Just a quick up-date as the spanish keyboard is somewhat of a challenge! We all made it safe and sound and are currently in Tulum. The flight down from Vancouver was relatively uneventful and the bus ride into Cancun was quick, painless, and cheaper than expected. We met up with Laura at the Holiday Inn and held our first in-country study tour meeting in the pool!
The big challenge of the night was finding affordable food as we were firmly in the tourist district of the City. Terin and Britt were challenged with the task of finding us some place cheap and quick to eat and despite the map issues (I didn´t help with this process) as Melody would say we finally found some great ¨street meat¨!
We left the city of Cancun this morning at 9 this morning to head to Tulum. The morning started out with a bit of excitement as Terin left the hotel without her passport and money!! It all worked out in the end as a quick (and thankfully cheap) cab ride back to the hotel solved the problem - She and Laura made it back with 15 minutes to spare before catching the bus.
After have a quick lunch break in Tulum we headed off to the Tulum Mayan City ruins where Kim and Rosalyn provided a great guided tour. The iguanas were as plentiful as I remember as were the tourists! After the tour we spent a couple of hours enjoying the beautiful and warm ocean waters - and of course getting a little sun!
We are staying at the Weary traveller Hostel and it is proving to be an expereince for some as we are staying in rooms that are not at all private - this is a new experience for some of the students. We´ve met some interesting people - one of the people in my room rode is bike from Vancouver!
That´s it for now - off to buy bus tickets for tomorrow. May not have internet access for a couple of days so don´´t worry if you do not hear from us.
Aggie
