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Published: February 22nd 2008
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So i got up this morning just after eight and was a little comatose at first and i spoke to Brian an american guy i met when i first turned up at the hostel and well this traveling has sent my dates and times right of the radar and so it turns out today is the 19th and i get my shuttle from Playa Del Carmen tomorrow and its an early start and the buses could be a risk and so i decided to head to Playa Del Carmen for one night there and Brian suggested the Hostel Playa as a cheap place and it was in the lonely planet guide and so i got some brekkie and checked out and ditched my stuff in the luggage room and decided after speaking to a few folk that id get the 10 am bus to playa ( it turns out that the 10am is not a premier direct bus and picks up all over the shop and the aircon did not work and the windows were glued shut so a fun journey).
So i showered up and double checked my stuff and said goodbye to the guys as they go to
Coba today and left my email if they want to keep in touch and said goodbye to the stay as i knew them all and got on well with them and its a cool hostel, some american guys i knew were going to playa for an airport shuttle and so i waited at the bus station and took the bus with them, i finally got to Playa and found the hostel eventually and its over the road form wal mart, walmart is taking over the world....lol.
So i cheked into the hostel and its about $13.50 a night and no breakfast or internet and its quite dreary and not as friendly as the Weary traveler in Tulum, although i met a guy from the UK who i met at the Weary and he was on Isla Mujeres and said it was horrible and he liked the Weary and was putting up with this hostel for one night as he flys home out of Cancun tomorrow.
Oh and last night i Met Jose aguy i met in San Fransico, whats the chances of being in Mexico, in Tulum and in the same bar?......i suppose that is traveling for you,
it makes the world smaller.
After checking into the hostel i found a veggis eating place and had a lovely veggie burger although it cost 5 dollars and so i went to walmart and got some pasta to make tonight to cut the cost down, i took a wonder up to the sure and its all swanky hotels with lilos possible charged at 100 peso or more im sure and the main drag is getting the Cancun vibe as it is all burger king,starbucks,senor frogs and diesel and beads and hamocks and stuff you can buy elsewhere in Mexico or Central America for a few dollars are double or triple the price....they are milking the cash cow here......lol.
I dropped my stuff back at the hostel and came to use the internet and then i went to beach and sunbathed and then went swimming and the beach just really is not as nice as Tulum beach. I then headed back to the hostel via Walmart and i got some pasta and pasta sauce.
I headed back and the lights were on at the hostel and the was life and then seemed nicer, i got talking to a
guy from the UK and he has been to India and quite a few other places and i was speaking to a welsh girl and then a kiwi girl joined us and later an american guy called Brian (i met two brians at the Tulum hostel) joined us and Nick an english guy from the hostel in Tulum joined us.
We had a good chat and then we shared crisps with mayo and had some beers and i then cooked up my dinner and while cooking it met a couple i had met at the Hostel in Tulum......small world again, it must cause im on the gringo trail.....lol.
We had some beers and chatted for a while longer and an Italian guy joined us and an irish guy called shane some other Kiwi girls jess and sophie joined us and then these crazy french guys joined us and soon after the tequila came out and before i knew it id had 5 shots and we headed up the main strip and were dancing in a CUban bar to live music and the bar has peoples marks all over them and so when the band finished we all wrote
on the wall and left our mark.
We then headed to a cool beach club and although i was not sober i still had my sensible head on and i knew i was up at 7am for my flight shuttle and so just before 1pm i said my goodbyes and bailed on them.
I got back got my stuff ready and headed to bed.
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