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Mexico at it´s sleepiest.

Nov 15 After conquiring the Mayan ruin in Coba, Mexico- we were off to our next destination of Valodolid. A sleepy Mexico town near the city of Merida, Vallodolid offers charming churches, cobblestone streets and grassy piazzos. There isn´t much to do really in this sleepy town, however the...

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joshandmary on November 17, 2009 from Chichen-Itza, Mexico

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Día de los Muertos

Day of the Dead turned out to be a bust. Not to the fault of Mexicans mind you. Movies always gave me the impression it was a wild street party with James Bond chasing a mysterious woman through crowds of dancing skeletons. So ol' Ryan started out the day like any other. Slowly. I got up by...

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ryanmyers on November 16, 2009 from San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico

from the travel blog: Ryan's First Sabbatical

Awesomness in Mexico

Nov 11-15 So from my last blog entry in shitty Playa del Carmen I can now redeem myself because Tulum is awesome. We arrive a bit travel weary by bus to our hostel aptly named The Weary Traveler where we can immediatly feel the hippy\backpacker vibe running through our veins in this well-aged...

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joshandmary on November 11, 2009 from Tulum, Mexico

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Playa......Mexico´s own amusment park.

So we fly into Cancun and immediately take a bus to the town of Playa del Carmen (aka the cheesiest place I have ever seen outside a Chucky Cheese Restaurant) This place fucking sucks. It´s essentially made so tourists can take a short trip to Mexico, and not actually see Mexico. If you went to...

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joshandmary on November 9, 2009 from Playa del Carmen, Mexico

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Campeche- A Mixed Bag

Ok. This is back Nov 22ndish??? I´ve been pretty behind on blogging (sorry!!) so I´ll have to remember all that has happened since this date. (It´s now Dec 11th)- Campeche is a beautiful city on the gulf of Mexico and I believe it´s real claim to fame was that is once had a huge pirate problem...

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on November 3, 2009 from Campeche, Mexico

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ZAPATISTALAND

So I´ve lost all record of dates for now. All I know is that we arrived in San Cristobal around Nov 24th? and stayed for 10 entire days!!! That´s huge for us. I think we became honorary residents of this place- but in the end, that was fine with me. Showing up in San CritObal in the late...

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on November 3, 2009 from San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico

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Halloween in Mexico

I've been hearing about Halloween preparations back home, which has got me thinking. Next Halloween I'll go as Seinfeld. I also have a craving to go as a skeleton - although, if they encourage it for the day of the dead I'll do my best to go as one here in Mexico. I'll have to see though. Ya...

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ryanmyers on October 27, 2009 from Puerto Escondido, Mexico

from the travel blog: Ryan's First Sabbatical

A lot of fun in Playa

WOW! What a wonderful time I have spent in Playa del Carmen. I will never forget it. I came here sunday 11th of october, and have had so much fun with many of the gang I got to know in Mexico city. After to nights on Isla Mujeres Frode and I went back with the ferry along with two norwegian...

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mshera on October 23, 2009 from Playa del Carmen, Mexico

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Cultural Anthropology

Time for some good ol' travel literature. I'm not talking about what bus to take, sights to see or how much to pay. I'm talking about the good ol' fashioned cultural anthropological type, self-reflecting on what makes us peoples of the world different from each other. -sorry, interuption. ...

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ryanmyers on October 22, 2009 from Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico

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Babylon and Beyond

Last night I saw Havana lights while flying to Babylon. I was reading Ragtime over a couple screwdrivers, getting excited about the anarchist Emma Goldman. Kyle has a copy on his bookshelf, so when I spotted it in a book exchanged I figured it'd a be a goodie. During Emma Goldman's speech...

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ryanmyers on October 14, 2009 from Mexico, Mexico

from the travel blog: Ryan's First Sabbatical

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