Blogs from Mexico, North America - page 660

Oaxaca City. I was DONE with Mexcio City. I admit to feeling isolated and I just don´t really enjoy looking at museums, galleries and the urban sprawl totally got to me. My original plan was to head from MC north to the cultural cities of SanMiguelDeAllende and then the silver mines at Zacatas which was 7hrs bus ride but...well...I felt I should go there. And I now banish ´shoulds´! So, (since I have a lot of spare time) if my thoughts were to be condensed into a city it would be....Phuket! So, I´m heading to the BEACH (via Oaxaca City)!! Yeeha! With this thought my rather gloomy mood was lightened, it´s my darn trip. Thankfully my bodyclock is still adjusting so by 7am I was locked, loaded and mentally ready for the Metro! I paid ... read more

After Belize we travelled a full day to Tulum and spent a couple nights there. one night was in a hostel dorm (with AC, ahhh, yes!). then we went to the beach for the second night and planned to stay there a few days, but only made it through one night. That was probably the worst sleeping conditions on our trip. I got eaten alive by mosquitos and did not sleep a wink. the air was so hot and stale, despite the wind on the beach. we quickly packed up and came to Playa del Carmen to regroup. The Tulum beaches were vast and beautiful. we decided to have a day of shade to sooth our sunburns, only to get even more burned! we're spending the last few days here in Playa just chillin. its quite ... read more

Hi everyone, Well this is really a nice change from my adventures trekking around the globe... picked up Redina from airport on thursday evening and brought her down to Playa del Carmen, about an hour south of Cancun... We stayed overnite and then went back up the coast to a place called Puerto Morelos, had a nice lunch at Mama's Bakery and lay on the beach... I got a much needed haircut, and we went back to Playa and had an incredible lobster dinner!! Slept in this morning and then jumped in the car and headed further south to Akumal, which is just before you get to the ruins in Tulum... it is off-season here and we got a 2 bedroom HUGE villa right on the beautiful sandy beach that is $340 US per night in ... read more

I often say, “ The Eagle has landed”, whenever I land from a flight - well now I mean it. That’s right poppets, Brooks went Sky Diving. I decided that I wanted to do something that was so extreme and so memorable that I couldn’t resist. And then the thought came to me. SKY DIVING. Why not!! I had been talking about wanting to go sky diving for some time with my friends on the ship but never actually thought I could get the nerve to go. When I was at Star Centre, Jeanette and Marlize went, and when I heard about it I knew I had to go. A lot of people were skeptical, scared and thought it was an over the top experience to have. And one would think with what I have ... read more

Am 3.Mai sind mir i den Nacht in Mexico City aacho. De nögscht Tag hend mir gnutzt um s'Zentrum chli z'erkunde und di erschte echt mexicanische Tacos z'probiere. Am Samschtig hend mir e Tour gmacht, wo mir die wichtigschte religiöse Zentre us drü verschiedene Epoche bsuecht hend. Tlatelolco: Tlatelolco isch im 14.Jht (Azteken) eis vo de wichtigschte Zeremonie-Zentre in Mesoamerika gsi, sowie au de gröscht Markt. 1521 hend d'Azteke uf dem Platz, under de Fuehrig vo Cuauhtémoc, eri letscht Schlacht verlore. 1609 hend d'Spanier uf d'Ueberreschte vom Zentrum d'Kirche Templo de Santiago baut. Drum wird hüt de Platz "Plaza de las 3 Culturas" gnennt. 2. Oktober 1968 het churz vor Beginn vo de Olympische Spiel en Studenteufstand stattgfunde, wo dur d'Regierig bluetig niedergschlage worde isch. Offiziell hets 30 Tote, inoffiziell abo 300-400 Tote geh. Basilica ... read more