Calinda Viva Cancun

We made it to Mexico after 30 hours of travel. We had a great feast of mexican last night while listening to a mariachi band play and the flambe waiters make all sorts of desserts, coffees and lobster. It felt great to sit in the humid heat and be on vacation.

My pina coloada was the length of my arm! Watched Buffalo clobber ...

... the name of it though. While it couldn’t compete with the assortment of colors and fish I saw in Brasil, it was beautiful and we were able to get pretty close to a lot of the stuff. Great that you can be out swimming in the ocean in December and not get hypothermia!

After snorkeling we continue on South to Tulum. This ruin is perched right on a cliff over the Caribbean. The water and beach here are absolutely postcard perfect ...

Thirty-five years ago a virgin strech of coastline in the south of Mexico, was brutally gang-raped by the Mexican government and several private investors. The area was left traumatized and scarred for life. The culprits remain unpunished, and continue to violate this piece of land and, more and more, her neighbouring land too. Cancun is the world gone wrong in a microcosm ...

... I heard Brandi in the hallway saying to Geoff "I wonder if Neil is going to meet us". So I grabbed my bathrobe from the bathroom (Ridiculously short bath rob, Legs go for miles) and run out on the common balcony and shout "Where are we going?" LOL. They were going to the 24 hour snack bar and then the disco. So I threw on clothes and came down. Then the snack bar included MORE food and well ya more drinks. We were all quite happy! Shawn had a small ...

... we decided to go out and celebrate the start of this journey, well, that was our excuse anyway. The hipsters and trendites all go out at around 12:30am. Alot of handsome gay bois and grrls were all dressed up and heading out downtown so we followed. We went to Disco Karamba 6 dollars (cannot find anything on this Spanish keyboard) which was a gay boi bar and very OUT. Lots of handsome bois. The club was glamourous and dark with large erotic artworks, plush lounges, chandeliers ...

... shape, but I feel that this place is somewhere to take your time and walk around slowly to really get the essence of it. I especially loved the Stellas (one of which contains the oldest date in Maya history) and the one pyramid that we were allowed to climb. They also had a rather strange oval shaped pyramid that I think is similar in structure to the Pyramid of the Wizard at Uxmal (the one we missed but not on my next trip!). Chitchen Itza was absolutely astounding. It ...

... just don't use the door thing, call the extension for room service and order from the folder in your room. Our room was picked up (not cleaned) daily, except for the first night. Bundles of long blond hair (neither of us is blond) had been stuck to each side of the shower when we arrived - and has been still there when we left. Ironically I had tipped the maid $5.00 the first day. I did like her though, she was just too friendly. She came to say goodbye when she saw us ...

An early start and the bus to Chichen Itza yields a surprise, the local spanish paper has a warning about the impending Hurricane Ernesto and that the alert level has been raised. We check online and sure enough, a hurricane may, or may not, hit Cozumel our destination in 72 hours. As we're going there primarily so Rich can spend 5 days diving, its a bit of a showstopper. We get to Chichen Itza ...

... to cook before food grew on trees" and "this is where they used to sleep before the chinese invented non-sleep pills to overcome workers´ fatigue and increase their production" anyway, after playa i spent three days on a little island called isla mujeres, or island of women. v chilled there, tranquil. v nice. snorkelled a lot, played beach bum (i should get an oscar for my supreme performances!), went to swim with piranhas which are v pretty and saw turtles. niiice!!! now i ...

Cancun!
Una hermosa ciudad, arruinada por el afan de lucro y el turismo desmedido, los hoteles en la playa como una selva de concreto. En este maravilloso lugar entre por primera vez a Mejico, pero esta tan enfocado al turismo que se pierden las tradiciones y costumbres locales. Disfrutamos en familia de las maravillsosas playas, de la comida, de la bebida no pude porque era chico todavia y ni me interesaba. Pero ...