Caro in Mexico: Domingo 26 Junio

MY TRIP

25/6 : arrival in Mexico City

26/6 : Mexico city : went in a market and in Coyoacan

27/6 : Mexico city : luggages + craft shopping

28/6 : Mexico city : moving in : Mexico city -> Oaxaca

20/7 : Oaxaca : Santo Domingo + Oaxaca -> Tuxtla Guiterrez (Chiapas)

21/7 : Tuxla : zoo

22/7 : Tuxla : canion del sumidero + chiapa de corzo + Tuxla -> San Cristabal (Chiapas)

23/7 : San Cristobal : visit of the town

24/7 : San Cristobal : villages Tzotziles + San Cristobal -> Palenque (Chiapas)

25/7 : Palenque : archaeologic site + visit of the town

26/7 : Palenque : Misol-Ha + Agua Azul + Palenque -> Merida

27/7 : Merida : Merida -> Cancun + rest

28/7 : Cancun : visit of the town + airport : Damien + Cancun -> Isla Mujeres

29/7 : Isla Mujeres : rest + visit of the island

30/7 : Isla Mujeres : swimming with sharks...

31/7 : Isla Mujeres : Isla Mujeres -> Cancun + Cancun -> Valladolid

1/8 : Valladolid : Chichen Itza + visit of a convent

2/8 : Valladolid : rest + Valladolid - Campeche

3/8 : Campeche : visit of the town + fort

4/8 : Campeche : day trip to Balamku + Calakmul

5/8 : Campeche : Campeche - Merida

6/8 : Merida : Uxmal + visit of the town

7/8 : Merida : visit of the town + Merida - Playa del Carmen

8/8 : Playa del Carmen : Playa del Carmen - Isla Cozumel + snorkeling

9/8 : Isla Cozumel : diving + tour of the island with a scooter

10/8 : Isla Cozumel : Isla Cozumel - Playa del Carmen - Tulum + beach + walk of 7 km

11/8 : Tulum : rest + cenote Cristalino

12/8 : Tulum : site archeologic + beach + cenote Cristalino

13/8 : Tulum : Tulum - Playa del Carmen - Cancun + rest

14/8 : Cancun : rest + airport + Cancun - Oaxaca

15/8 : Oaxaca : rest !
-
20/8 : Oaxaca - Mexico City
21/8 : Mexico City : visit of the outskirt
22/8 : Mexico City : visit of the center
23/8 : Mexico City : visit of the town
24/8 : Mexico City - Taxco + Taxco - Mexico City
25/8 : Mexico City : Museo Nacional de Antropologia + Chapultepec
26/8 : Mexico City - ?? - Teotihuacan + Teotihuacan - Mexico City

lundi 27 juin 2011

Domingo 26 Junio

Buenas noches,

Today was a good and long day ! I woke up around 8/8.30am thanks to the garbage man ringing his bell like crazy in the street. I played with my cousins, told them stories... got dressed and post the previous message. Then around 10/10.30am we had an amazing breakfast !!! Really tasty but i felt quickly full : TAMALES and QUESADILLAS.

tamales

Around 11.10am, we left with the car to go to a toy market in the street, where my cousins trock Lego caracters for others, and my uncle sold some stuff. Then we went to Coyocan, a touristic area in Mexico City, it's really nice, people everywhere, street market on the pavement... In a covered market we ate : CHICHARON and then we ate lunch : TOSTADAS chicken or pork. It was good.

Then we went in a space with plaza, trees, fountain and a cathedral. There is a lot of people, mostly because it's sunday and also because it's a place where people come with their families or meet their friends. I went inside the cathedral where Valdir (my uncle) explain me that there is a big difference between Spanish churches (during colonisation) and Mexican ones. This one is a Mexican one.

Then we started to go back to the car, and we drove by the place they use to live and near the school of my cousins. We headed home, and Gloria (Valdir's mum) and his aunt where cooking for tonight. We ate QUESADILLAS (with cheese, mushrooms, potato, chorizo, courgette flower....) and SOPES (with the same things and some bean paste) : DELICIOUS !!!

quesadillas

sopes

Right now i feel tired and my stomac is full, i think i'm gonna have a great night ! On tuesday we are leaving for Oaxaca, at 5am ....... and we have around 5/6 hours drive. Once there i won't have internet at the beginning so don't worry !