Gran Real Yucatan Merida

... Mexican Basil Fawlty. And yes I am going to be called Lucy for the next few months as no one in Central America seems to be able to say Lizzy. I asked him for a non smoking room, and he said of course, no problem. The first things I saw when I went into the room were two massive ashtrays, one either side of the bed, and a cigarette burn in the blanket. I had a shower, accidentally swallowed some water, and lay awake waiting for amoebic dysentry to kick in. <br><br>I had three free days ...

... orrore.<br>Per il resto del giorno ci limitiamo a camminare lungo i viali del centro, al momento di salire in camera ci accorgiamo della fatica di essere a 2200 mt, l'ostello è subdolo tu credi di dover salire al terzo piano, ma loro hanno due piani non conteggiati (dove c'è la cucina e l'altro con la sala tv) così in realtà devi arrivare al quinto. Dobbiamo organizzarci bene, perchè una volta scesi, se ti accorgi di aver dimenticato qualcosa, sono tutti cavoli tuoi risalire!!

... was so clear and with the help of a few lights and a few holes in the cave roof above we were able to see right to the bottom of the cave which was 10 meters deep. An experience that will have to be repeated. We returned to the main hacienda and looked at how the wealthy hacendado (the owner) lived when he came to visit the farm. Even though it was actually used only on occasion, it was quite opulent with ...

... with the heat and all the walking + traveling. Being tired stops me worrying about how we can get from one place to another and I leave it all to Sean. He said that when it is less hot, he will make me go for a run in the morning in order to tire me out. :) <br><br>The next day (29/09) we relaxed in Merida, catching up on some e-mails and the blog. Tomorrow we will leave for Campeche, staying for one night before heading to Palenque. Love you all !

... lying arond and suggest we balance it on our heads. Ludicrous I know, but this is what we did. There was definitely more than one person who stared at us and actually slowed down to have a look as they passed in their nice warm cars. To top it off, when the bus did arrive it was so air conditioned that we slowly froze to death on the way back. Ah well, all part of the experience I suppose hehe. Tomorrow we are off to Chichen Itza, another famous Mayan site.

... I need an exorcism. On top of that the power outlets in this room are ****, I have to keep on getting up every 30 seconds to pull out the computer plug and put it back in, seems to be a very weak connection. and on top of that I downloaded the most recent version of lost, all 350 megs worth to find that it was someones horrible idea of an april fools joke to put 20 seconds of lost, and fill on the rest of the hour with some ****** american ...

... deep and dark the further back into the cave you went, so I didnt snorkel for too long. At the next cenote you could jump into the water from a hole in the top of the cave ... it was about a 15m drop ... I wouldnt even do the 2 meter jump, but Chrisso did the big one twice!!! The roots from a tree at the top of the hole in the cave had grown the 15m down into the water, it was awesome, and again, the water was so blue. Unfortunately there were a few large groups of loud ...

... go, powerful (but noisy) AC, cable stations (seemed somewhat effected by the storm) with a couple of programs in English, and a single computer with free internet. After having gone to the bus station a couple of times to see when we could get a bus out of Villahermosa, we decided to pack it up and just go an wait to see if we could get a bus to Merida. Lucky for us we had to wait just under 2 hours and we got a bus that got us to Merida on Weds ...

... parts to the project. The first is street work which involves finding children on the streets and bringing them to the project. The second stage is in a the day centre. This involves doing activities with the children once they have been brought to the centre and the third stage is intergrating them back into society either finding accomodation for them or work with them into returning home. It sounds so exciting, I can wait to start! I ...

Today we went shopping downtown and I bought a cool little green hat. Everything is so cheap! Then we went to like, a big souvenir store and I bought a real Coke bottle! Then we went to Shirley's for lunch and we had a buffet. We had to show them our ticket each time we went up so it took us a while to figure that out. Then Brie ...