
Touristy Shot #2 - Jump Out of a Cake

Opps, apparently you need to actually pay for your flight for them to book it.... We show up bright and early to catch our plane and somehow my VISA was never charged and therefore my reservation did not go through. There were still spots on the plane but for 6x the cost. We had a lovely hour before the plan left frantically calling the flight company to fix this little problem, and eventually they let us buy our tickets at the original price. This is where our motto and the theme of our trip arose of "It always works out in [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 30th 2009 | 95 Views | [diary=434736]


By carriemcq
September 8th 2009
Tulum North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Tulum
For our first night we rented little cabanas on the beach right next to the ruins. You could see the towers from our beach which was also full of butterflies, very cool! That night we were feeling a bit down about Dana's ipod getting stolen on the bus earlier, how it caused us to lose trust in these people, and the difficulties of getting around and with communicating with anyone. We discussed our fears and worries of the trip to come, something we had been holding in so that we had the guts to step on the plane. It was nice [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 30th 2009 | 92 Views | [diary=434740]



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