This trip has honestly been just so much fun! We went to Merida, Yucatan for a few reasons; 1.) It’s the birthplace of not only my mother but my grandmother 2.) The family hadn’t been back in 46 years 3.) It was a family reunion, since out of 5 siblings they haven’t gotten together in a very long time.

Our plane there was two separate flights, first from LAX to Mexico City. We had a red eye flight that left at 12:24am. I have to say this flight was pretty good, the plane had an on board movie Flawless with Demi Moore, kinda bad but still entertaining to watch. We left right on time with this flight the plane took off at exactly 12:24 so we were pretty excited!

But then from here it was a 4 hour wait in Mexico City for the next flight. Normally i sleep in the plane but my mom got sick during the first flight so i took care of her during the flight and by the time we got to Mexico city i was pooped!

I think they purposefully design these chairs to be very uncomfortable and not to be able to sleep on. This is my mom and me passed out while waiting for our next flight. You can thank my dad for these pictures.

I’m the queen of finding random places to sleep on and worming my way to making them somehow comfortable.

Once we got to Merida is was like walking into a very humid oven. It was soooooo hot but really after like a day i was used to it. Since at least the car and the hotel had a/c i was good.

In the airport was my family waiting and the newest addition to the family, my Oldest cousin Rocio had a baby 1year and 8 months ago. This adorable little girl is Valeria and I Love this little girl! Isn’t she cute?

Then we went out to eat at this one place which i don’t have a picture of for some reason, really good food and i ate Huevos Motulenos. This is one of my most favorite foods in the world and my mom makes it all the time! It’s typical food of this region! Then we went to our hotel to crash for the night since no one had really slept in a long time.

Next morning we went to the other hotel everyone else stayed at. We stayed at a very nice Holiday inn while the rest of the family stayed in this one ladies house. Like a bed and breakfast but it was weird and uncomfortable. The a/c didn’t work well neither did the toilets and I was glad we had gotten our own hotel instead. Here Valeria wanted to have her glasses on her head like me and once i got them on her head she wanted her picture taken! She’s so cute!

At breakfast with Rocio, the momma of Valeria. She’s 30 something from what i remember. Last time i saw her was at her wedding so it was so weird to see her as a mom now, but she’s a great mom!

After breakfast we headed for Dzibilchaltun (say that 5 times fast ) It’s one of the Mayan Pyramids around.

Dzibilchaltun is a smaller pyramid and it was a terrible walk to get there, we were being attacked by mosquitoes the entire way!

We then walked to a Cenote at Dzbilchaltun. The water was so clear and amazing, it was nice to take a dip! After this when we started walking out i saw a snake. Needless to say i freaked out, Now don’t think i freaked out like “oh oh a snake!” I saw the snake, ran as far away from it as my legs could take me then once i was away i collasped on the floor screaming my lungs out. Not sure if i’ve mentioned this before but i have a terrible phobia of snakes. I’m shaking now while i’m writing about seeing this snake. But well i guess my screaming scared everyone in the water since they thought that i got bitten by something in the water and when i screamed everyone jumped out of the Cenote as fast as they could. I was so embarrassed walking back since people were staring at me since after my little episode they closed the Cenote for the rest of the day. I kinda ruined those nice people’s day. After this we went to Progresso, Yucatan where i didn’t take any pictures sadly.

But we did have some yummy fish, i did have to make him face my mom though since i can’t eat anything that is staring at me…

This is after we got through the little guy, First thing my brother’s girlfriend said is that we didn’t eat the face. Of course i didn’t eat the face! Would you like someone else to eat your face? I couldn’t. Only reason i’m not a vegetarian is that baby cow taste too damn good to give up.

The Next day we went for a boat ride at Celestun, Yucatan to see Flamingos. The ride was terrifying, the driver drove way too fast and i swear that i thought the boat was going to break the entire ride.

Guy behind me is the boat driver. He seemed a little too smiley here…

But the view was amazing, the sky had just the right amount of clouds in it.

This Tree was FULL of pelicans! I wish i could have had a better picture since you can’t see them all but i swear it had like 30-40 pelicans in it.

Then the guy took us into this clearing in the trees, i swear it was like we were in jungle cruise at Disneyland but this time it was real!

Then afterwards we headed home to eat some dinner. We had Salbutes which were turkey tacos. Yummy!The next day i was sick So no pictures from this day, I was so sad to be sick since this was the day my family was going to Chichen Itza, the huge Mayan Pyramid thats uber popular.

The next day we went to Cancun, and i have to say i was disappointed. It’s so touristy and while some people have been saying that that is the point of Cancun I’d rather have regular old Mexico over Cancun any day. It’s like Las Vegas with a Beach.

Plus having my legs looks like this and itch like crazy also didn’t help my mood one bit. This wasn’t even the worst of it, it got worse as the vacation went on but i didn’t take pictures since it looked SOOO bad.

sitting at the beach playing with the baby! I’m the one in the black swimsuit with pink and while polka dots. Then it’s my Grandma in the wheelchair (she only has it since it’s easier for us when we travel since she can’t walk very fast), my mom in the beach swimsuit my aunt in the white shirt and my cousin behind the baby.

Cancun was so americanized we ate at Mcdonalds for lunch. since there were no Mexico places in the area… Seriously you fly thousands of miles to eat the same crap you find at home? No thanks…

Next day my dad was awesome and decided to go again to Chichen Itza since i missed it last time. right before we stopped at a restaurant where they had dancers dressed in the traditional clothing of the area.

We got to Chicen Itza and i was super excited! The atmosphere at the entrance was just full of excitement!

Chichen Itza was amazing! It’s something everyone needs to see at least once in their life!

A sign that says you can’t climb on the pyramids. while this would seem normal before you were allowed to climb up them. But then one day they discovered someone graffiti the top and they cleaned it up and closed it off. while it’s sucks to not be able to go up it it’s also good since this way they can preserve it for future generations to come!

This is something i love about Meixco, all around the pyramid were street vendors selling souvenirs. But a warning, if you ever go try your best to not speak English. The moment they know you aren’t Mexican they charge you more than regular. I was going to buy an umbrella since the sun was pounding and the price tag said 12 pesos. Thats about $1.20 USD so i was said ok i’ll take it. Then the lady pulls the price tag off and says no it’s 60 pesos about $6 USD. I then turn to my mom and in english say “well hey it’s still only about $6 bucks” The lady then goes, “Oh Americanos! 120 pesos! $12 USD. So thats my story of why you shouldn’t speak english! It sucks but they have to make a living as well i guess.

Now with my Phobia of Snakes people often wonder if i’m scared of any other animal. Well i’m not really. While i’d stay away from a raging lion i won’t freak out like i would a caged snake. I LOVE Frogs and Lizards too! So much so when we saw an iguana we ran close to it to get some pictures!

My boyfriend thinks that i’m not scared about the biting factor but the fact that it has no legs. The slithering gets to me… Oh i just got s chill down my spine thinking of that… :’(

second to last day there we headed to another Mayan Ruin and the beach. On the way we found this awesome site. Turns out hurricane Gilbert that came about 16 years ago wiped out most of the roads and cities nearby and made all this area flooded so the fishermen come here to park their boats.

No trip is complete without something weird happening to the car, while driving suddenly my dad kinda swerves then stops. He says he thinks we have a flat tire so we get out to look and this is what we see!

The tire expert of my boyfriend says that it’s a defect in the tire and that we were lucky that this didn’t pop while we were driving or it would have been pretty bad. WE saw this and then my dad was going to drive a bit to look for a place to change the tire and when he closed the driver side door it popped. Sounded like someone shooting a gun!

But they we still had a spare tire and this didn’t ruin our day at all!

We even still made it to the Mayan Ruins.

Awww the Baby being cute! This was at the beach after the pyramids, i didn’t’ go into the water since i was so burned from Cancun. So i spent the time taking pictures of the baby! She’s so cute!

and no trip is complete without some anime Merchandise! found this Hentai magazine but my mom wouldn’t let me get it. Mom’s are lame when it comes to pr0n.

But she did let me get these! Card Captor Sakura Manga Chapters In Spanish!

They were done really well, the translations were pretty good and they went from right to left as well.

this really was an amazing trip! i’m sorry for this super long post, it was supposed to be a post each day but i ended up being so tired every night that i couldn’t even get online to check comments sometimes. Well after this I’ve got one more post about this trip but more of Lelouch’s own Vacation. Expect that soon!

Oh and Happy Birthday to Benu from Anime Genesis!

While i was going to write daily posts about my trip looks like going from place to place wiped me out and i haven’t had a chance to sit down and write anything out. It’s beautiful here, other than the terrible weather, humidity and the mosquitoes. Oh and the diarrhea, yes a little too much information but i’m crapping my brains out. I’ve been watching what i eat this entire time but looks like one lemonade slipped past the radar and since it was made with tap water and now i’ve got the runs… I’ll be posting much much more about this trip when i get home since I’ve got a slow upload speed here and it’ll be impossible to upload all the beautiful pictures i’ve taken. But i’m so covered in mosquito bites, i’m covered in bites on my legs it’s terrible. These mosquitoes don’t understand that repellent means to stay away, It’s like i’m covered in honey or something.

Well tomorrow we are headed to Cancun! and it’s going to be freaking awesome! and then i think on Monday we are going to Chichén Itzá. We were supposed to go today but i got sick and stayed in my grandma’s hotel so we are all going again on Monday for me! YAY! Well i guess thats it for now, when i get more time at home i’ll do some posts about this trip since as i said the internets suck here.