Blogs from Mexico, North America - page 753

I thought we’d told all that there was to tell from Mazatlan, hoped that we’d start out this entry with crazy stories from the little town of Tequila where it just so happens they make the drink by the same name. But I would be remiss if I didn’t say a word or two about Paul’s squid incident, although I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if we left it out. The night after we posted our last blog entry, Paul thought it would be nice to eat dinner in a real restaurant, maybe even a nice restaurant. Most of our food has been coming from street stalls or the market which usually suits us just fine. But Paul had a hankering for something a little more upscale where we thought maybe the health standards might be a ... read more

And so I´m at the end, after a couple of days in Mexico city again and meeting Anne and her family, which was great, I am flying back this evening (Monday), Mexican time and should arrive in the UK Tuesday evening for flat-hunting and work-shoe shopping before I start near Chester on 18th September. I wanted to write a suitably sloppy blog to say thanks for reading and telling you all about all the things I´d learnt about myself and Latin America and the world during the past year. Such things could include my new-found patience (which may or may not transfer back to the UK), my improved Spanish, or insights such as the body doesn't digest the pulpy bits in orange juice, beer is often cheaper than water, never wear white and you don't need ... read more

Another week down!! I realize I'm over the half-way hump and will be home now in less than two weeks!! Yikes! I have so much more I want to absorb before returning to the US. My school week last week was slightly different. The particular teacher that I had focused a bit more on cultural aspects and day-to-day type things, which was great, but I also realized that those dang Pronombres will keep returning to haunt me time and time again. So not having those down 100% was frustrating for me. However, Dave you'll be pleased...I requested (and finally got!!!) Rosanna for grammar this week. So I hope to conquer the pronombres this week..... The weekend brought more travels. Saturday Anne, Gabe, and I got up really early and caught a bus to Taxco, an enchanting ... read more

Having left the guys early in the morning to get back to Mexico in time to avoid spending the night in Chetumal I don´t really remember any of the journey (other than the fact that I slept for the whole way and always had lots of space on the bus...could have been because I smelt?!) Caught the bus to this tiny little remote town south of Tulum called Mahahual. Again, it is meant to be amazing to dive there as the reef has loads of wrecks which are easily dived. This is what I had planned to do but when I arrived I discovered that there were no hostels in the town...only a few expensive hotels or really shabby beach cabanas, which when you are on your own were still fairly expensive...anyway, so I decided that ... read more

Said goodbye to Cheryl at Tulum bus station, and while she headed to Playa del Carmen for a week with Mark, I headed to Merida.. planning for a week of culture and Spanish lessons and spending less money :) .. I did do a few hours of Spanish lessons with a teacher from CIS, and managed to fit in a bit of culture (well a couple of galleries, a museum if that counts!.. and there's lots of free events at the cultural centre here, so have been to watch a few random things.. such as a Belgian film with Spanish subtitles, and some traditional Catalan dancing! .. hmm a deserate way to try and fill time, or making the most of what's free.. i'm not sure!) BUT met lots of nice people, so spent most of ... read more