Time to see Soraya in mexico city!!! Ok umhh well after two hours standing 100metres next to each other we finnaly found each other. They gave the wrong information on the television, so i was waiting at gate 3 and she got out 2. So after some internetting and really a lot of luck we found each other. Then we waited another 5hours in the airport because Saul was gonna pick us up. Offcourse we had a lot to talk about, so that wasnt that bad.
Saul and his family were really nice, and they live in a huge house, so we had a fantastic week. The first two days we were in Acopulco. We stayed in a nice hotel, all inclusive. So after three weeks in hostels it was quite nice to have some luxury again. The first night we went to this amasing discotheque. We were quite intimidated, because we werent really used of that. It had a view over the whole city. The next day we went to a salsabar, where Saul learned us some salsa. Well he tried, if he wasnt busy fighting with his girlfriend ( really jealouse because we stayed at his plays for a week en because he wanted to learn us salsa).
Then Mexico city.. we went to the centre for one day. Saw the churches, monuments, buildings, ... Most of the stuff was closed but it was nice to see it on the outside. And because of the flue it wasnt really busy on the streets. I cant really tell u what we did day by day because i kinda forgot. In general we just slept in every day, because we stayed up till four every night watching movies, we chilled a lot, we tried to find stuff thats open, we had long long lunches, ... Yeah that was a thing we really got to get used to. We were soooooooo hungry at times because they eat so late! We didnt really see a lot of mexico city because everything was closed, but living in a mexican family we learned a lot about the country. Saul told us a lot about it and the mexican mentality(which he doesnt always likes) and we tried a lot of mexican food. Ok, i ate cactus, quesadillas with fungis, worms and pigskin.. The first two i really liked, the other two were mhmm just to try it :-) and i know im not supposed to eat pigskin, but it was just to try it. Just like i tried beef in a bag in Canada :-) (didnt swallow that dough, discusting!) ohh and the worms.. mhh that was difficult because i dont eat meat, i do eat fish, but where do i put worms?? :-)
Yesterday he invited some of his friend to have a barbecue. Well mexican barbecue, quite different. Its just a lot of beef, special unions, cactus and tortillas. Quite boring he if u compare it tro our barbecue. But we had a lot of fun. His friends were really nice. I was kinda afried when i heard one of them was a nazi... im open for everyone, but thats kinda an exception. But he was actually a really nice guy and we talked about it for a while, and yeah we didnt got into a fight, ill put it that way.
So today Soraya flew back to Canada, and me to Merida. Im taking a bus tomorow to playa del carmen to spend my last days there. For now it wont be a problem to get into Belgium, but ill just have to wait and see. Tomorow im gonna call Connections, if its possible to maybe get an earlier flight, but i doubt it..
vrijdag 1 mei 2009
donderdag 30 april 2009
Puebla
pfffff, its been wayyy to long. have no idea where to begin...
Ok mhh i think puebla. Yeah ok puebla is really pretty! the girl in my hostel recommended to take the tourbus. That was a good idea, because its quite a big city. In the afternoon the weirdest thing happened. I was drinking a coffee, when a guy asked me if he could write me a poeme. After it i could choose if i gave him some money or not. So i let him do it. It was a pretty bizar poeme so i asked for explanation, and so i ended up talking to him for two hours. Then i joined him to the theatre where he was practising for a play. Too bad i couldnt understand a word because its looked quite interesting, about the conquest of Mexico by Cortes. At night i met some people from Marocco in the hostel. I went out with them to a real mexican bar. So that was quite the experience offcourse, being the only tourists there. The next day i went to Cholula with the bus. But i was so tired i didnt get off:-) I planned to dough, i wanted to see the ruines, but since i didnt have a clue where to get off, and the bus drove through the whole city so i could see all the nice churches and buildings, i decided to do another tour on the bus. At night i went to dinner with the people from Marocco. (ps. learned a lot about marrocan culture)
Ok mhh i think puebla. Yeah ok puebla is really pretty! the girl in my hostel recommended to take the tourbus. That was a good idea, because its quite a big city. In the afternoon the weirdest thing happened. I was drinking a coffee, when a guy asked me if he could write me a poeme. After it i could choose if i gave him some money or not. So i let him do it. It was a pretty bizar poeme so i asked for explanation, and so i ended up talking to him for two hours. Then i joined him to the theatre where he was practising for a play. Too bad i couldnt understand a word because its looked quite interesting, about the conquest of Mexico by Cortes. At night i met some people from Marocco in the hostel. I went out with them to a real mexican bar. So that was quite the experience offcourse, being the only tourists there. The next day i went to Cholula with the bus. But i was so tired i didnt get off:-) I planned to dough, i wanted to see the ruines, but since i didnt have a clue where to get off, and the bus drove through the whole city so i could see all the nice churches and buildings, i decided to do another tour on the bus. At night i went to dinner with the people from Marocco. (ps. learned a lot about marrocan culture)
maandag 20 april 2009
Oaxaca
Ok.. have to write a lot again. But actually thats a good sign. If i dont write a lot that means im meeting a lot of people here and i just dont find the time to write.
Arrived In Oaxaca at seven in the morning. After a nap i discovered the town a bit. Mhmmm its wasnt like Chiapa de corzu or san christobal. I didnt fell in love with it :-) U have a really nice park here in the middle of the town where there is a lot to do, and then u have some beautifull churches. But next to that i dont really like it. Its big, busy and a bit dirty. it suprised me, because people i met were always talking about Oaxaca in superlatives. At night i went to have dinner with three girls i met in the hostel. Susanah and Inta from Denmark and Katty form Germany.
Yesterday i did an excursion. We started with Tula, that a cute village where there is a really old tree (2000years old). Not the oldest in the world dough, there are threes of 3500 and 4000years too. (i know, guidetalk..). Then we went to see how they make the traditonal carpets. That was really interesting. And everything was explaned in English and Spanish. The guide kept making fun of me since i was the only one that didnt understand spanish. In the beginning he was like, ohh no espangol?? Well teach u today. And then with everything he said he was like, ok sarah how much procent did u understand?
After that we went to Mitla, which are ruines of an Aztek village. I really enjoyed that since it was with a guide. I visited Tulum and Palenque without a guide, which is way cheaper but it is nicer with a guide. But now i changed one of my books for one about mexico, so i can just read the information. Then it was time for lunch. Probably one of my favorit moments. Noo not because we can eat :-) (well yeah, everyone knows i love eating, so maybe a bit for that aswell...). But when it was time for lunch i allready met most of the people in the bus, and everyone was getting along. So at lunch everyone sat toghether and was talking. There were people from Germany, Argetinie, France, Mexico, Italy and Yeahhh Canada!! So put that toghether and u have some really interesting conversations. I especially got along with a nice couple from Canada, Nick and Yvonne. She is Mexican, they met each other in Mexico and now there living in Canada. Its weird because he was 42, she was 35 and still we bonded immediately. After lunch we visited Hierve el aqua and a Mezkal Factory. Mezkal is a typical Oaxaca drink and its almost the same as tequila. But its like champagne, only the drink produced in champagne can call itsself champagne. So only the drink in tequila can be called tequila and only the drink in oaxaca can be called mezkal. We tried some different kinds, but i didnt really like it. In the bus back, the canadian couple asked me if i wanted to join them for dinner. We went to a really nice restaurant. It looked like really expensive, and the menu was a lot different that what u normally get in the restaurants here. It was a bit more expensive than what u normally pay here, but it was so wurt it. And in the end, if u change it to euro... U had lamb chops for 12euro and tunafilet for 7euro. And the quality was like the better restaurants in belgium. Plus It was the first restaurant ive been were they had decent wine. So it was a good night :-) And now i have a place to stay in Toronto ive i ever go there.
Today im going to Monte Elban, which are also ruines and tonight im taking the bus to Puebla.
Ok i think that was it :-)
Arrived In Oaxaca at seven in the morning. After a nap i discovered the town a bit. Mhmmm its wasnt like Chiapa de corzu or san christobal. I didnt fell in love with it :-) U have a really nice park here in the middle of the town where there is a lot to do, and then u have some beautifull churches. But next to that i dont really like it. Its big, busy and a bit dirty. it suprised me, because people i met were always talking about Oaxaca in superlatives. At night i went to have dinner with three girls i met in the hostel. Susanah and Inta from Denmark and Katty form Germany.
Yesterday i did an excursion. We started with Tula, that a cute village where there is a really old tree (2000years old). Not the oldest in the world dough, there are threes of 3500 and 4000years too. (i know, guidetalk..). Then we went to see how they make the traditonal carpets. That was really interesting. And everything was explaned in English and Spanish. The guide kept making fun of me since i was the only one that didnt understand spanish. In the beginning he was like, ohh no espangol?? Well teach u today. And then with everything he said he was like, ok sarah how much procent did u understand?
After that we went to Mitla, which are ruines of an Aztek village. I really enjoyed that since it was with a guide. I visited Tulum and Palenque without a guide, which is way cheaper but it is nicer with a guide. But now i changed one of my books for one about mexico, so i can just read the information. Then it was time for lunch. Probably one of my favorit moments. Noo not because we can eat :-) (well yeah, everyone knows i love eating, so maybe a bit for that aswell...). But when it was time for lunch i allready met most of the people in the bus, and everyone was getting along. So at lunch everyone sat toghether and was talking. There were people from Germany, Argetinie, France, Mexico, Italy and Yeahhh Canada!! So put that toghether and u have some really interesting conversations. I especially got along with a nice couple from Canada, Nick and Yvonne. She is Mexican, they met each other in Mexico and now there living in Canada. Its weird because he was 42, she was 35 and still we bonded immediately. After lunch we visited Hierve el aqua and a Mezkal Factory. Mezkal is a typical Oaxaca drink and its almost the same as tequila. But its like champagne, only the drink produced in champagne can call itsself champagne. So only the drink in tequila can be called tequila and only the drink in oaxaca can be called mezkal. We tried some different kinds, but i didnt really like it. In the bus back, the canadian couple asked me if i wanted to join them for dinner. We went to a really nice restaurant. It looked like really expensive, and the menu was a lot different that what u normally get in the restaurants here. It was a bit more expensive than what u normally pay here, but it was so wurt it. And in the end, if u change it to euro... U had lamb chops for 12euro and tunafilet for 7euro. And the quality was like the better restaurants in belgium. Plus It was the first restaurant ive been were they had decent wine. So it was a good night :-) And now i have a place to stay in Toronto ive i ever go there.
Today im going to Monte Elban, which are also ruines and tonight im taking the bus to Puebla.
Ok i think that was it :-)
donderdag 16 april 2009
Paardje rijden
Yesterday i met some other people in the hostel. Two girls from England and two guys from Germany. We went to have a drink toghether in the evening. It was fun, but i didnt make it to late because i was going on a horsebackriding excursion today!
Its been a while since ive been on a horse, so i was a bit intimidated in the beginning. Surtenly because Mike en Eilien, a couple from Austria, are quite experienced and wanted to run once in a while. But after a while i got the hang of it again. And my horse was really really lazy so it didnt go to fast.
It was a lot of fun. Just we, our guide, four horses and nature. No other tourists, no people trying to sell us stuff, ... We went to some hotsprings. We could swim there, but we looked at our guide as off he was nuts. In this weather, swimming in a hotspring?? So he laughed and took us to the river to swim, which was much better!
In the afternoon i saw Matti and Maija again, and we went swimming in there swimmingpool, because they moved to a hotel. We went for dinner aswell and then it was time to say goodbye because they were taking off. So now everyone has left, and im the only one left in the hostel...
But luckilly im going tomorow aswell.
dinsdag 14 april 2009
Baby on board
Yesterday i arrived in Puerto Escondido. After a 14hour drive on a bus, with a baby on board... yeah and we were driving in the mountains, and since kids ears are really sensitive, i dont have to tell u how difficult it was trying to sleep. i felt really sorry for its parents actually. Thank god for Chris his ipod, what prevented me of going totally nuts. 
ok Now about puerto escondido. Well i think i fell with my bum in the butter, like we say it :-) Thanks to my roommates in San Christobal i found the cutest hostel right on the beach. So i fall asleap and wake up with the sound of the waves. the owners are really friendly but a little bit nuts.
I met two people from Finland, Maya and Matty, brother and sister. She is studying in Belgium. We went out for dinner yesterday and then to a monday-party in an other hostel. It was fun. Well i kinda ruined the images mexican have from belgium girls now, since ive said to quite a bit that we dont dance with other guys if we have a boyfriend. There were like, but its only dancing?? and i was like yeahh we rared conservative belgium people he. So so far canadians think we are boring because i refused to have shots, and now mexican people think the same because we dont dance :-) doing gooood. Ohh and everywhere u go here its happy hour, all night! So that was good, because we all needed some drinks before we had the guts to join the outgoing mexicans on the dancefloor.
ok Now about puerto escondido. Well i think i fell with my bum in the butter, like we say it :-) Thanks to my roommates in San Christobal i found the cutest hostel right on the beach. So i fall asleap and wake up with the sound of the waves. the owners are really friendly but a little bit nuts.
I met two people from Finland, Maya and Matty, brother and sister. She is studying in Belgium. We went out for dinner yesterday and then to a monday-party in an other hostel. It was fun. Well i kinda ruined the images mexican have from belgium girls now, since ive said to quite a bit that we dont dance with other guys if we have a boyfriend. There were like, but its only dancing?? and i was like yeahh we rared conservative belgium people he. So so far canadians think we are boring because i refused to have shots, and now mexican people think the same because we dont dance :-) doing gooood. Ohh and everywhere u go here its happy hour, all night! So that was good, because we all needed some drinks before we had the guts to join the outgoing mexicans on the dancefloor.
zondag 12 april 2009
Easter in San Christobal de Las Casas
I had a new roommate yesterday. A girl from Madrid, really nice. Talked some yesterday, had breakfast toghether, then went to the market. I took advantage of the situation of shopping with someone that knows spanish and could negociate for me. Bought some souvenirs, earrings, ... It was really funny, we had been talking for ages, and we really got along. I thought she was older then me but like 24 or something. It turns out she is 36, and she still hasnt settled down.
She going to Puerto Escondido to tonight but with the bus of ten oclock, so maybe ill see her again there. In the meanwhile im escaping from the town because it is soooo crowded because o Easter. Really people everywhere, there is a big parade. Kinda like "den oogsstoet" maar beetje groter dan. :-)
PS: the kids here are sooo cute!
She going to Puerto Escondido to tonight but with the bus of ten oclock, so maybe ill see her again there. In the meanwhile im escaping from the town because it is soooo crowded because o Easter. Really people everywhere, there is a big parade. Kinda like "den oogsstoet" maar beetje groter dan. :-)
PS: the kids here are sooo cute!
zaterdag 11 april 2009
Cascadas el Chiflon
So i asked the boss of my hostel if he could recommend me a nice trip in the neighbourhood, not too far because i have to drive 12hours tomorow. He said that the Cascadas el Chiflon are really beautifull, two hours away. So ok off i went. It was two hours in the main bus, but he forgot to mention that i had to take enother bus for an hour and then one of those little cars for half an hour. So i travelled 3.5hours going and back today to see an hour of waterfalls.. But as u can see on the picture it was wurth it. Waterfalls are also the favorite place to go on holiday for the mexicans i think. Because here and in Aque azul it was really crowded. 
While i was in the busstation i also asked for a ticket to Oaxaha tomorow. For once im not lucky (so far i was always lucky there is room for me in busses, hostels, ... because im travelling alone). The busses are full, so i decided to go to Puerto Escondido first, en do Oaxaha later. My roommate yesterday told me it is very beautifull there and much better then Veracruz.
While i was in the busstation i also asked for a ticket to Oaxaha tomorow. For once im not lucky (so far i was always lucky there is room for me in busses, hostels, ... because im travelling alone). The busses are full, so i decided to go to Puerto Escondido first, en do Oaxaha later. My roommate yesterday told me it is very beautifull there and much better then Veracruz.
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