So - this is kind of embarracing, because I didn't write a single word here the last 3 weeks, and I am really sorry. So just to catch up really quickly: I have had a blast!
The last week on Cuba was really really nice. It was good to be back in Havana wich felt like home. The last week we met up with our friends from the first week, the only problem was that we could only find Frankly, because apparently Erick got arrested and put in jail in up to 1 year - because he didn't have a work. Really crazy to think that now we have a cuban friend in jail. But so we just hung out with Frankly and his other friend Roberto a lot, talked to Franklys family, walked through Havana and drank some rum - ofcourse. One of the night we walked home, we were (again!) stopped by the police, and the boys got asked all these horrible questions because they were hanging out with us - and in reality they were just two really nice guys who walked us home so othing would happen to us. That is something I really don't like about Cuba, the police!
So our german friends met with us in Havana and stayed in our casa for some days and it was really nice. We went out drinking these REALLY nice and good tasting 3 liter beers in this nice restaurant, which also had the best tasting peanuts in the world.
Amalie and I went there alone aswell, which was the funniest experience, because everybody really looked at us like "yeah right, they can't drink that much beer" - but we could and it was good. That night we walked home in the rain and fell asleep to thunder and lightening and it was really nice.
So we mostly spend the least days going to museums, drinking coffee, spending our cubano pesos on peso-pizza and peso-beer, writing postcards, walking all the small streets in Havana Vieja, going to an antique bookmarket 3 days in a row and actually just getting all of Cuba in before leaving.
So we said goodbye to Havana, Cuba and Ignacio and I felt good. Cuba was a really interesting experience, and it has given me so much. Taught me so much about the world, people, myself and it has given me stuff to think about for many months to come. I think you will never really be done with Cuba and it will be very cool to go back one day and see the changes that have happened.
So, we flew from Havana to Cancun and arrived in Mexico at 7.30 in the morning, all ready for new things to happen! So we went straight to Isla Mujeres, a tiny island north of Cancun, and we loved it. We stayed there for 3 days in a NICE hostel, spend time on the most beautiful beach. watched Austin Powers with people from all over the world, had free margaritas every day from 4-7, went to a beach party and ended up driving around with 3 norwegian guys really drunk in a golfcar. SO MUCH FUN.
Then we took the bus (the busses here are WONDERFUL and it is SO easy and cheap to get around!) to Playa del Carmen and met with CANDELARIA! Ohmy I was so happy to see her again. So the days in Playa were reeeaaally nice as well, with a really good hostel, hanging out with candelaria, going to the beach getting tanned and all. Mostly we just spend the day at the beach, the went to Wall-Mart and did some shopping for dinner and then started the party at the hostel. We met many really cool people here, especially two guys from Belgium calles Youssef and Selmane, they were like the nicest guys in the world and we went dancing with them every night and talked and laughed! We also had a night in the hostel drinking redwine for hours, still in our beach clothes and then ending up going out, looking beach-y, at 2 in the night - that was fun!
So one bad thing happened in Playa. We saw two people drown, which was a really scary experience, and I just get so mad at all the people running there to look and standing in the way for the people who can help and ambulances and stuff. But yes, it was kind of a really shocking thing and it sounds really stupid and kliché to say. but it really makes you think about stuff, like life and what we do with our lifes and living and yes!
So we went to Tulum, straight to the most beautiful beach I have ever seen and will see. Everybody in Mexico calls it paradise, and I can only agree. We rented a small cabana at the beach and spent the night laying at the rocks, looking and the stars and listening to the sea. Like, no words can describe how it felt to be there.
The next day we went and saw our first ruins!
Then we went to Valladolid, which was not really a good city, kind of boring, no hostel and stuff. But we had a nice Valentines dinner and a room with a TV, so we fell asleep wacthing bad romantic comedy. The next day we went to this cenote (an underground cave with a lake in it!) called Dzitnup and it was really cool. You walk like underground and then step in to this REALLY huge cave with the most beautiful clear water, so we went swimming and then we were ready to get out of Valladolid.
So we went to Merida, the capital of Yucatan. It was a really nice city, a chilled hostel and nice people. We played a lot of card in the night and made good dinner (we LOVE hostels with kitchens, yay!). We mosty spend time with 3 guys: 1 australian, 1 german and 1 israeli and we had a lot of fun talking, talking and talking!
In Merida we went to see more ruins. The first day we went to Chichen Itza and it was amazing. It is really hard to decribe what it feels like walking around these old ruins, it is really just something you have to see yourself. I still can't believe that people have lived there many many years ago - its crazy and like the big temple is very beautiful.
The next day we went to Uxmal, another ruin complex which was just as good and really cool aswell!
So we went one night to Celestun, this little fishermans city. Great atmosphere and great beach and we both got a little burned (which now means really tanned!!!)
Then we took the night bus to Palenque, which is like the best place in the world. Here we stayed in the jungle in a place called El Panchan, which was really nice. So this was like with monkeys everywhere screaming from the trees and party in the night. We had the best time here, went to more ruins and to the waterfall Agua Azul which was SO beautiful with the clearest blue water. And I jumped from the waterfall and I am so proud!
In Palenque we met these two guys: Jason from the states and Phil from England, who we spend all of our time with. Drinking a lot of horribly cheap rum and strange mexican alcohols, going crazy around the jungle and having fun. Palenque is definitely on of my favorite places so far!
So we went to San Cristobal de las Casas where we are now. We travelled with Jason, and we are staying in a hostel in a room with 4 bunkbeds and it is all really cool!The days here have been great, a lot of chilling, going out, having fun, going to the market. Today we went sailing in the Sumidero-canyon and it was REALLY beautiful and the boat trip is one of the best cures to hangover I have yet experienced (: San Cristobal is a very interesting city, with a lot going on, and I would love to stay here more, but sadly we are going to Oaxaca tomorrow to see more ruins!
Basicly I just love Mexico and all here. I love the food, the people, (the internet!), the nature, the attractions. I can keep going.
Mostly I love the hostel life, the people you meet and travel with for a while. I love talking to everybody, hearing their stories, sharing bad and good. It's strange and funny and beautiful how people momentarily pass through your life and change you a little bit each time. I love meeting all these different people, with who you share the same passion for travelling, learning and discovering. I love this life, for sure!
So this was it for now. I feel good and I am good and safe and Amalie and I are working out perfectly still and that is very nice.
But yes, I miss my family, I miss Daniel, I miss my friend, I miss you, you, you and YOU! And I send you all warm thoughts and lots of love.
So, untill next time, be good and take care and I will do the same!
Love.
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