Lo Nuestro Tulum

... also almost squashed on my bicycle!

So thats it for now, i am now sat in about 6 inches of sweat so i will go and give rebecca a big hug ;-) and then some rice and beans before heading of to Valladolid, hopefully to catch a mexican football game live.... until the next time - probably a mexican jail for "away supporters"

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Oh and by the way - on requests of photos.... give me a chance! i am only just blogging, pictures may come one day!!!

... and we still had no way into town. Fortunately, there was a random but really cool Frenchman staying at the hostel who conviently knew how to drive the 1960s five speed Volkswagon bus. So, into the hippie-mobile we hopped, and off to town we went.

When we got there, one of the hostel employees who had come with us showed us the true way to catch a colectivo. By that I mean we stood on the side of the sreet until we saw one, then we ...

... so far...every age, from 19 to 80, in groups or alone, male and female, from all possible countries and all with a different story as to why, where, when and how long. Due to our superior intelligence, we sniffed out the "hammock scandal of Merida" within minutes of arriving. Apparently, locals throughout the city band together to convince unsuspecting tourists that the "real mayan artisans" spend months hand ...

Hola! Right, as it is our last day in Mexico, I (Mark) thought it fitting to finally post another blog! We have done an awful lot in the past 10days, and travelled an awful lot of miles too, so please relax, get a cup of tea, and settle down. Starting from where the last post was left: Oaxaca. A lot has been written about Oaxaca...granted it is a pretty town/city, with some superb craft work, but its not the sort of place you could spend a week in. Still....we did have a bit of a coup on ...

... people, with very cool accents. Tulum, the town we`re in is on the Carribean coast, and the beach and sea are idyllic. We´re both a bit pink having just got back from an afternoon of being on the beach and swimming in the clear blue water. We`re staying in a proper youth hostel, with dorms and shared kitchen (you don't find many of these in Guatemala), which is a good thing, as Mexico is noticably more developed and along ...

Reisen begynner aa bli ferdig saa vi lever latmannslivet ved stranden i Tulum i Mexico. Vi kom hit ved aa kjore buss fra Guatemala, gjennom Belize og oppover Mexico. Mexico er veldig "fancy" sammenlignet med de andre landene vi har vaert i det siste. Minibankene fungerer faktisk, veiene er fine, de har et velfungerende bussystem og strommen gaar ikke ...

... myself into the unknown, without a map, guidebook, or interpreter. Am I just out of my mind?!? Well, that may be, but it turns out the being mildly irrational seems to pay off. I arrived in Cancun late in the day and rode into town as the sun was setting. A ran into a bit of luck when a young, very helpful man plopped down beside me and we started chatting. Thank the lord I can indeed converse in Spanish! We ended up on the same ...

... they lit**ally sold human flesh down at the meat market. Ev**ybody he contended was poor. They would kill you for only 5 dollars Am**ican money. He said that his friend was held for ransom in a large contain** which they doused in gasoline. Imagine, only one cigarette and he would be a gon**. Of course *****ia attracts anyone looking to make a nice buck. Especially people working for the major oil rigs that extract millions ...

... During the day we have at least 500 metres of beech to ourselves. The huts are surrounded by palm trees and the occasional pelican that flies above. Two nights ago while walking back from dinner along the beech I noticed some interesting tracks and followed these up the beech. I called Lou over, for in the sand was a huge green turtle digging a hole to lay eggs. We sat ...

Today we explored the 4000 year old Mayan ruins of Tulum. They are perched right on a cliff overlooking the Caribbean sea and are most impressive. The people who lived here also had their own beach so I went for swim in the warm clear water while looking up at 4000 year old ruins. Very cool! In the afternoon, it was back on a ...