Category: Travel
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Thursday 20 December 2012 Highlights: The magnificent Monte Alban Ruins We had a planned catch up with Sid for 10 am for those heading up to the Monte Alban Ruins. Due to a miscommunication the catchup didn’t occur instead Cynthia, Xinglu, Tina and myself headed off to find the tourist bus stop. We found Sam…
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Wednesday 19 December 2012 Highlights: Largest Tree in the World, Zapotec ruins, Petrified Waterfalls, Mezcal alcohol, Traditional clothes weaving. An enormous day of activities and and embarrassing moment for myself. Today I signed up for a multiple event tour out of Oaxaca. This started with a visit to Tule which has the largest (wildest) tree…
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Tuesday 18 December 2012 Highlights: Magnificent mountains, Oaxaca Cathedral, nightclub drinking Today we had a 6 hour bus ride to Oaxaca a town of around 270,000 people. We are moving to smaller and smaller cities as we progress. The bus ride actually had one significant positive the scenery of the magnificent and dominating mountains.
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Monday 17 December 2012 Highlights: Puebla Cathedral, Zocalo (City Square), Lucha Libre, Billiards Our first bus ride of the tour turned out to be in a comfortable bus and only take a few hours to get to Puebla. First again I was surprised by the quality of the hotel on this basic tour. Our hotel…
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Sunday 16 December 2012 Highlights: Teotihuacan ruins, Snow activities in Mexico City, Basilica de Guadalupe, Tequila shots The first day of the 58 day combined tour and ten of our group decided to visit the Teotihuacan ruins which meant we could hire a private van and guide. The trip also included a visit to Basilica…
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Saturday 15 December 2012 Highlights: Meeting my new G Adventure group The relaxation part of the trip is now over and it’s back to touring. I started the day going down to the hotel restaurant for the buffet breakfast expecting to use my last $25 USD voucher but they never asked for money or even…
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Friday 14 December 2012. Highlights: Xcaret Park, Swimming in an underground cave system, Mexico Espectacular night show Today my rescheduled Tuesday tour actually occurred although I nearly missed the pick up again. I was told to look for a bus title Mayan Tours but instead it was a van title USA transfers. The transfer pick…
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Thursday 13 December 2012 Highlights: Earning a $100 USD voucher, relaxing at the pool Today I attended a 2 hour marketing seminar with the Starwood Group owners of the Westin Resorts and Sheraton Hotels. The idea for them was to get me to buy a timeshare in Cancun, my idea was to get a $100…
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Wednesday 12 December 2012 Highlights: Nothing but relaxation. No highlights today at least not when my second planned activity in Cancun didn’t go ahead :(. No ATV riding for me today. It did rain a lot today lessening the disappointment but I’ll be looking for a refund for sure.
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Tuesday 11 December 2012. Highlights: Relaxing I waited 3 hours for my pick up from 7 am which never showed up :(. Eventually I organised for this tour to be rescheduled to Friday otherwise I will be seeking a refund. On the good side it did rain on and off during the day so hopefully…
