Fiesta Americana - Merida

... down hand built wooden staircases. The last one we had to climb down a 40 foot ladder. Looking down into the hole, you couldn't even see the bottom! It was definately a bit scary.<br> <br> The water was crystal blue and it was eerily quiet in these caves. There was a large tree at the top of the cave entrance, and its roots hung all the way to the water, 100 feet below!

... per Città del Messico, non sapendo dove andare ci siamo diretti verso la costa sul Golfo. Progreso è una cittadina assolutamente insignificante, non ha particolari attrattive turistiche, il mare sul golfo è scuro, niente a che vedere con la costa caraibica; un paese messicano di messicani. Abbiamo trovato un posto per dormire veramente tristanzuolo, dopo una passeggiata nella via principale abbiamo deciso che non c'era molto altro da fare e ci siamo ritirati!<br>

Questa mattina, dopo sobria colazione, siamo partiti alla ricerca di un hotel decente.<br>Qualcuno sembrava ok, ma abbiamo imparato a chiedere di vedere le stanze, prima di accettare; cosi' abbiamo visitato fior di hotel che presentavano stanze senza finestre, o con il ventilatore non funzionante... alla fine siamo entrati al Gran Hotel! Uno spettacolo di posto ...

... money and things when we go shopping, even though Jette refuses to take it alot of the time, better to offer then not. If someone is putting you up, especially with the current situation, cooking for you, driving you all over the place, I just think you should try to show that you appreciate it abit more. Anyway everyones different and I dont think anyone who knows Brendan doubts that fact! 30th April Went for a stroll up Paseo de Montejo, Meridas answer to the Champs ...

... Previous to being elected president, Obama drew his largest crowd in Berlin Germany. <br><br>The conversation of course came to a halt when the swearing in ceremony started as everyone hung on every word, including the minor stumble on Obama&#8217;s part, in repeating the oath.<br><br>The stumble, the details of which I have now forgotten, was uncharacteristic of the man who had proven himself to be the ultimate orator.<br>http://www.guardian.co.uk/wo ...

... iguana-infested ruins at Uxmal yesterday with a guy called Ian from my hostel who happened to get the same bus as I did, and went out with other nice people from the hostel tonight - 3 English girls and a feisty Dutch woman called Sandra who is just finishing a 7-month trip and has a comedy Flemish accent ("my bootsh got shtolen in Panama"). Accidentally ate chicarron (deep-fried pig skin in slimy sauce) at a street fair this evening - foul. On to Campeche tomorrow...

Heading north into the Yucatan I crossed the border in my usual way,.traveling without reservations or schedule. I had planned to stay in Corozal, Belize another night, but during lunch at a Chinese restaurant I got excited about staying in a town with a more active night life. Around 2 that afternoon I walked back to the hotel, grabbed my backpack and started hitchhiking. I rode a public micro bus to the border. Belize now ...

... into the dark. A bit freaky for the acrophobics amongst us. -Aron] It is fairly dark. What´s cool is that there is another small skylight over the middle of the cenote (complete with bats)! The ride on the little carriage thing was kinda fun &amp; went through overgrown plantation returned to jungle. There was many butterflies and not as fun horseflies. We managed to scare a whole flock of butterflies that were apparently resting on the tracks a couple of ...

... to the hostel. Oh joy of joys - a private CLEAN bathroom, clean sheets, towels - wonderful! We had breakfast there (toast and jam included in the price) and then went off to explore the city. The weather was hot and humid. The city is bigger than SCdlC and probably Oaxaca, with a number of large colonial buildings in various states of repair. The streets were wider and numbered sort of like Milton Keynes - but no roundabouts or concrete ...