Jono's Travel Blog

28/11/2010

There was a couple in the private room next to the dorm that were getting a bit intimate last night that kept we awake for a while but when I woke I still wasn’t in the best of shape. Regardless, I met a very lovely chick from mexico city, here on holiday she is training to teach foreigners Spanish. I asked her to teach me some for the rest of my time in GDL but as it goes I was heading off later in the day – still we exchanged emails.

I met with Lu after breakfast and went to collect some bikes that were offered for free. We were only able to cycle around for an hour before we had to return them but it was great because a lot of the roads are blocked off to usual traffic on Sundays to premote exersice and better health… also why the bikes were free too.

We stopped for lunch where Lu suggested I try Torte Ahogada, and it was another case of Mexican food being not too great...

The center of the city was absolutely packed with people doing their shopping and doing Mexican things, we wondered about and saw the sights in the center where soon after we headed back to the hostel where I learnt (for the moment) how to count in Spanish. My Spanish is slowly improving but hopefully towards the end of this trip in Latin America ill be able to hold a conversation.

Lu had to get her flight back to Mexico city and I chilled about before I had to leave to the main bus station at 8.30. I wanted to get local transportation there but it being a Sunday evening nothing was really running.

I didn’t have a choice and had to pay M$150 for a taxi to get there.

I paid for the bus ticket departing GDL at 22.00 arriving at Mexico city at 5.30.

I took some sleeping pills for the journey that worked for a little while but because of a crying baby behind me I didn’t sleep all that well.