Not as excited and cheerful as when i left, i must admit.. but Im back!
They say time flies when youre having fun, and im telling you, these 2 weeks flew like a pissed off concorde! Our little roadtrip KICKED ASS! Several big fat asses to be more exact.
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The travel companion: Nothing more and nothing less than my dear boyfriend Jonas himself :D After eternal 3 months, we finally meet again to spend 2 weeks driving around together! I loved having the chance to make this trip with him, i loved driving while he was sitting next to me (looking a bit scared at times), i loved being the DJ or the 'pleasant passenger' when it was his turn to drive, i loved spending enough time together to get to know more about eachother and even argue over something, i loved laughing, eating, drinking, sleeping and visiting wonderful places with him. Please bear with my mushiness for today, after all, i just said bye to Jonas last night.. but well, before i get mushier..
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The route: I think we had a sweet balance between a previously defined route and an expect the unexpected attitude in case of taking the wrong road, drinking bad water and such.. In the end, it was something like this:
Puebla --> Minatitlan --> Campeche --> Uxmal --> Merida --> Chichen Itza --> Cenote Dzitnup --> Playa del Carmen --> Cozumel --> Tulum --> Chetumal --> Palenque --> Misol Ha --> Agua Azul --> San Cristobal de las Casas --> Chamula --> Veracruz --> Mexico City
Unfortunately, we didnt have time to make it to Oaxaca so maybe we know where to start next time!
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The vehicle: You really remember to appreciate cold days (at least for a while) after being put into a car for several hours WITHOUT air conditioning at around +30ºC. Not that we had a thermometer, but as Jonas put it.. when youre driving at around 120, 140 or even 160 km/hr and having the windows down doesnt help all that much.. then its really warm outside no?
The good thing is the car behaved properly all the time, even when (smart as i am) i drove on top of some sort of sidewalk and a couple of guys had to help us lift the car to get it down.
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The road: We drove a lot... around 3,900 kms of highways, freeways and uglyways. To be on the safe side we only drove during the day and tried to keep ourselves amused drinking water and stopping to the toilet, jumping to the roof of the car with crazy speedbumps, trying to figure out which road were we actually on, as the signs could say two different things, etc. Jonas and I kept switching seats along the way and i think i personally broke my speed record when i hit 180 km/hr!
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The soundtrack: It was a bit challenging to listen to music when having our windows rolled down.. it became so damn noisy! But we still kept playing music almost all the time: Kashmir, Kent, Molotov, Manu Chao, Robbie Williams, Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, among others of course, are definitely part of the official soundtrack of this trip.
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The food: I can only say that the effect of those months i spent at the gym, sweating my ass off at spinning and all that jazz, has been neutralized (to say it nicely) after these 2 weeks. When you have buffet breakfast included in your hotel, you travel around the coast eating as much seafood as you can and you drink beer with almost every meal, theres no escape... you gain weight! My official favorite dish: Camarones al Coco
(Coconut Shrimp) from Campeche! Not to forget: Meat banquet at Miura and Crepes at Namandi (San Cristobal), Seafood feast at Blue Lobster (Playa del Carmen), etc..
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The tourists: Thank you very much to all americans (and tourists in general) who decided to invade Mexico exactly from the 4th to the 18th of April. I couldnt be more thankful and delighted. You are welcome to come back next year, and the next next one too. Mi casa es tu casa, remember?
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The pictures: I think im definitely starting a tradition when it comes to pictures with Jonas: I rely on his photographer skills and his fancy camera. I get to use it to shoot my classic self-portraits and thats (more or less) it. Mine is only turned on when i get sudden rushes of guiltiness for not taking my own pictures, but its soon turned off again as soon as i compare the resolution quality.
Okay, to cut the crap, ill download my few pics and wait for Jonas' ones to have my own album on Flickr at least :)
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The plague: Bees, bees, bees and F B bees again. One bee in particular, hello to your mom from me! And other thing, can someone explain to me why dont they sell Negra Modelo at bars and restaurants in almost all those states? They should know better!
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On a health note: Have you ever heard about
Moctezuma's Revenge? Well, if youre planning to visit Mexico or any other
developing country, you should at least
read a bit about this lovely curse. Anyways, thing is Moctezuma definitely got his share of revenge on Jonas (thank you very much) in San Cristobal. This implied he had to stay in bed for 2 days dieting with pills and soups. As for me, I played a lame version of a nurse (and im afraid i was not exactly the nurse that a lot of guys have in their heads when they picture one, damn!) and stood by him mainly providing pills, water & soups, watching tv and catching up with my past due sleeping bills. Luckily he started feeling better after that, and we were able to continue our trip back home.
While im at this topic, i gotta say that my nose went crazy for at least the first half of the trip. First i thought i was getting a cold, after a couple of days it became kinda clear that i had an allergy (couldnt determine to what though), and when i thought my nose couldnt be acting worse... it started bleeding randomly! It was especially nice to wake up on a bloody (literal) pillow in Merida or start bleeding while having a silly argument on the hippest street in Playa del Carmen!
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