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Playa del Carmen…oh dear, dear Playa

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

Playa del Carmen is about an hour south of Cancun. I got into town Friday night and walked through town and the thick heat, looking for the hostel I chose from my book. Playa is a much cooler town than Cancun – my first thoughts were of a tropical New Orleans, probably only because there’s a pedestrian-only street where all the action seems to happen – restaurants, bars, and shops. Lots and lots of shops with people trying to lure you in unrelentlessly.

So, I really didn’t do anything in Playa except lay on the beach. That’s it. Oh, and I’d go swimming in the Sea. Then lay on the beach. And then walk the beach and then swim in the sea, and then lay on the beach. The whole coast here is open to the public, not like in Cancun where the hotels own pieces of beach. [read on]

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Map of visited countries

Sunday, September 25th, 2005

So, this website www.world66.com has this feature where you can create a map of all the countries you´ve ever been to. It tells me to post some HTML code onto my blog and the map will appear. Let´s see if it works… [read on]

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Meager thoughts on Cancun

Sunday, September 25th, 2005

My Grandma and Grandpa dropped me off at the airport. I was plenty early, checked in, and still had two hours to wait. My first instinct was to grab my phone and call someone to chat away the time. It was kind of like quitting smoking – that dreaded feeling that my vice was no longer there for me and never would be again (of course, I will get a phone again someday, but not for a while). So I just sat there and stared and walked around and stared a little more and then read some, getting used to the feeling of being off by myself. I was still in Chicago, but I did feel like I was in a place quite foreign to me (I was at Midway airport which is quite unfamiliar to me these days). Finally, I boarded the plane, nerves tweaking slightly with anxiety, both good and bad. Of course, being myself, as soon as the plane took off, I passed out for a little snooze. [read on]

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The Double Life

Thursday, September 22nd, 2005

This is a poem that I got from a friend…it´s pretty awesome and did serve as an inspiration for this trip. [read on]

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Where in the world am I going?

Thursday, September 22nd, 2005

So, the top questions I get about my trip are:
Where are you going?
Where in Europe are you going?
Where´s your first stop?

First and foremost, I´m going everywhere but Europe. Don´t get me wrong, Europe is great and all, but the goal of this trip is to get as far from Western civilization as possible. Europe is pretty easily accessible, and I can go there whenever I do so desire to be somewhere similar to home without actually being there. [read on]

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Yes, this is it

Friday, September 9th, 2005

Hey y’all.

This is indeed the travel blog I’ve been talking about. There’s nothing here yet, but, hell, I haven’t even left yet. The date is September 21st – 12 days and counting (!) – check back later.

– Tania

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