My first mexican trip. Mexico

we finally found the right offer, airline tickets to the caribbean discount of 50%. we can not miss the opportunity, with months in advance to book for mexico only flight on 17 february 2005 at a price of 980 euros in two taxes are included. and immediately 'began a search on the internet to see what was possible to turn the mexican diy and what were the most beautiful destinations for the majority. thanks to those who wrote his first stories of mine, and there 'was very useful.
before you begin our story in detail, i believe that some of you enjoy reading our conclusions to see if the rest can affect you or not ...
the choice is yours:
mexico and the ci 'love, we shot without the book no; backpackers. non e 'sorta any kind of problems' and we have never been afraid to our security. io mi before starting are made a guide based on personal stories of all those who have preceded mi, positive and negative feedback on a certain place or some what, where to eat and sleep or what to do with coaches, telephone electricity 'meglio pesos , euro or dollar. cos 'e messicano food, what to buy, what sites internet look, what to do for your health, etc ... in my area that i have to put only as we have lived the mexican but if you want the real straight .. scrivetemi in two minutes vi mando on file with everything that i have collected io. i am happy to help you to remove any doubt about mexico, and if 'in my power to do so how about i did was preceded by me. here is my address: didodandan@fastewebnet.it, or you can download the free guide to the site viaggiareconpassione.com page http://www.viaggiareconpassione.com/racconti/Messico-dani.htm
we have been thirteen days in mexico: and we spent two, in flight and includes a bag of memories in chiapas .. circa 1000 euro total ..
the costs the more we 'or not allocated as':
remember that is a 1 euro circa pesos 12-14, based on the change ... ..

sleep in two: 215 euro. bus, ferry and taxi in two different: 193 euro. excursions for two: 152 euro. eating in two: 252 euro. souvenirs, gifts and other business: 257 euro (if you are good but they can save them)
we recommended the do-it-yourself why 'e' bellissimo e tranquil and more 'is a total rispiarma (with an agency to our tour how you speak to at least twice as spesa). faido with you see is very di piu '... w freedom'

 

CHICEN ITZA

Alarm as usual at dawn because of the time and do breakfast in a bakery with pieces of cheese cake and other sweets all paid 32 ps. Take the bus to Central Station (across Mexico is served by an excellent network of buses ADO LARGE LUXURY which in our opinion it is more convenient to travel by air and by following the suggestions found on the internet we use it without any problem for all our trips, it is true what you see the air conditioning is very strong but with some precautionary see the sleeping bag you sleep and you travel peacefully. Itza CHICEN leave for 4 hours to travel around and paid in two 318 ps. In this site there is a luggage room where you can leave backpacks and bags, what matters is free. Enter coast 206 ps for two people. Once inside we see before us El Castillo. Diego wanted it bigger but once you got enough case. It 'something impressive, it is very steep climb and once on you have a beautiful view but wins the fear and the thought if one manages to get off it or not? For the descent I am influenced by those before me stick to the rope and sit down with one step at a time. but fortunately, some of you advised me to get off a zig zag like when you wake and snow with a little courage and try it WORKS !!!!!!!!!! Everything seems less steep and it is much easier and faster. TRY! At the end go up and down more than once for different photos of the rite. Visit the entire site and then take a bus (strictly ADO GL) and leave for Merida (118 pesos in two) spend about two hours, the air conditioning is really a manetta. Do not visit the city but decided to leave immediately for San Cristobal. While waiting for the bus dinner right in front of the station, we eat chicken and grilled meat for 121 ps always two served by a waiter from unknown sex and never identificato.Il restaurant called TIERRA DEL SOL, and I know they have rooms to spend the night. The bus is 798 ps in the two and will be a long journey we arrive in the morning after. I fall asleep and sleep by up to three after starting a row of sharp turns and Topas (our bumps to slow down the speed but they are everywhere) and are not able to take more sleep.

The Mexican travel begins....

We start with change from Milan to Madrid flying with Air Europa. All right even if the flight never ends. Arriving in Cancun local time to 22:00. Bus to Playa del Carmen 130 pesos and we discharged on the fifth (most famous place and type of Rimini). Spend the night in the hotel booked via internet: ROSA HOTEL MIRADOR 350 pesos for a large room with three beds. Quite spartan and essential, I do not feel it to advise or recommend. Surely I hated disco beside the fact that music or confusing as it is more correct to call it up at eight o'clock in the morning Italian time, and I can assure you that given the time zone in an internal everyone, for me they were precious hours of sleep. Diego my sweetheart has not had any problem with the time zone, has the Russian setting.

At seven time we are already around. The weather is overcast. We do a breakfast buffet on the fifth COMALES LOS 121 pesos for two people (bread, butter, jam, eggs and ham, watermelon juice and pieces of fruit such as watermelon, melon and papaya). E 'uscito the hot sun and a lot has changed and the colors of the sea. Let us return to the hotel to rest a little but the time has cheated us, we slept until 19:00 or so, in Italy is night. We are forced to leave and we have direct TARRAYE LA restaurant (just ask and we'll show the way) is recommended on the internet and we ate along the beach. We ate un'aragosta 3 ps hg paid 245 more fried octopus and squid spent total 421 ps in two. Then walk rite in search of a T-shirt to Diego and some memory of Playa. Our trip to Playa is finished we do not want to stay a day longer in a place created for tourists and does not reflect the true Mexico.

CHICEN ITZA

Alarm as usual at dawn because of the time and do breakfast in a bakery with pieces of cheese cake and other sweets all paid 32 ps. Take the bus to Central Station (across Mexico is served by an excellent network of buses ADO LARGE LUXURY which in our opinion it is more convenient to travel by air and by following the suggestions found on the internet we use it without any problem for all our trips, it is true what you see the air conditioning is very strong but with some precautionary see the sleeping bag you sleep and you travel peacefully. Itza CHICEN leave for 4 hours to travel around and paid in two 318 ps. In this site there is a luggage room where you can leave backpacks and bags, what matters is free. Enter coast 206 ps for two people. Once inside we see before us El Castillo. Diego wanted it bigger but once you got enough case. It 'something impressive, it is very steep climb and once on you have a beautiful view but wins the fear and the thought if one manages to get off it or not? For the descent I am influenced by those before me stick to the rope and sit down with one step at a time. but fortunately, some of you advised me to get off a zig zag like when you wake and snow with a little courage and try it WORKS !!!!!!!!!! Everything seems less steep and it is much easier and faster. TRY! At the end go up and down more than once for different photos of the rite. Visit the entire site and then take a bus (strictly ADO GL) and leave for Merida (118 pesos in two) spend about two hours, the air conditioning is really a manetta. Do not visit the city but decided to leave immediately for San Cristobal. While waiting for the bus dinner right in front of the station, we eat chicken and grilled meat for 121 ps always two served by a waiter from unknown sex and never identificato.Il restaurant called TIERRA DEL SOL, and I know they have rooms to spend the night. The bus is 798 ps in the two and will be a long journey we arrive in the morning after. I fall asleep and sleep by up to three after starting a row of sharp turns and Topas (our bumps to slow down the speed but they are everywhere) and are not able to take more sleep.

San Cristobal

Arrive in SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS will assure that the air station was warmer than the ice that we find out. Around seven in the morning. We go in search of the hotel after leaving the baggage to the depot station. We offer a room for 160 pesos at CENTRAL PLAZA but after having seen it go now, ok saving money but it was really grim, dark and without windows, I found it very depressing even if the entrance was really nice; l 'were also seen on the internet. We continue our search and find the Hotel Noria for 350 pesos per night. Truly wonderful and hyper clean, every day we leave two bottles of sealed water over the usual soap. Strongly recommend that you do not get some surprises. All washed and scented seem new, they were more of twenty-four hours we stopped at the hotel. We followed the advice of those before us had done our experience and without a doubt, we direct for breakfast at CASA DEL PAN everything good and genuine, breads, jams, home-made yogurt, and we have spent 125 ps in two. We do a tour of inspection to the country then to bed in a coma, we need to recharge a little 'l'energie. We wake up and we head to the market maya, we have recommended to buy everything in Chiapas because they are only things and then pay at least one third of what you would pay in Playa or other places for tourists. We buy from dress (2 wool shirts, 1 sweater typical ipercolorato, 1 cotton shirt and pay for everything only 28 euros) but I must admit that I am not very good at pulling on the price, I already robbed when compared to the price ' Italy is very low. But eye to objects in skin: I bought a beautiful bag at only € 20 but at home I realized that the smell of cow that carried with me was truly unbearable. I later regretted not having bought more things are too good and are cheap. Before going into a hotel in San Cristobal wandering in search of the cocoa beans that a friend had asked us, a Captain in the name HOUSE OF COCOA AND MAYS where a lady simpaticissimo insite for us to taste the POZUL (to you the pleasure of out, but try it when there is hot) and a nice hot chocolate: place really to try for fans of the genre. Once again we throw ourselves into a coma in bed and I sleep from 18:30 hours until 04:00 Mexican morning and then more niente.Vi confessed that he had never taken the time that the Mexican has proved at times a nightmare, wake up and have no more sleep and see the outside and dark total understand that they have to spend several hours yet before you see the sun rise was hard ..; my husband instead after the first few days has been used once but has struggled in Italy few days.

Chamula village, Zinacatan

We get up at seven and go hyper dressed for breakfast. CENTRAL CAFETERIA we going to pay half the 66 ps compared to the house of the pan but also eat half. Alex Ramon & waiting in the main square (Plaza 31 March in front of the cathedral) to organize the half-day excursion to San Juan Chamula and Zinacatan. The appointment is at 9:30 in the square, do not have an office but just a word of mouth is the lonely that makes advertising. Are four and if the group is small, only two are working, they pulled the tide and Alex and Raul are now party. We pay 300 pesos in two. We accompany Sebastian says that the tour in English and only two of us there that talks about Sandra in spagnolo.Credo is not provided by their own group a translation into Italian. We understand the Spanish enough. The tour is good we can take pictures almost anywhere, even if the locals do not like to be the center of the photo to an old superstition, the picture steals the soul. The village of Chamula in my eyes is a real Babylon of beliefs, continue their Mayan rituals even if they get what it wants from the Catholic religion. They call themselves Catholics even if they do not accept the Bible, baptized children and accept the saints. Completely reject the traditional medicine and work within the church rites that leave without parole. Candles everywhere and pine needles scattered on the floor and coca cola or any carbonated beverage that helps Rutte to throw out the evil spirit. We have witnessed the attempt to heal a sick child, after the various rites to that of the sorcerer has transferred all the ills of the child in a chicken that was then strangled in the church. Holy you are dedicated and every 20 days shall celebrate a feast in honor of a saint and one who pays is called the counselor and receives the assignment for one year. Work 5,6,7, years to collect all the money needed for the holidays and that he does not work, he dedicated himself completely to his saint. Women are not worth anything, do not vote and should just work, school is not compulsory. The man is dedicated to the festivities, will the poligamia.La woman marries a man only if it dies the widow is in her life, got married at 14 years. You can not define the poor the government assists them, according to the guide who knows more than what we can do in an hour she explains that there is a malatradizone, seen too many festivals almost all men have the problem of alcoholism and not caring for the family. The other village, that of Zinacatan has left almost all of the Mayan tradition and is Catholic. It seems to us is described as more equitable, the man works for the family, all go to school and grow flowers and do not ask for alms. Almost all villages of the area are similar to the fortune. After we hike to a new round in the market and buy a trip for two days after the Canyon of Sumidero and then the next day to Palenque and the two waterfalls and MISHOL AGUA AZUL HA. I take this opportunity to begin our return we agree with the leadership that does not come back but we will be back to Paleque so 'we are not forced to do twice the same way and save money by. All agreed.

Palenque

Let's have breakfast at the CASA DEL PAN (fantastic and genuine) is perhaps a little expensive but that is all. Tour to the market and we can not cut a lot of prices are certainly more clever than us. Trip to CANY OF SUMIDERO pay 320 pesos in two. E 'impressive mountains and the river, thinking that the highest point is suicide plunging down the Indians young and old to not be slaves of the Spaniards. There are lots of birds, many crocodiles they spotted a little that can be easily photographed, and the guides with their lances are very fast and it shows little. To return as planned stop in Chiapa de Corzo for the lunch hour and thirty of freedom. I drink a pineapple juice with ice, and after three hours I have to run to the bathroom, but fortunately is not the curse, the lactic ferments taken in advance have done their duty. We rest in the afternoon with a nice dinner and then sleep so advised by the local EMILIANO MUSTACHE nice but we expected more for the meat, the consumption of good chicken, some maids' depressing and live music, we pay 179 ps in two. Let's go to bed now tomorrow we expect a good weigh giornatina not touch the bed of un'albergo only after another 24 hours. TULUM final direction.

TULUM

As usual wake up at three in the night. Appearance daybreak. Our luggage was really filled (we have really bought too much stuff already, but I regret not having bought more)., We are in the direct bus to the waterfalls we paid for the three stops up to 520 ps in Palenque two. The road as usual is ugly and full of twists and turns on the type air conditioner and I'm trying to prevent the headaches. We stop to Ochocinco for breakfast in a diner squallidina. Arrival at WATERFALLS OF AGUA AZUL are wonderful, beautiful, there are no words, just thank God for having created for our delight and joy. They have beautiful colors we have the good fortune to see them really blue, I read that in other periods of the year off very nearly gray. Diego makes us a bath, have only pity and half an hour, better than nothing. I am very happy that we have gone up in Chiapas and we were still in Playa. LONG LIVE THE TRUE MEXICAN. The cascade of MISHOL HA is beautiful, but is only one affects you, is that after seeing agua azul ... Back in the car, I cover so impressive have thought who knows what the other passengers, but everything is good to avoid 'air conditioning and headache. Arriving in Palenque's hot but it is very beautiful surrounded by jungle, Diego wants to look for monkeys urlatrici do not see much but you must submit we hear, are really powerful and makes an impression. The site takes and deserves our attention but the tiredness and cooked us lose some 'of that magical atmosphere. As agreed we leave the station AD ... we have to wait about three hours before you leave for TULUM. We do lunch and then dinner in a restaurant downtown called VIRGO eat fruit (melon and pineapple, 1 tree for dinner and fried chicken and soup camerones (fried shrimp) and pay it all in two 189 pesos (about 13 euro)). Road to the bus. The trip costs 754 ps Palenque_TULUM always two, the trip was ok, the air conditioning is good but it bears.
THURSDAY '24/02/2005
Go to TULUM at seven, we take a taxi and go looking for one of the much publicized cabanas.Ci stop the second, taxita not to go to carry around and we do not get to go all morning, we're a little tired, we traveled the whole night recovering time for travel and saving money dell'albergo .. but now we want some quiet. Aceita a super luxury cabanas has a private bathroom. Name for MAR CARIBE costs 400 pesos per night, and is truly on the beach. I'm going in a crisis, I was ready to renounce all the comforts, a beautiful room and a bathroom but the true fact that there is no hot water is a bitter pill to swallow. The room consists of a network and a mattress and a shot there is a wall with water almost to top of the shower pipe and the owner gave us two candles as lighting. After some 'panic can also wash your hair, the water is not cold as I thought the sun heats the somewhat'. We are almost complete contact with nature, the sea and the beach is beautiful but the wind and the sea is not as Caribbean as me I was dreaming, moved and filled with sand in the distance but the colors are gorgeous. We are the morning on the beach, Diego is a bullet cooks, the sun really beats, and an afternoon shift contracted with a taxi driver and go in downtown TULUM, we find some squalid, the only thing that makes it famous are the cabanas but the rest does not have much to offer apart from the usual shops and restaurants. Return that is already dark, read by candlelight and I to seven hours but the two local Italian time I start to cook and sleep. The time zone I have ever abandoned as a result are already on the beach and wake up ready with the camera to capture the sunrise.

There is still the wind, begins to believe that we will never see the Caribbean Sea of what you see in the postcard, quiet and transparent. We do breakfast in the restaurant of the beach DON Cafet A plate of fruit (pineapple, watermelon, melon, banana and papaya with yogurt and orange juice) 107 ps in two. With full stomachs we go looking for a scooter, but not many people that rent those, one has already finished and the other was always close. Renounce the idea of running a completely free and we take a collective 30 ps in the two (they wanted a taxi 150ps). We arrive before the park ACKUTEN CHEN (always read on the Internet): there is only one monkey in freedom and make you leave everything. We pay 420 ps for the entrance to the park drive. We visit the cave which is the usual with the stalagmites and stalattiti.ma unlike Italy or other places then tap and do photography and filming. The best thing is the cenote, an underground lake in the cave. Released in the light we see lots of deer in freedom, a raccoon, parrots and many other animals that are in huge cages all very natural as if it were their original habitat. Once outside take a collective and we stop in the main street of TULUM (then there is no more) for lunch at PANCHO GRIIL eat a soup of fish and prawns, all good but not very abundant, we pay 450 ps in two. Turn and buy souvenirs and other gifts. It 'almost dark for me 18:00 or 19:00 appear on my physical as if it were night, I sleep. Before we make a romantic stroll on the beach if not what have the cabanas if you do not use the sea that is the only thing? At 20:00 are already in a world of dreams Diego while you read a book.

E 'bruttina wake up it is still dark night with the mosquitoes that eat you and you have to just wait for the rise sole.All' dawn start to go in and out of the cabanas and seven awake Diego, he is not the time plus a piega.Alle eight already directed us to walk towards the site of TULUM entered into two 106 ps. E 'bello, less shocking as the other but all they say and the truth is his position on the Caribbean Sea that make it special. Then suitcases. Cabanas Farewell (I will not fail even if the bad thing were the mosquitoes, not cold water). Taxi and bus Cancun155 ps in two and then a colectivo, which brings us to the boarding ISLA MUJERES 70PS paid in due.L 'island is like a lot even though we would not be able to do more than two days is really small, but has all the charm is a tiny Caribbean island. E 'tourist but still very vivibile.Troviamo suffered from sleep in a hotel in the center name HIL-HA indicated by a porter who just brought us the bags, pay a 200 ps notte.Tutto ok! Let's go to dinner in a restaurant recommended by the porter always, LA LUMIDA name is practically a house with a private room with a dozen small tables, eating fish at the bridge octopus, fish kebabs and another that do not remember the name by paying in 230ps two.

Take the scooter in affitto230 ps for a day and turn into little more than an hour across the island, after Ricominciamo enjoying the most beautiful landscapes. Come on, always on the advice found on the Internet, visit the TURTLE FARM is but a small town to protect sea turtles, there are just born to when they are not ready to be thrown into the sea already adult where have better chances to survival. If you love nature andateci are very beautiful and you pay very little to come in two types 35ps. Turn back the island enjoying the last moments of the holiday. Tomorrow we return to Cancun where we have the plane to return home. HELLO TO ALL AND IF YOU ANDATE IN MEXICO.
After you have always wanted to visit new places because your eyes ask you about saziarli with new colors and new worlds. We have after Mexico ritinteggiato house with its colors so we came inside. Good journey to all the non-stop last too long in Cancun or Playa del Carmen if you want to savor a true reality and not tailor-made for tourists and for what he wants to find. The real life is outside.

HELLO DANY and DIEGO.