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... Michael Jackson´s ´History´, including finger clicking. The worst was not yet over. He then found The Backstreet Boys, and then Saturday Night Fever. I was pretty happy when we finally landed.<br><br>In the taxi from the airport to the hotel, the first thing I saw was a buge billboard advertising some disinfectant which apparently kills the H1N1 virus. Great - welcome to Mexico, home of swine flu! <br><br>At the hotel, the manager said "Welcome to my small hotel Miss Lucy". He was like ...

Se all'andata ci siamo concessi un hotel con qualche stella, per la fase finale siamo approtadi ad un ostello.<br>Il letto è piccolo, una piazza e mezza stringata, ma il lenzuolo è ancora più piccolo! Un francobollo di cotone. Ci organizziamo dividendoci lenzuolo e coperta, almeno riusciamo a coprirci.<br>Oggi pomeriggio la piazza è piena di gente per i festeggiamenti del giorno dei morti, ci sono gli indios che fanno le loro danze rituali davanti ad altari decorati; molti ...

... paying seven bucks per night to camp at playa los cocos http://www.ontheroadin.com/baja/bajarvp arks/playaloscocos.htm for the last 11 days. I built a crabtrap which caught plenty of big crab, and spearfished for food. We also met some great people who fed us nightly with gourmet dishes. Hopefully onto the mainland today! Take care, and talk to you soon.<br>ps. work = got my hands on people. very busy but great<br><br>Wade

... we said goodbye. There is also a small, neighborhood store in this block and the family dog (large bird dog type) that lives there finally made friends with Tanka. Lots of new friends!<br><br>I wanted to see more of the beachfront in our area and the first street dead ended into a boat yard of some type. So we returned and the next street over allowed us to walk ...

... and was excellent. We had several items to choose from for breakfast, and dinner each night consisted of soup or salad, and a choice between two main courses. We never repeated a soup (except the tortilla soup, which everyone thought was incredible) or evening meal. To my knowledge, no one ever had issues with the food. Cantamar also has a beautiful white sand beach that was about 150 yards long and had several palapas (the palm frond ...

... rock structure along the shore was really cool to see, and it continued underwater. Huge boulders covered the sea floor and made for tons of nooks and crannies to look into. Also, because the area can be subject to high currents, there were a lot of sea fans and gorgonian corals to be seen. The current wasn't an issue today, but the wind waves were annoying once back again at the surface. The waves definitely make it interesting to get back on the ...

... buy food and drinks and take them on the boat with you so by the end of the cruise we were all half drunk giggling and playing stupid games. A great day. The next morning I met up with one of the guys from the boat trip, David, and we went together to the Pyramids north of the city on a guided tour. The tour also stoped at the Guadalupe, the sight of an appearance of the virgin where several churches have been built. The pyramids were huge apparantly the sight contains the ...

... the pyramids... The piramedes de teotihuacan..... photos do not do them justice. They are an amazing site. And very interesting culture goes with them which I wish I had learnt more about.... but I will... These things date back 2000 years... This whole blogging, emailing plus trying to keep my own journal thing is harder than I thought, and right now I'm lucky to have broadband internet, just wait till I'm really on the road... well, that won't be for long anyway.

... since Milan, it was crazy how quickly it all felt normal again. For whatever reason, me, Adam, Steve, Sil and Regina just get on. Even after 2 horrible nights in transit we didn't feel too bad so were really happy to be going straight to a coffee shop to meet Regina. This was all a bit of a blurry dream to be honest as the lack of sleep took hold, but it was a really nice brunch and I was just happy to be reunited with really good friends. First impressions of Mexico City ...

... a nanny in California back down to Baja California where she built a hostel on a plot of land bought with savings. It took her two years to build the buildings, with the help of passing travellers who could stay for free if they pitched in, even though she knew nothing about construction to begin with. She told us she often had trouble with the contractors, some of whom refused to take her seriously given that she was female, and often had to resort to taking a stand on the way she wanted ...