Rolo on Tour

On Thursday I wanted to launch my second attempt to get to Chichen Itza and indeed, this time I managed to go there. Well first I did some laundry and enjoyed the most luxurious breakfast I have had so far (big bonus for that hostel). Then I got onto a bus to Chichen Itza, where I had some guided tour. I learned, that the Mayans seemed to have all sorts of ¨magic numbers¨, each of which had some meanings. The guide would point at all sort of formations and tell us to count for example the number of steps. As there were also some cases where this did not lead to a magic number, I believe that some of the cases where there was magic just have to be coincidences.
Well, returning from that trip, it was nice to welcome Jeremy and Anastasia to my dorm. And the 3 of us had a really great time in Mérida. As it would take some time to write about everything, I just concentrate on the highlights ;-):

This cute tiny cat, the main reason, why I went to Hostel Zocalo in the first place (Dominik had told me about it). Jeremy called her Nacho Libre.

On Friday I managed to lose my sunglasses while we were walking around town. This did not surprise me, as I had only needed one week to become a complete dumbass. I would forget everything, especially towels and keys I always left somewhere. Any recommendations on how to avoid that??

During this walk, Anastasia looked for some bag in a shop. Luckily I saw some colorful balls lying around in this shop, so I started juggling with them. One thing led to another and Jeremy started shooting videos. I was very ambitioned to get all my tricks done, so it took us 19 tries until I was satisfied. As it turned out, this is also the amount of time needed to buy a bag 😉 Moreover it turned out that Jeremy liked the ones, where I failed, more. Afterwards I kind of felt obliged to buy those balls, but this little extra weight was nothing compared to Jeremy’s, who bought a hammock that day:

At night, there was a halloween party and Jeremy happened to have some costumes in his bag (The pirate and the canadian hockey player). So the rest of the day was devoted to finding a halloween costume for Anastasia and I think the result was kind of impressive, as we just used some sheets, ropes and leaves and there she was: a greek goddess!

No, that is not how I got my blue eye.

The party was really fun, but also as a result, we did not do much for the rest of the time we spent in Mérida. Well, we visited some traditional mexican market for several times. Although half of that market consisted of shoes, Anastasia could not make a choice. Also there was all kind of action in the streets, as day of the dead (2nd of November) was arriving.
Interestingly enough we met Rob and Claire on Sunday. We later had some great tortas (bread with meat and salsa) on the street and Claire ordered a „Crepe solo nutella muchos“ for dessert.

On Monday, we finally did something. We got by a colectivo (A colectivo is a bus, which departs, when there are a certain amount of passengers.) to a place called Cozama, where you could visit some Cenotes. But the way to get to these Cenotes was kind of unusual: There was a track, on which you were transported in some small cart pulled by a horse. Sometimes, especially uphill, it got really hard for the horse, so Jeremy and me would assist from time to time ;-).

Also, as there was only one track for both directions, there were lots of opportunities to play the Chicken Game.

Here we were the chickens 🙁

The trip was great and I recommend to anybody who happens to be in Mérida, to try it.

In the evening, unfortunately I had to rush (due to some misbooking) to catch my nightbus to Palenque, so there was little time to say goodbye to Jeremy and Anastasia at the restaurant we were at. 5 great days in Mérida were behind me and I could only hope meeting more such great people on my future paths.

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