Mexico goodness

Here i am again finally, sorry these seem to be few and far between (and yes i've copped some shit for this) but we're just having too much fun! Well, mainly, we did lose the majority of last week due to Montazumas revenge! WOWZERS were we unwell, had to get some antibiotcs and everything as we just couldnt shake it. 3 days i didnt even leave the hostel in Morellia for fear of being too far away from a bathroom! Anyway, i wont go into details, but it did mean we missed one town we'd have loved to see unfortunately & headed straigh to Mexico City... but lets begin from where i last left you...

i realised i totally forgot to mention that i went to the Grand Canyon for a day as well, oopsey! If you've seen the photos & my comments, you'll already know i loved it!! The vastness of it is mind boggling as are the stunning vistas. Superb.

So our first Mexican stop was Mazatlan, we flew there from San Diego. What a town, we loved it. Found a really cheap place to stay right on the edge of the old town & far away from the gringo-tastic 'Golden Zone' that is too commercial & overpriced for our liking. This was the chillout time we needed after the fast & furious pace of every day sightseeing etc in USA. We explored a lot of course, but also enjoyed chillaxing on banana lounges on the beach with a few beers. The seafood was amazing as well. Mazatlan had magic sunsets, a few photos i've uploaded here, but it also had crazy wild thunder storms. 2 nights in a row we were woken at 3am by the loudest claps of thunder i think i've ever heard, right above us, and they rolled on for 10 seconds or so. They were of couse complimented with a spectacular lightning show that had me wishing so much we had a room with a view to watch the spectacle. Naturally, these thunder & lightning shows were also accompanied by torrential downpours that had us up one night & racing to move all our possessions to higher ground as the water was beginning to lap under the door. Each storm lasted for at least an hour!

One such torrential downpour set in just when we needed to get from our hotel to the bus station to catch a bus to our next stop, Morelia. In what seemed seconds the roads became rivers as the gutters were struggling to deal with the sudden influx of water. We'd already planned to get a cab to the station but the rain meant most were already full when we tried to hail them. After about 15 minutes of trying and our sneakers being lakes themselves we managed to find one. The trip was a bit longer than normal as the taxi physically couldn't drive down some of the waterlogged streets!

But we made it to Morelia, what a beautiful place, it's main square is world heritage listed & its full of quaint charm. We were there 2 days before we were hit with Montazumas revenge, and spent the rest of the time there almost bedridden unfortunately. Luckily the hostel wasn't busy & we had a 4 bed dorm to ourselves. The guys that ran the hostel were so friendly & helpful as well which made it easier to bare the sickness.

From Morelia we had planned to go to Guanajuarto for a few days but unfortunatly had to skip it to give us enough time in Mexio City without rushing it. Which is where we are now, and have been almost a week. What a place, it's so vast that we decided to do the touristy open top bus tour to get our bearings and see where we'd like to go back to on following days. We head to Cuba tomorrow and are very much looking forward to it & different food! Our appreciation for Mexican food took a downward turn when we were sick & it took until days after we were finally better again to attempt it once more! Mexico City is great, there's so much to do and see, we even went to Lucha Libre - mexican wwe wrestling - one night. It was so funny & ridiculous we laughed our way though it. The Presidential Palace has some amazing murals that tell the stories of Mexico's history.

We've sadly come to the realisation that with only 5 weeks after Cuba before we fly to NZ, we wont be able to do all we want in Central America, including Costa Rica which i had my heart set on. So with much deliberation & attempts to find non-existent cheap flights i had to re-shelve my dream of being in Costa Rica to another time, but only after i made Baddles promise we'd make it some day! it does make much more sense though when we need to get back to Mexico City at the beginning of October for our flight. So we'll explore Belize & Guatamala once we've spent a week in Mexico getting from Cancun south to Belize etc.

And on that note i'll love you and leave you, i've uploaded loads more photos as well, i hope you like them.

Hasta Luego xxx

ps: re the subtitle to this entry, yes we were asked if NZ is in Europe!!!

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