Blogs from Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 10

Heute ging es früh los zum Flughafen. Habe mich kurz von Gary verabschiedet und bedankt. Ein echt netter Kerl, der etwas Pech in seinem Leben hatte. Der Flug nach Mexiko dauerte etwa 4 1/2 Stunden. Am Grenzbeamten ging es schnell vorbei, mit einem weiteren Stempel in meinem Paß. Mit dem Shuttle ging es dann Richtung Hostel. Auf der Fahrt kamen mir meinen Spanischkenntnisse zugute, mit denen ich mich mit dem Fahrer unterhalten konnte. Als ein Transporter vorbeifuhr, mit einem Hund und einem Polizisten, sagte er "Miras, dos perros" - Schau, zwei Hunde. Er erzählte, das sie die Polizisten Hunde nennen. Auch im Hostel gab es keine Probleme. Ich habe sogar meine Zimmergenossin verstanden, als ich ihr Handtuch benutzt habe, wofür Sie Kaution gezahlt hatte. Ich habe dann ein anderes geholt und ihr gegeben. Am Abend habe ... read more

My good friend Steve was in Cancun doing research for a book he has coming out so I went up to Cancun to visit him for a few days. Bender had one of his good friends with him, Gil Carrasco, and the three of us watched David Guetta DJ a beach party. The next day, Steve, Gil, and I headed south to visit the Mayan ruins in Tulum. One video is of Gil sitting in for a set with a band down in Playa Del Carmen and the other demonstrates how crazy beach parties are in Cancun. If you thought law professors were pedantic it is time to pop your bubble. Both Steve and Gil are law professors and musicians. Steve is also the best DJ I have ever heard. He plays my favorite music which ... read more

Home..... an early morning and a quick drive to the airport. My taxi driver was pulled over for travelling a little bit to fast and belive it or not that cost me 300 pesos or about 3 dollars. I was at the airport and just did not have it in me to argue with him that it should not have cost me because he had a heavy foot. In the week that I was in Cancun everyone I met was pleasant and nice so I was not about to let that fellow spoil a good thing. The flight home was uneventful as all airline flights should be. We made it home in 3 hours and 10 minutes, (the pilot was trying to beat the freezing rain to the airport) but were held up at the tunnel ... read more

An early beginning to the day again, picked up from the hotel lobby at 7 AM then off to Xel-Ha for the morning and Tulum in the afternoon. The bus arrived at Xel-Ha at around 10:30 and we were left on our own to wonder about the site. The ocean water was so blue, like I have never see before, and crystal clear. Many different and colourful fish were swimming about. I met 2 American women and we walked along the paths taking in the many features of Xel-Ha. The Mayn caves which we partially under water, the cenotes along the side of the paths which dropped into the caves and water below. We went to the top of the river and pickup up tubes to go tubing down to the ocean, it began in a ... read more

Tuesday: NO Pain......not any, in fact I feel better than I have done for ages. I got up early and was picked up by a shuttle to go to the Grand Mayan for breakfast and a tour. An amazing place, very like a time share only they call it a private members club..... the difference I am not sure. Anyhow I was only supposed to be there for 90 minutes and ended up there most of the day. I saw the most fantastic iguana, he was so large and just laying there basking in the sunlight. The place was interesting but not for me, so after numeous sales people talked to me they finally realized what I had been telling them all along... I was not there to buy anything on the spur of the moment ... read more