Again I took an airplane, but this time
it was Mexicana de Aviacion,it was like an air-bus and it would stop
in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Merida before landing in Cancun. So it
took a total time of 9 hours, but it was the cheapest option:)on the
way to Mexico City I met this nice guy from Monterey on the airplane
and we both are goignt o Yucatan and then Belize and so on, so we
decided to keep out trip together and meet other new people on the
way.
As soon as we arrived we took a bus to
Playa del Carmen and then we went again to the same hotel I was
staying in l ast time. This time we also had music,so it was cool,
also cos we like the same music. Then I went back to the main street
near the palza to walkaround and I saw Roy, the surfer from Santa Cruz
again.ihihihi.He was sooo Gorgeous!! We went to the bus station and
made a reservetion on a 3rd class bus non airconditioning to Belize
City via Chetumal.
January 30th, 1999
We made it to Belize,wowwwwwww!!!
At
the bus station we met this cool girl from Germany called Lena and she
joined us. She is really cool, she has made it ,all on her own,from
Buenos Aires by a bus through Chile Peru Bolivia Ecuador, Colombia,
Panama,Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala. Now she has go
to back to San Jose de Costa Rica,so I decided we would do the same
way at least to Honduras.We also met this Australian guy from Surfers
Paradise, a surfer,in Chetumal and he joiend us too. 
So, we decided to
overnight in a guest house in Belize City cos there were no boats
going to the Cayos till next morning and the atmosphere around really
looked dangerous...so we slept at this nice guest house called The
Three Sisters for 4US dollars each and we got 2 double pretty clean
rooms with fan. I shared the room with Lena.Lena and I have a lot in
common: the way we travel, the destinations we like , and a strong
sense of orientation. So it was definately gr8!
January31st-February 3rd, 1999
We took a boat to Cayo
Caulker, after
walking around this strange colonial city( I thought I would meet
Indios and so on,but I strangely found a melting pot of Jamaicans,Indios
and other mixed races...
it
was amazing!!
It took 1 .45 minutes to get there cos this was a boat
for local people and would take people to every Cayo like normal buses.
And plus, a strong Rainf started and a lot of wind, so I started
feareoign this small boat would drop us into the water and we would be
eaten by the sharks...Finally we got there...It is a PARADISE!!!!
There
are no asphalted streets on the island and no cars, just bycicles and
sandy paths all over the downtown and the jungle.Oh Geeeee,this is the kind of little colonial Island I had always been
looking for!!!We decided to sleep at Tina's backpacker's hostel.It was
absolutely great!!!!!We met this nice girl from Britain who lives now
in Havana and this Swedish sxe guy. We all had different nationalities in this small Backpackers
place, so
had a lot of ideas and customs to absorbe from each other!!
It was a
very great family atmosphere, like the one I feel in San Francisco in
our shared flat.During these days we met the chief of the
village and he took us to shark-watching at night, and we even touched
a white baby-shark,it was a strange feeling..I was afraid but at the
same time I loved the skin of this babyshark.We also took a 3
seat-airplane to make a tour of the Cayos from the sky...the views
were absolutely great!! These days were what I had been looking for
for ages, and I evens pent them with the right people:) I could not
really ask more...
February 4th-7th, 1999
We took a bus to Punta Gorda.We asked fishers to give us a ride to
Livingston , Guatemala.
We
decided to hang around there a few hours and take another boat to Omoa,
Honduras.
We
took this boat and we had a nice view of the nice coastline.The
colours of the sea are so awesome here in the Caribbean!!We finally
got to Roatan and we spent some days there and ont the nearby islands.
We just relaxed, slept on hammocks, partied on and got
stoned.iihihiihh.
We
met a lot of Swedish people and Australians here. People are very
friendly and I felt really comfortable, like I did In Belize.
February 8th, 1999
We took another fucked up ferry and got
to the Swan Islands, half way to Jamaica.It was so great. We slept on
an almost desert island. 
There
was just the a family there and we didn't even have to pay for it.
They
let us stay but wanted to learn something about our culture in
exchange. People here are so mellow and laid back. The man offered to
take us snorkelling in place where there are no sharks and he even
picked tropical fruits for us. It was a happy family.They told us
legends of the sea, about the Nino and when they almost died on that
little island cos of the rough wind with the Nino and stuff like
that.Their children study in Tegucicalpa, which is the capital.Last
but not least,they cooked supergood rice with coconut.That was
radddddddd!!!
February9th-12th, 1999
I took a boat back and then we took a
flight from La Ceiba to Linvingston, Guatemala and from there we took
a lancia and then bus back to Belize,where we decided to stop again in
Placencia. 
Man,everything
was simply majestic,like you see on the magazines..
I
could not believe this was true...a dozen miles of perfect white
beach...here sand, coconuts, reggae, and lobster burritos combine to
create a paradise...Here we slept at Lydia's Rooms,(tel.23117) near
Flamboyant's restaurant. We slept on hammocks on the upstairs porch.We
paid 25 Belize Dollars for a double.
February 13th-15th 1999
I took a bus to San Ignacio to hang
around in the jungles, the Maya ruins and so on. As soon as I got in
Ignacio I popped into a music festival. I was alone here ,as my
friends went to Tikal where I had already been. I started to ask the
locals and they told me Belizeans strive to mantain their African
musical traditions. This triplet-based music is played on large wooden
drums, with raggae influences due to the very large amount of Jamaican
immigrates.
Locals
say that the "punta" you dance along this song is like
"having sex with your clothes on"...oh well..
Haven't
realised so far...hiihhi Next day I went to visit the Clarissa
falls which were a beautiful like-in-a-dream-picture. Next day I went
to see the Maya ruins of Cahal Pech, which is a medium-size Maya
centre,one of the earliest ones(1000BC to 900AD).I also went to see
another site called El Pilar, but there were people making researchesa
nd excavations, so I could not see that much actually...
February 16th, 1999
I took a bus back to Belize City and
then another bus to Caracol/Chetumal(Mexico boarder).It was a long
journey.
When
I got at the boarder some stupid police officers tried to rip me off
and wanted 27US dollars to let me enter the country again..what a shit...
I finally just paid 17bucks...
it
is a lot...but better than staying there the whole fucking night..I
took the bus again and headed to Tulum. I was too tired to go on to
Playa del Carmen, so I decided to stay there a couple of days. I met
some people I had already met in Playa nd partied with them, did some
scuba-diving and did nothing all day but relax.
February 19th, 1999
I went to another Cenote near Valladolid,
it is called X'Keken, better known as Dzitnup.It is an impressive
subterranean natural formation, 1 mile from Valladolid.
It
was great, again I swam in this cenote too.
The legends say that Maya used to throw dead sacrified bodies in the
cenotes and poeple then drank the waters who came from these cenotes...so
they died of diseases caused by these "dirty waters". It was
very interesting. Then I was hitchhiking and some tourists from
Germany picked me up and we drove to street markets and to see a
typical dance from Mexico. There was also a buffet,in which I was
supposed not to eat as I had not paid, but I ate anyways.ihiiihih
February 20th, 1999
I took a bus to Akumal. It seemed like
this bus would never arrive, and the funny thing about this freeway is
that poeple get of in the middle of nowhere and get inside the forest....who
knows where they live...ihihihi Akumal is kind of laid back and there
is not so much to do as in Playa. It is really good for poeple who
look for total relax I guess.
February 21st-22nd, 1999
I took a MAYA DE ORO bus to San
Cristobal de las Casas. I t took about 13 hours to get there,but the
price of the bus was really good. 
I
overnighted at POSADA VILLA BETANIA(tel.84467) for a hefty 50
pesos,single room.This city really shows its colonial past,especially
the Cathedral. I was also hiking a little mountain with some locals
who told me they would go to see UFO's...Nvere seen one here in Mexico
hiihhi.
February 23rd-26th, 1999
I took a bus to Palenque where I knew I
would meet the guy from Monterey and Lena from Germany again. The
price of the bus was 55 pesos for a 4 hours drive.We guys met at the
busstation and then went to look for an accomodation.We decided to
stay at Posada Canek, a triple room 100 pesos.The Paleque ruins used
to be a very important Maya centre during the classic Maya
period(AD300-900).
Next days, we just chilled around and my
friend Lena got lost for 2 days one night cos of magic
mushrooms.ihihiihih.She finally showed up again.ihihihi.It was very
funny.
February 27th-28th, 1999
At 8am I took a bus to Playa del Carmen
again and after a superboring vomit-smell-like bus ride I got there
around 8pm.(195 pesos).I went to sleep in another hotel cos the other
one was booked up. This one was a bit more expensive, but I was soooo
tired, that I didn't mind to give out more money for a night.And I
also had a tv. I went to eat at 100% natural and again int he main
street I met Roy who had just come back from a surftrip to Costa
Rica...Gorgeous again..But this time I got more disappointed than I
could be as If I saw him with a female....
He
was at the place where he sleeps on the hammock and he was kissing his
male-friend.....So I kind of followed him the whole night and I
eventually gave up all hopes...He is gay..:(So,...I had been wasting
these three months thinking about him....without knowing I could never
have a hope...ihihiih, but at least he was the one who told me about
the vegetarian restaurant 100%NATURAL.Next day I slept till late and I
decided I would relax and be a tourist during these last days in
Mexico, not a traveller:) So i went to gthe beach to get tanned
and a stupid guy from Southern Italy started to talk to me and I made
up some story about myself, that I was from San Francisco or something...hihihihi
and I understood from the way he talked that he wanted to pick me
up.ihihih so as he was a jerk I decided to go to eat at the
100%NATURAL so that he would offer me the lunch..ihihihihiI was
sooooooo MEAN then ,,,but he did it and when he asked me out...I sad"Sorry
my plane is leaving in two hours I gotta go back to Cancun" I
took a taxi and went to Cancun. I felt very guilty but still I wanted
to eat there again but not waste my money on food, so I had to behave
like that ihihihih.But it was sooooo funny!!!
March 1st-3rd, 1999
I spent again three days in Isla
Mujčres, my fave ever. And I just partied on with Brian the
Australian guy I had met going to Belize,we four had all kept in touch
through email:)We met people from all over the world and we really had
a great time, Weather was supergood:)
March 4th, 1999
I early said goodbye to Brian and I went
to the airport to get on my flight to Guadaljara again.As I had to
spend 8 hours there for the next plane to Mexico City and then Los
Angeles, I decided to get out of the airport and go to see the town of
Zapopan.
I took a bus to there for just 4 pesos and I admired the beautiful
BASILICA de la VIRGEN de ZAPOPAN, a giant 16th-cewntury church.
I went back to the airport and took a
plane to LA via Ciudad de Mexico. Again flying with Mexicana de
Aviacion was great and I met very funny gringos on the plane:)ihihih
TIPS
APART FROM CUBA, I HAVE ALWAYS FELT
COMFORTABLE DURING THIS TRIP. PEOPLE ARE VERY NICE, TALKATIVE AND
FRIENDLY. THEY WILL ALWAYS TRY TO HELP YOU, BUT PLEASE REMEMBER THAT A
MEXICAN WILL NEVER SAY "I DON'T KNOW"(even if he does
not have a clue!!!) WHEN YOU ASK FOR
STREET-DIRECTIONS,SO BE CAREFULL OR YOU WILL GET LOST OR WASTE YOUR TIME TO
ACTUALLY FIND YOUR WAY. HIIHIHIH. THAT'S PART OF THE MEXICAN WAY !!
YOU WILL SURELY RELAX IN ANY OF THE
ABOVE MENTIONED PLACES THOUGH:)
SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!??? JUST GO
FOR IT!!!!
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