Blogs from Mexico, North America - page 735

well its been a while since i´ve added a blog so i´m just gonna do the usual and give a rundown of the last week. first of all, my laptop is a piece of shit and the cord is broken therefore it won{t even turn on anymore. i don´t know what to do about cause i it will be hard to explain in spanish and i don´t know where to go.....i called best buy about it and they were retarded. i´m gonna have to call on cárlos´spanish skills for that one i think. oh and i got a new cell phone. it was 30 bucks but its a lot nicer than my 20 dollar one from the biginning and it shouldn´t die...hopefully. i´ve spent about 150 bucks on phones themselves and calling and texting people since ... read more

I´m here in Guanajuato. It´s been interesting so far. The way it looks is everything I imagined and more. The streets are very narrow and all made out of bricks instead of asphalt. The sidewalks are even narrower and a little scary when you´re walking on a curve and a big truck goes by. All of the streets are twisted and curvy and I only have a good sense of direction when I´m going in a straight line. I haven´t gotten too lost yet, but I haven´t ventured far from where I´m staying either. Last night for some reason I couldn´t get ANY money out of the ATM´s. That was scary because I was afraid I would be trapped in this country alone and without money. But I managed to find one that worked this morning, ... read more

I arrived in Guadalajara at 6am after spending 24 hours onboard the plane. Checked into Hostel Guadalajara located at Centro Historica Guadalajara right in the heart of the city.The weather was clear and the climate was cool making it simply perfect. I wasted no time and soaked in everything from the first day I got there. Over the next few days, I visited old churches, museums, ate at the local markets, saw beautiful art and jewellery and even learnt how tequila was made. It was tough at first as the language barrier made it difficult to converse and get to know the people and the city better. Undeterred, I used the little Spanish I knew and initiated myself into the city slowly but surely. My choice of Guadalajara as my first stop was a great one ... read more

I made a map of my tentative route... it is linked HERE. I updated the link, hopefully it remains. I will of course be starting in Puerto Morelos, Mexico, and crossing the border to Belize through Chetumal. First stop in Belize will be Caye Caulker (found an inexpensive spot) to snorkel and relax, then I will head inland to San Ignacio, which is almost on the border with Guatemala. There's a lot to do around there -- nature trails, falls, ruins, and I'll make a trip from there into Tikal, Guatemala. This is what I'm most looking forward too! Then I will head back into bz and go south to Punta Gorda or Placencia. From there, the route is not for sure... if things work out as I hope they will, I'll take a ferry from ... read more

¨The elements of the past are still here, as alive as phantoms and wondering souls...the subsoil of Chiapas is full of murdered Indians, petrified forest, abandoned cities, and oceans of petroleum.¨ So said Mexican anthropologist Garcia de Leon back in the 80´s. Even earlier, author John Stienback had also traveled to Mexico, and predicted, ¨It is more than probable that with more time emiliano Zapata will emerge as the great and pure man of Mexico and will take a parallel position to the Virgin of Guadalupe as the human patron of the freedom of mexico.¨ While Zapata hasn´t yet quite achieved the status Steinbeck predicted, Zapata´s ghost and legacy are quite alive here. On January 1, 1994 they burst out of their jungle communities and declared to a surprised mexico that there was unfinished business to ... read more