El Meson del Marques Valladolid

... to the Mayans because (a) there are no rivers in the Yucatan so water is very scarce and (b) they believed it was a way into the underworld where people went after they died. It was lovely and peaceful. Then this American woman walked up to me, munching on the biggest bag of crisps I have ever seen - you could have fitted a small child inside it. She stood next to me, loudly crunching crisps, then she gave one to her mother, who moaned that they were too hot (to be fair, this is ...

... which was nice. Found the place and luckily the Engineer spoke better English than me as my vocab doesn´t stretch as far as electronics and other technical stuff. He had a look and said there was sand in the battery compartment, which had caused the internal problems and let water in, causing the battery clip to corrode. Yet despite it clearly being caused by my misuse, he said he would fix it on Warranty. Unfortunately this would take 2 months as they had to ship in ...

... burnt off the cheese dough ball by walking round in circles for an hour.

The next day I got a bus out of town to Teotihuacan, which is the remains of an ancient city with two massive pyramids. Just before I climbed the biggest one, I saw an old rusty caravan on flat tyres in the corner of the courtyard, with a red cross painted on the side. At this point I almost induced a panic attack hoping that I wouldn´t get a heart attack climbing the pyramid, as clearly any medical ...

... was a beautiful cascade of clear water into a green pool, in which i was the first to dive in. The second, Agual Azul, was a three hour trip viewing a series of falls, one after another , falling into pool after pool , after pool. A little Mexican boy warned me that there was an Anaconda (i think they deserve a capital A don't you?!) swimming in the river that would eat me. I bought some bananas from him and laughed at how ...

... man. The forms and layering of the spaces are so perfect and every hallway and room evoke the exact experience and feeling that Baraggan wanted you to feel. This house is easily comparable to Falling Water in the US as far as beauty and significance to architecture as we know it. After visiting this house we went down the way to the anthropology museum. This trip was mostly just to give us a little more of a background on the ...

Je suis toute seule à l´autre bout du monde et j´apprend le décès de mon oncle, c´est plutôt atroce comme sentiment, etre perdue au milieu de nulle part et apprendre le décès d´un de mes rares proches... Adios mi tio Thierry La joie de vivre et l'humilité? Tes parents et tes enfants l'ont autant que toi, Vivre à l'étranger et épouser une autre culture? Prune et Florent t'ont emboité le pas, Ton amour de l'excellente cuisine et ta passion douloureuse des motos? Jim ...