Cancun wet season
Trip Start
Jun 06, 2008
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21
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Trip End
Feb 09, 2009
Cancun,
Mexico
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
I flew into Cancun from Mexico City yesterday morning. When the taxi driver in Mexico City found out that I am from Australia, he produced a soft platypus and an Australian flag, which he placed on the dashboard for the duration of the journey, then gave me a couple of Mexican ornaments at the airport which he refused to accept money for. Nice guy!
The flight itself revealed several very impressive snow-capped volcanoes, all of which seemed to rise to a higher altitude than the aircraft, but then suddenly we were plunged into a tropical storm (it has a name, but I canīt remember it), and some of the roughest monsoonal weather I have ever seen. My plan upon arrival in Cancun had been to go to the beach. Instead, I was dodging rain squalls and wandering up to my shins through flooded streets. Today is a little better, but the wind, cloud-cover and humidity are remiscent of being at home at the wettest time of the year. Fortunately the accommodation is excellent, and the local food is cheap and very healthy.
I have a few trips planned for the next week, including a day of diving the Gulf of Mexico as soon as the waether fines up, and hopefully a 2-day trip to Merida and the Mayan ruins of Chichinitza. All going well, I will be able to link up with Clare on her bus tour while I am in Merida. Then we both overnight here in Cancun on the 27th before ignoring the US government embargo and heading into Cuba.
In three weeks I will be home! Where has the time gone? Best wishes.
Tony
Comments
Hi from San Cristobal!
Hey Travel buddy, i just wanted to be the first to post a comment on your blog! hehe.. see you in 2 days, hopefully we dont have to bus it through weather like that!
Clare
Hello from Paris!
Hi Tony,
Finally having an opportunity to catch up on your travel adventures; Sounds like you are having an amazing time;
We are finally coming to the end of our big trip; We depart lovely Paris in two days; The five weeks has flown away but somehow I also think i`m ready to go home; I miss the boys we left behind.
Enjoy your last three weeks to the max OK!!!
Love Silvi
hola happy wanderers
What smashing reading your blogs make. Really enjoyed yours too Clare. You will have to write a joint travel book on your return!! Everything from toilets and taxi drivers to forests and volcanoes. Everything anybody would need to know. Mmmmmm Cuba tomorrow..... Thankyou for your birthday greetings Tony. Waiting in anticipation for that one!
Clare's Mum, Grandma Julie