Blogs from Mexico, North America - page 756

What can I say, I can´t think of anything right now. Palenque was some time ago now. The pictures may have to do most of the talking for me. I only stayed in Palenque for two nights and three days. One night in the town, which wasn´t very interesting, just as the guidebooks said. I stayed one night in a hotel within the grounds of the site, it was really nice but quite expensive. The site was amazing and surrounded in the most amazing array of green (trees and plants) truely beautiful. This is where I also started to notice red flowers everywhere. Walking back from the ruins we got caught in a serious downpour, got truely soaked to the bone. I really enjoyed the experience being surrounded by the green and soaked in the warm ... read more

It’s about time that I tried to write something about this part of the leg. Got to the bus station at 6am, I know I said I wouldn’t do that again but this was fine, I just chilled in the station watching music videos, sleepily contemplating using the internet. I decided to call Musa and guess what; she was just in the midst of writing me an email. We had a blinding chat, can’t remember what about now but I know that it was so good to hear each others voices. It gave me a lot of energy. Chetumal was the gateway to another dimension and its quiet stretched out streets and airy character just added to it. It’s like they built the city and forgot to put people in it. Having said that the 1st ... read more

Things are changing a lot this week at Cuauhnáhuac.... The Colorado group and Cal Poly group both leave for the airport at 5am tomorrow morning, so Anne and I are both losing our wonderful roomies. *tear* However, it's not completely the end of an era just yet....Anne and I will also be boarding a bus EARLY tomorrow morning to meet Ashley, Jordan, and Sandra (all from the Colorado group) for two days of fun in Mexico City. We've booked a hostel for the night and plan to see Xochimilco and the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo museums tomorrow and whatever else we want to see on Sunday. I'm super excited to be staying in a hostel again....brings back fond memories from last summer!! I just wish Steph and Jenny were here, too, so we could all ... read more

July 27, 2006 It's good to be typing on a normal keyboard again. And fitting in with crowds of Asians (I love my yellow peeps). Yep I am now writing to you from Los Angeles, California, United States. I got back to Phoenix on Monday afternoon. I hung out with Robert for a little while, since he picked me up from the airport, had lunch, then quickly departed for L.A. I got here around 9:30 in the evening, so it wasn't too bad. The bad part was that there's a horrible heat wave here. I was dying that first night. Well, I should say that because a lot of people have actually died in California from the heat. I had gotten spoiled from the nice Guadalajara weather. The other thing I really miss is the skin ... read more

It´s so long to Mexico City and off into central Mexico, Oxaca State.... Mexico City to Pueblo Took a collectivo (VAN for 10 people) from Mexico City to Oxaca, via Pueblo. Mexico City to Oxaca (pronounced wohaka) is about 7 hours or 500 KM. This is where I met two Brits and a New Zealander (photos attached). On the way, we did a short stop (2 hours) in Pueblo (pop 1.3 million, elevation 2162m) which is a very Spanish city. I mean they didn’t want independence from Spain when the rest of the country broke away.... even today they are a little estranged (snobby) apparently. This town was also a major base for the Catholic Church, with some 70++ churches used to convert the natives. Overall it was a nice clean town though, with some wonderful ... read more