February 5th (Carnaval!)
Today was Mardis Gras in Merida, also known as Carnaval. This is the second biggest Carnaval in Mexico, and the fourth or fifth biggest in the world. To me, that’s pretty impressive. What’s more impressive, however, is what is to follow.
Now, it is a huuuge party, with close to two million ... Read More (0 Comments)

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No es bueno.

After the van finally turned down another street and my hands relaxed their death grip on the seat, the driver stopped; he had finally overtaken his quarry and he stopped! He opened the door, grabbed some change out of the change box, said (in near perfect English, which made me jump) “Wait a minute, I... Read More (0 Comments)

Tuesday, 19th of February
Of note today: Saw the vicious cycle of the life of the stray today.
As I was standing on corner waiting for a bus this morning, I watched a dog get hit by a car. I was talking to an elderly woman (in very brief halting Spainglish) as we were waiting, and a stray dog walked up to us. He sat there fo... Read More (0 Comments)

Wednesday the 20th of February
Not much happened during the day… I felt kinda sick, and ended up just hanging out in the room most of the time. My stomach felt all fluttery, my head hurt (despite the meds I took) and my neck and back were sore as hell for no apparent reason.
But today was the day of the Lunar eclipse, a... Read More (0 Comments)

February 22nd-24th
After we got back from the eclipse Wednesday night, we decided that the beach was, in fact, the place we wanted to spend the weekend. However, Progreso wasn’t the right solution to our problem; Tulum turned out to be the answer. We bought our tickets Thursday afternoon and took off Friday evening. Four hours... Read More (0 Comments)