After having a delayed flight of 7 hours I finally arrived in Cancun on the 26th of December. Sally, my girlfriend, will arrive on the 27th. I am stoked. We haven’t seen each other in two months. What a long and short time at the same time… Pun intended. This moment always seemed something to look forward to and now it is almost here.

So on the 27th I go to the beach of Cancun to kill time. Just seven hours left… The water is beautiful, however I don’t really like Cancun. For me it is too expensive and touristy. I get a haircut, which is certainly overdue. Only six hours left… I shave, which is certainly overdue. And I wait. In the evening she is supposed to arrive. You all probably have a romantic picture of a reunion on the airport. The truth is yes and no. Yes it is romantic seeing each other after a long time. No because everyone runs around without a plan. There were two exits and we were running around until we found each other. After that was done we could finally enjoy each others company. Then it was romantic.

We head straight to Tulum on the next day. Tulum is quite touristy as well and I have to adapt to the prices I wasn’t used to for a month. We rent a bike and go to the beach and to the ruins near the beach.

We are having a blast and want to go to a Cenote- a water sinkhole as well. We quickly check on maps and the next one seems only a 15 Minute bike ride away. Great so as we proceed to drive there we stumble upon one issue. The only way is through a highway. No problem, ONWARDS!

So after fifteen minutes cycling on a highway we arrive only to see that the entrance is 300 pesos. So around fifteen bucks. God damnit this area is really on another level of tourism. We decide to just go back. So back on the highway on our stylish bikes. What a hassle. You only realize how stressful a highway is when you are outside of a car. The air sucks. It is loud as fuck and really stressful. Hopefully never again on a bike…

The next day we decide to go to the Chitchen Itza. We book a tour that is unfortunately completely overpriced. It’S gringo season anyways… We still have high hopes though. We head on the next day. This bus is huge so they take a lot of people on the tour. The first stop is an upselling tourist point per excellence. Nothing valuable to see here except the selling practices they use. Man I already feel fooled. They sell all sorts of things with different practices. Fake Mayan birth certificates, Bottles of a bad liquor with your picture on it, and plenty of souvenirs I have seen all over Mexico. Only 20x the price… After that painful experience we can finally see Chichen Itza. These old ruins are always quite impressive. The engineering and the architecture is something special every day. Especially how sound travels on these.

The tour did also include a visit to the Cenote- a water sinkhole in the jungle. These are all over the Yucatan and Quintana Roo and other states of Mexico. Basically the whole jungle has underground moving water. On those Cenotes the ceiling just collapsed. The Mayans believed these were doors to the underworld and had spiritual meaning when you die. Some of the Sinkholes are 100 to 200 meters deep. So it is literally a way to the undergrounds. Today gringos swim in it, because it is clear water and super fun.

Later on we head to Bacalar. We want to celebrate New Years here and heard it is a nice place. Finally the prices are reasonable again. On the 31st of December we walk around an Sally isn’t feeling well. We think it is fine and go swimming. A few minutes later I see her sprinting to the toilet. Oh oh…. She throws up. This is the first of many times this day. So New Years was exactly spend on the toilet for her. What a pity after waiting this long we still celebrate New years separated because she wanted to sleep. At exactly 0:00 a clock she texted me that she threw up again. What a way to start the new year. It can only get better from here!

For anyone of you if you see this picture you would say it is definitely the sea right?

WRONG! This is a sweet water laguna where Bacalar lies. Unbelievable, I know right! You don’t even get salty after going out. There are wild mangroves growing and a lot of piers where you can enjoy the water. We rented a Kayak and explored the Cenotes that were also connected to this lake. The color drastically changes once you cross over and you can see that suddenly the ground is not visible anymore and the water switches from a light blue to a dark blue. What a crazy world. Scary to paddle over it as well! We enjoy the days here as this place is something special.

Next time we will cross the border of Mexico to Belize and get stuck in between the borders for an hour. Stay tuned as we approach another paradise. As I reflect on my stay in Mexico I realized I spend about 5 to 6 weeks here. The country is huge as fuck and even I switched places about every 3 to 4 days I still haven’t seen all of Mexico. What a crazy and diverse country that is partly westernized with it’s own take on Christianity, Spiritual Wellbeing, and food. What a lovely place!