Suites Ejecutivas Los Arcos Hotel Tapachula

... one of the few people in the group who had not yet succumbed to stomach troubles. However, the loo on this bus was so horrific it almost made me vomit. Going to the loo on a bus in Mexico is always an adventure, as the roads are mainly really winding, so you kind of have to hang on tight and hope for the best. It could go so horribly wrong.

The next town was Merida. I wouldn't recommend this either. The hotel was called 'Hotel Mucuy', which I called Hotel Mucky. It was filthy ...

... of my sheets and towel.
Next morning managed to get up for the free breakfast which I have to say was outstanding. A selection of things from cereal, fruit yogurt, toast and eggs with refried beans, and of course juice with tea and coffee. That set me up for the day and I had a day strolling round the Zocala, which is the historical centre of the city and right on my doorstep. I was dismayed to discover that my phone did not work and after further research online found ...

My first encounter with Mexicans was several hours before I reached Mexico city, as I was sat next to two of them on the plane.Well, one Mexican and one Indian who lives here. They seemed nice at first and I could actually understand what they were going on about in Spanish. Just as we took off, the overhead locker burst open and my shoe fell out onto my head, and one of them tried to leap out of his seat to close it. Nice guy. Unfortunately as soon as we were in the air, they proceeded ...

... comecou a fazer uns calculos e me mostrou um papel que dizia 700.00. Pensei vai sair mais 60.00 dolares outra vez pela conversao de dolar a peso. NAO. O valor era em dolar. AI meu sangue subiu na cabeca. Pedi que me devolvessem meus documentos pois iria voltar ao Mexico. Os dois "OFICIAIS" comecaram a se irritar a chamaram mais companheiros. Fiquei rodeado de guatematecas. Na minha abeca ja tinha visto o que iria acontecer ...

... then proceeded to tell us that in Spain 90% of the people are swingers there was nothing anyone could do but agree because its was his cab and his word goes. Arriving at the hotel getting out of the cab "el ravon" clearly looking at the girls made a comment to alex letting him know that he "was up for it" then his wife was not tooo bad either... it was one of those tumble weed moment that no one really knew how to take but it was shaken off with a nervous laugh ...

... Frankfurt, Germany. They were taking an 18 hour overnight bus trip to the Yucatan (specifically, the Mexican Riviera) to attend the beach wedding of a friend. The young woman was actually having stomach problems. I was able to give the husband some information to prevent dehydration etc. After the wedding they were planning to go skiing in Chamonix, (Switzerland) before returning home. Always interesting the people you meet while travelling! We ...

... of Guatemala some say, however, the drugs are almost solely consumed by western expats or travelers. The site on the lake was nice but the town was a bit shady due to the Western Communist Junkies who dominated the place. While we were there we ate in a Buddhist restaurant in San Pedro and were served by a white waiter who´s prime mental years had clearly passed her by. While we ordered our waiter, who was ...

... next to the station and as the best thing about the place seemed the bus station, our tickets to San Cristobal! In need of some dinner we headed to ´the best place in Tapachula´ according to the security guard at the station - from the standard of the food, we can say it wasn´t just the place that was nasty! A third consequtive early-morning start was required for our bus to San Cristobal...

Hi everyone, I hope you are all well! Thank you for all your messages, I will reply but it may take me a little time as I have a huge backlog of emails as things have been very busy! As you can see from the title of my blogg, I have started street work, yippee! I am not sure whether I have explained before that there are three stages to the project I am working in. The first stage is Street Work, the second stage is Central de Dia (the day centre ...

... to drink more mezcal but luckily Carlos was back so the mezcal didn't make it off the shelf and we just sat around talking with him over a few drinks which he preceded not to charge us for so we left a rather big tip instead. We're a bit sad about leaving Mexico, we definitely haven't had enough time here but in about 12 hours from now Graham and I will step into the southern hemisphere for the first time in the form of Bogota. This should be interesting.