Hello mundo,
we just wanted to
keep you Updated on our last news. Well, we are still in Mexico but tomorrow we
will leave this beautiful country, passing through Guatemala again and enter El
Salvador probably in 3 or 4 days (yes, travel by bus takes time here...).
But lets start
about our last experiences here in Mexico:
Well, as planed
since our last blog entry we left San Cristobal to go to the Caribbean sea.
Because we wanted to save some bucks (ca 12 EUR) we (well, it was me – Roman - in
reality…) decided NOT to take the 1st class bus but the 2nd class one as they
are cheaper. Unfortunately we didn´t know too much about how things work so we
ended up buying a ticket not for the 2nd class one but for an illegal "sardine
tin": The windows in the bus where broken, our seats where falling apart
(this is not a matter of speak, literally they were FALLING APART), the bus was
overcrowded and because the battery of the bus didn´t work they had to start it
with an external battery - this meant that the bus was not allowed to turn off
the engine - not in short pee breaks, not in long eating breaks, not even to
take gasoline. If this is not enough the 2nd bus driver started to drink beer
as soon as we started and was drunk after 2 hours. This ended up in an "interesting"
conversation between me (Roman) and him as he approached me at one short stop.
He says in a very basic English:
2nd bus driver:
"Hello! Where you from?"
Roman:
"Belgium"
2nd bus driver:
"Ahhh, I love Belgium. I always want to visit"
Roman: "Do
you even know where Belgium is located?"
2nd bus driver:
"No!" – “You are looking for a girl?"
Roman: "No,
I´m just looking to arrive safely at playa del Carmen - which I´m not too sure
about anymore!"
2nd bus driver:
"Don´t worry. My friend drives good. He drive 18 hours to playa del carmen,
I drive back!" - "You are sure you don´t want a girl? I organize for
you!"
At this time I
decided that even talking to a tree would make more sense than to the alcohol
smelling bus driver and left him as quickly as possible.
This was the "good side" of the bus with intact windows
After a small revolution
in the bus (initiated by a transvestite girl/boy which macho Latino boyfriend probably
didn´t know about - bus this is another story) we arrived "safely at Playa
del Carmen. Patrick and Silvia picked up from the town center and we had 3
lovely days in one of the world most famous vacation spots. Those 3 days where
amazing: we could stay at their beautiful apartment, we were eating in very
nice restaurants, seeing beautiful cenotes - and that they filled their fridge completely full with beer
didn´t necessary make things worse...
Silvia has a (much
bigger and professional) travel blog by herself. If you understand Spanish and
want to inform you about your next trip you should probably check here page as
she is giving great tips where to stay, what to see and where to eat: http://www.latrotamundos.com.
We even gave our
first interview about our trip what they published on their page: http://www.latrotamundos.com/2014/04/30/somos-un-mundo-razones-para-viajar-y-compartir-experiencias-en-un-blog/.
All in all it was
a great time and a nice break from being a backpacker running around with your
20 Kilo backpack everyday looking for cheap rat holes to stay...
Our next stop was
Tulum. Carla was keen to see the place as a lot of Telenovelas (soap operas) are
filmed at this place. This has a specific reason. Tulum has probably the most
beautiful beaches in Mexico. White sand, turquois water and a spectacular beach
front. We can everybody just recommend to go there - but only if you are not
cheap backpacking. Tulum is very expensive. The only way to access the beaches
is by taking a taxi as no buses are going there. Hotels and restaurants a crazy
overpriced. It is a beautiful spot for a honeymoon of for some nice 10-14 days
holiday trip, but not the ideal place for backpackers.
We found near
Tulum a relative cheap Hostel but as we realized at night this hostel was
situated between a fitness studio and a discotheque. And both places where competing
for the loudest place on earth based on the worst music. The only new things in
those places were the subwoofers they had outside. Well, the discotheque didn´t
have new subwoofers, the bass didn´t really work. If you had once broken bass
boxes in your car and you were still listening the music you can imagine how
the sound was we had to listen to the whole night. But well, what can you do?
In Tulum we didn´t find any soap opera actor but we did in Merida - This is Carla with Ariel Lopez Padilla, better known as Andres Alcazar in "Corazon salvaje"
Our next stops
where Valladolid and (now we are in) Merida. 2 more inland cities in the Yucatan
state. Really nice colonial cities that reminds us to Antigua or San
Cristobal.
As the rainy
season has started (it is still very hot but cloudy and it rains at night) we
decided to move on with our trip. Next stop will be El Salvador. WE decided to
change a little bit our way of travel. As we had every time so far a guided
book what gave us information about the places we decided in El Salvador that
we won´t see into any guide. Just buy a map of the country and go wherever
faith will guide us. Maybe we will miss out of some tourist places but travel
will be more authentic.
Have a nice time
in wherever you are and let us say that we are proud that already nearly 800
clicks where on our side. Great to see that some people don´t forget us.
Carla & Roman
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