| Feb 23 2013: Belize, Belize, Belize (let me get what I want) The entire strip from north to south is maybe a mile long, but there are golf-carts everywhere shuttling lazy tourists from shop to restaurant to souvenir store. SMH... Actually, aren't I the one that hates hiking? I think maybe Neda is finally rubbing off on me!
— in San Pedro, Belize
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| Feb 20 2013: Farewell, Mexico! After three months of wandering around this country, here is a little retrospective of our time in Mexico, filled with some pictures and memories of daily life that didn't make the blog the first time around.
— in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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| Feb 15 2013: Underwater Caves and Fake Bird Calls Dos Ojos (Two Eyes) boasts one of the longest underwater cave systems in the world. The light flowing from the mouth of the cave through the crystal clear waters was astoundingly beautiful!
— in Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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| Feb 12 2013: Flamingo Lines, Flamenco Lines When flamingos are born, they are white in colour, but slowly turn pink because of their seafood diet. Which makes me think of my own Mexican diet and then I realize I'm not really tanned, I'm taco-coloured...
— in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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| Feb 07 2013: San Cristobal and Palenque Ruins Waiting for a giant ball to come crashing down on us while being shot at by poisonous blow darts...
— in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
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| Feb 03 2013: Taking a dip in Boiling Waters Although the mineral-rich water bubbling up from the ground looks like it's boiling, it's actually carbonated and quite cold, and creates psychedelic-looking pools where it calcifies.
— in Oaxaca, Mexico
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| Jan 31 2013: Bungy Jumping and Eating Grasshoppers We saw baskets of Chapulines for sale, or as the English-speakers call it, Grasshoppers. I didn't really mind cleaning the wings and legs from my teeth, however for the next few hours I was burping up grasshopper, and that didn't taste very pleasant.
— in Puebla, Mexico
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| Jan 27 2013: Biker Boyz in Tres Marias Neda asked Garry what happens if the cops show. He replies, "Well, they close down the street to other traffic until the stunt show is over". Now *THAT'S* the way it's done!
— in Cuernavaca, Morelia, Mexico
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| Jan 23 2013: No facts in this entry, just pyramids... Garry made up some stories about how northern Mexico City was the dangerous part of town, 'cause that's where they cut people's arms off. But when Ivonne hit the automatic locks when we were driving through the north, it scared us a little...
— in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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| Jan 20 2013: Butterfly Sanctuary in El Rosario El Rosario is one of several butterfly sanctuaries in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, which covers the area around Angangueo. Every winter, almost a billion Monarch butterflies migrate 4,500 kms from Canada. Kinda like us!!! :)
— in Angangueo, Michoacan, Mexico
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| Jan 15 2013: "Are you sure this volcano is dormant...?" We slid down as if we were on snowboards down a Double Black Diamond run - smoke still rising all around us! When we reached the bottom, we got a bit lost and spent almost an hour rummaging through thick foliage trying to find the path back to the field we came in from. We had less than an hour of sun left and I was starting to panic a bit...
— in Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico
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| Jan 12 2013: Los Luchadores in Uruapan The WWWE got its inspiration from Lucha Libres, a very popular Mexican sport founded in 1933. The wrestlers wear colourful masks and matches mostly consist of Battle Royales, tag teams or trios, such as the one we were watching today.
— in Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico
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