Adios Mexico
Ben Writes -
Farewell then to Mexico. We've had a good time here and dispite the violent incident Tig mentioned earlier we have had no more problems. Because of that I seem to have developed an irrational fear of markets however. She made me go to one to buy a lettuce today - I was not happy.
Since leaving Oaxaca we have been travelling with Anna Goy and Wayne/Dave Laramee unfortunately they both proved to be very poor company so we ditched them as soon as possible :)
We all went to San Cristobal de las Casas first and then onto Palenque where we stayed at El Panchan which is a bit of a hippy type place. You can see the cabins we stayed at at www.rakshita.com . We were in cabaña Sol. The picture must have been after a new paint job however, when you look at the picture of it try to imagine it ten years older and covered in cobwebs. Next door in Luna they had to kill a hairy spider the size of your hand. In our little semi we were less than impressed to read the note left behind by a previous occupant, "Beware the large spiders and scorpions falling from the roof". Tig made me erect the mozzy net - then she lost the mossy net bag. She has also lost her travel pillow and a pen so far.
Still we are in very good spirits as we head to Guatemala tomorrow. We had to backtrack to San Cristobal because of Hurricane Wilma hitting the Yucatan. This also vexed Wayne who was wanting to work on his tan. He has headed up to Campeche instead. Anna returned to Oaxaca - I stressed her out considerably with my security concerns.
We are back to plan A now - we were originally going to Guatemala from San Cristobal but changed our minds after Hurricane Stan hit there. We now understand Lake Atilan to be cleared up so that is where we're off to tomorrow.
Nicky Dix tells us that the Galapogos islands have just had a volcanic eruption. Hopefully this won't effect our trip there in 5 weeks time. Hope you are all working hard etc.
Hasta Luego
Farewell then to Mexico. We've had a good time here and dispite the violent incident Tig mentioned earlier we have had no more problems. Because of that I seem to have developed an irrational fear of markets however. She made me go to one to buy a lettuce today - I was not happy.
Since leaving Oaxaca we have been travelling with Anna Goy and Wayne/Dave Laramee unfortunately they both proved to be very poor company so we ditched them as soon as possible :)
We all went to San Cristobal de las Casas first and then onto Palenque where we stayed at El Panchan which is a bit of a hippy type place. You can see the cabins we stayed at at www.rakshita.com . We were in cabaña Sol. The picture must have been after a new paint job however, when you look at the picture of it try to imagine it ten years older and covered in cobwebs. Next door in Luna they had to kill a hairy spider the size of your hand. In our little semi we were less than impressed to read the note left behind by a previous occupant, "Beware the large spiders and scorpions falling from the roof". Tig made me erect the mozzy net - then she lost the mossy net bag. She has also lost her travel pillow and a pen so far.
Still we are in very good spirits as we head to Guatemala tomorrow. We had to backtrack to San Cristobal because of Hurricane Wilma hitting the Yucatan. This also vexed Wayne who was wanting to work on his tan. He has headed up to Campeche instead. Anna returned to Oaxaca - I stressed her out considerably with my security concerns.
We are back to plan A now - we were originally going to Guatemala from San Cristobal but changed our minds after Hurricane Stan hit there. We now understand Lake Atilan to be cleared up so that is where we're off to tomorrow.
Nicky Dix tells us that the Galapogos islands have just had a volcanic eruption. Hopefully this won't effect our trip there in 5 weeks time. Hope you are all working hard etc.
Hasta Luego
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