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mshera


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The key journey

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I am a 24 year old norwegian girl, who loves to travel and is now on my journey to find the key. I also have a norwegian blog, but it`s not possible to log in everywhere on that one though, http://mshera.blogg.no



Leaving paradise..

Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala


..coming to city-life, after 8 horrible hours on a shuttlebus without a chance to sleep OR rest, since the driver obviously was ready to get us killed a couple of times.. We were 10 pax in the bus, the five of us, plus the five from alaska. We finally arrived in Antigua about 3.30 pm, all of us checked in at Black Cat Hostel. Luckily they had 11 beds available, ause it was really crowded here. I miss Lanquin! Seriously, i kinda regret I didn`t stayed there for a while, so nice people working there and everything! But since my new friends are leaving for other countries in a few days, and I am staying here in Guatemala for at least a month, I want to spend time with them before they leave! The common area in "Gato Negro" is small, so you always fell like youre in the way for someone.. But Juni and Joar are leaving wednesday morning, Nick, Kristel and I will stay here till thursday, then Kristel will take a flight til Costa Rica, Nick will go to El Salvador, and I will take the bus to Quetzaltenango (Xela) for my spanishlessons! I suppose Antigua is a great city and all, but it`s raining all the time now, my whole body aches after that shuttle from Lanquin plus I think I`m getting the fever again.. So I`m looking forward to leave this town, wich is packed with tourists!

This is a picture, taken by Kristel, from the mini-van. I`m reading(or watching a movie), I am not sour!!! :)



permalink written by  mshera on November 1 from Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
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Lanquin and Semuc Champey

Lanquin, Guatemala


After 7 hours on a shuttle from Flores, we arrived at El Retiro in Lanquin! So beautiful :) On the shuttle we got to know 5 people from Alaska, two girls and two boys. We checked in, had a chill evening with fish buffèt and got to know a bunch of people. Saturday morning we had a superb breakfast, before we went on a tour to Semuc Champey. Oh my gosh, that was paradise on earth! I just simply fell in love with that place. Beautiful waterfalls, caves, and astonishing view from the top! Our guide was great, showed us some amazing things. We half swam, and half crawled through the cave, slid down, climbed up. It was quite cold, so I think maybe Im catching a fever again..but it was definately worth it! Iam going back there, the manager at El Retiro hires backpackers to work for a while if they want, and I want to do that in December :)

That night we ate Mexican buffèt at the hostel, jummy :) And the next morning, sadly wee were off to Antigua. I could have stayed so mch longer at that place, but luckily I am going back there (hopefully, if nothing more interesting comes in my way;))!

So thank you, staff at El Retiro and my new friends from Norway, Holland, Germany and US, for sharing these wonderful moments with me, it was amazing!



permalink written by  mshera on October 30 from Lanquin, Guatemala
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Guatemala, the most colorful country <3

Flores, Guatemala


After Caye Caulker in Belize, I got into a shuttlebus to Flores, Guatemala. Got to know Juni & Joar, a norwegian siblingcouple, Nick, a german guy and Kristel, a girl from Holland :) They soon become my "family" :) We checked in to hotel Mirador in Flores, it was nice, beautiful view to the lake. We swam in the lake, it was so hot, around 6 pm it was 38 degrees celsius, and the water didn`t really cooled us down, but it felt good. We had italien dinner that night, Kristel and I shared a room. The next morning we got up
at 4am, shuttlebus to Tikal, the maya ruins, temples and pyramids. It was really cool, we had a funny guide! So we spent most of the day there, when we got back to Flores, Joar and I had a looong swim across the lake. That felt so good, because, even though I have been walking and moved a lot so far on this trip, I have been eating so much good food, and been really lazy too. But I almost died a little bit, when we started the return I was so tired, I think it all in all was about a 1000 metres.
The next morning we took another shuttlebus, this time we were going to Lanquin, and Semuc Champey!!


permalink written by  mshera on October 28 from Flores, Guatemala
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A lot of fun in Playa

Playa del Carmen, Mexico


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 boys who lives and study in Playa del Carmen. We took the bus with them, from Cancun to Playa. Here we checked in at Urban hostel, wich was horrible. It was full of cockroaches, and mosquitos, and it was dirty, really dirty! And those who worked there were totally drunk when we arrived..hehe, I had to laugh about it. But in the end, grouse! That night we met Antonio, wich is one of te guys we got to know in Mexico city. e was there on a vacation, but lives here in Playa, so he invited us to take contact with him when we got there, and he would show us around. So the first night he took us out for a beer, and to check out the beach and the life. On our way back to the dreadful hostel we met Thomas, who was really drunk together with some english guys. But it was very nice seeing him again - after all he was my first friend in Mexico so I felt quite attached to him. On friday he will leave to go in his friends wedding on saturday, here in Mexico. But back to the point, he lived in another hostel, not far from ours, wich was clean and nice. Not much more expensive either. So the day after we moved to Youth hostel Playa. It`s a super hostel, clean, with a big kitchen and lot of room in the fridges, so we could by and cook our own food. Good music, a lot of hammocks, sofas, dvd, games, nice people :) And the icing on the cake; it was now Antonio, Frode, Thomas and me from the old gang; but suddenly Megan and Allison came, the Page sisters!! And we got to know a lot of other nice people. And Antonio took us places we could only dream about, thank you so much for that my friend!!! We even got to come along on his job to hold and swim with sharks!! That was amazing.

On saturday the 17 th I hurt my foot falling on the top of a stair, unfortunately, but htat is my luck I`m afraid. And I was suppose to move on, take a 12 hour busride to Palenque, but I woke up on tuesdat with a fever and sore throat. So I spoke with Enrico, an Italian/Swiss guy, he asked me if I wanted to go along with him to Belize, wich is a small country, halfway between Mexico and Guatemala. And so I did. Goodbye Playa, goodbye Antonio, I`m gonna miss you my friend.

permalink written by  mshera on October 23 from Playa del Carmen, Mexico
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Cancun, Isla Mujeres

Cancun, Mexico


After two nights in Mexico city I flew to Cancun with Frode a norwegian guy I met at Hostel Amigo in Mexico city. It was easy to book a ticket online, and we got it pretty cheap. When we arrived in Cancun, the warmth was so nice, since it was a lot colder in Mexico city(wich is much higher up of course!) we took a cab to the dock, bought tickets out to Isla Mujeres, everything was easy and took no time. The ferry-trip out to Isla Mujeres was nice, the wind was warm :) Isla Mujeres was much more city-like than I thought it would be, but it was nice. We stayed at Poc-Na, an OK hostel. We had a nice time there, with massage under the palmtrees, listening to the sea, good drinks and nice people. But the funniest thing; it was at least 14 norwegians there, that made me wanna leave! No affends, but I dont travel to meet a bunch of norwegians on an island in Mexico.. so sunday we left for Playa del Carmen :D We knew that some of the people we met in Mexico city was heading for Playa to, meeting them again would be cool!

permalink written by  mshera on October 9 from Cancun, Mexico
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