Blogs from Mexico, North America - page 750

Up early to catch a bus... but not just any bus... an ETN bus! This is the top end of the bus companies in Mexico, but are still a lot cheaper than Greyhound prices. You get complimentary drinks and food, films to keep you entertained, normal size coach but only 24 seats (3 seats per row) and the best bit of all is the wave goodbye from the staff as you leave. Unfortunately this journey only took us 5 hours to Puerto Vallarta where we then caught a crammed local bus, with local busking entertainment, to the main road turning to Sayulita. We then walked the final 2km to the villiage. Sayulita is a small-ish village. It's off the tourist route but still has prices for the rich gringos. It has no bank or ATM but ... read more

Not a very action-packed day today. Guadalajara seems nice enough but given the number of cities we'll be staying in over the next year we decided to spend most of the day idling around the hostel. We are happy enough to miss the odd town square or cathedral now and again. Gemma was keen on watching the football which should have been too much of an opportunity to pass on, but we never got around to it for some reason. Instead we just ate and drank and spent some time in an internet café checking the scores from Day 1 of the new Premiership season. Strangest thing today... hail. In Mexico, on a hot sunny day in August. ... read more

Having a wonderful few days on the beach after spending whole 15 hours on a coach getting here - all worth it! Sleeping in bunglows on the beach - you cant reserve so its a case of hunting around when you arrive in the heat. Sam and I made as executive decision to stay somewhere nicer to avoid cockroaches.... and the lack of mossie nets. Worth while! Having a couple of days in these rather luxury cabanas enjoying a rest after a fairly busy week doing the whole of Guatamala… those photos are to come are on my memory card that is locked up. ... read more

12.08.06 Ich stellte den Wecker auf kurz vor 06.00 Uhr und machte mich parat. Ich oeffnete schon mal das Fenster, damit ich Jorge’s Auto oder sein Klopfen hoeren konnte. Doch bis 07.00 Uhr traf er nicht ein. Ich packte meine Sachen und ging schon mal auf die Strasse. Dort wartete ich an der Sonne und waermte mich ein wenig auf. Jorge kam erst eine halbe Stunde spaeter. Ich dachte nicht, dass wir uns so schnell wieder treffen. Wir suchten den Ausgang aus San Cristóbal und fuhren Richtung Palenque. Der Weg war recht kurvig und laestig mit den sogenannten Verlangsamungstechniken, sodass sich die Fahrt sehr in die Laenge zog. Aber wir wollten ja auch nicht direkt nach Palenque fahren, sondern noch ein paar Orte dazwischen besuchen. Den ersten Halt machten wir in Ocosingo. Der Hauptgrund dafuer war ... read more

I held off on writing another blog for two reasons: a lot of things were still in process and subject to change so I wanted to wait until I had some solid material to write about before I excited anyone. Also, I haven't had access to my camera charger until this afternoon and I didn't want to leave you without photos! And don't worry, I have seen more than just the campus it was just easier to take these photos this afternoon. More city stuff later. My second week of Mexico was rough. My third, was consumed with recovering from the second, getting adjusted some more while overcoming some hurdles. I don't want to dwell on the bad things so I'll just say that I started off with "el gripe" (flu) but managed to figure out ... read more