I wanted to head out and travel some more, so I made some plans for going to Cuba, but I had a couple of stops in Mexico City and Playa del Carmen before I went there. In Mexico City I would stay with my friend, Fernando, from Ollerup. He is studying there, so when he was at school I would have time on my own. I arrived when he was at school so I had arranged to meet a friend of my parents, Susana. She is a member of Servas and was more than glad to show me around in Coyoacán. This was a nice and relaxed part of Mexico City.
The next day when Fer was at school I went exploring on my own. I started at the zocalo and just walked around most of the day. Near the zocalo is a statue of the founding of Tenochtitlan, an Aztec legend says the gods told them to build the capitol where they found an eagle on a nopal eating a serpent. Today Mexico City is built on top of what used to be Tenochtitlan. The zocalo is located at the site of Tenochtitlan's original central plaza and market.
Later I met up with Fer and a friend at the famous cathedral across the zocalo. The rest of the day all of us walked around as tourist, since both of them come from different parts of Mexico. That night we met up with some more friends and we all went to Plaza Garibaldi where you every night can find loads of mariachi's. When we arrived in a car the mariachi's were jumping in front of the car to stop us and try to sell their music. It was crazy!! We went to the famous Salón Tenampa and had some great food and mescal accompanied by mariachi music :)
The next day Fer had a conference near Chapultepec, so I joined him there, and while he was in the conference I walked around in the bousque de Chapultepec. I had heard about the castle you can find in one part of the park, but it was on the other side of where I started so I decided to have a walk through the park before visiting the castle. The park was so big and so pretty!!
When I arrived to the castle it unfortunately had closed ten minutes ago... So I just got some pictures from below.
I still had some time before Fer finished up so I decided to walk to El Ángel de la Independencia. It is an impressive statue in the middle of a roundabout.
Mexico City is huge, and there is soo much to see, but unfortunately I only had 3 days to spend there. Muchissimas gracias por todo Fer!!!
I moved on to Cancún, and stayed there only one night. I met with a spanish guy who knew of a nice hostel in Playa del Carmen where he would be moving on to, so I joined him. Most of the people staying at the hostel at the moment were travellers living by selling their artscrafts. It was very interesting to see how they worked and to learn about how they travelled!
My first trip in Playa del Carmen I figured out on my own. I just catched a van to the ruins of Tulum. This is a ancient costal Mayan city whitch used to serve as a major port.
The next day I had ordered a tour to one of the 7 world wonders, Chichen Itza. This was a very nice and well preserved Mayan city!
My last day in Playa del Carmen I went to one of the theme parks, Xcaret. It was a huge park with lots of things to do and see. I was walking around all day, but I also got to do some snorkelig with turtles :D
Finishing off the day in the park they had an amazing show, telling the story of Mexico from the Mayans untill today! They played ancient games, danced so many different traditional dances and wore amazing and colorful costumes :)
This would end my time in Playa del Carmen, and the next day I had my flight to Havana, Cuba!!
