isla mujeres

theres not much to tell! dan and i arrived at isla mujeres with kati and magda *germans*, at about 5, they checked into their hotel, and we into our hostel, poc na. they had lostour reservation and so pointed us to their only free room, a private with a tiny double bed. woohoo. the room was more like a cell though, with no power points, and the windows strangely high, and a concrete floor. we partied with a bottle of our new friend ron that evening and then went for a swim at the beach, a theme to be repeated in coming nights. for the next few days we tended to wake up about 9 spend a few hours at the beach, until it got too hot to handle at about 11 or 12. we had a siesta, more beach from 330 till 6 then dinner, drinks, swim and sleep. an easy life to say the least. dan and i moved into the same hotel as them for a bit of luxury (shower!). dan had his last night party which was a little tame after the previous nights rowdy efforts. we managed a swim before saluting dan off on his voyage to canada (not in the little boat). i spent the next few days with the germans, and then when they left, hung around the hostel as the weather got hotter, talking to teh plethora of israeilis, and the cool new yorkers about the annoying texan. also spent some time with sally and ellie, who we met in tulum. however they left me just a couple of hours ago for cuba. so now it is me, checking up on reality through email, organising more trips, dreaming about places to escape to, just as i'm on my way back to normality. not that i'm dreading it, nothing like it. i'm looking forward to seeing friends and family, listening to mum and dads stories from overseas, and leahs sydney adventures. i want to know how the third north trip to qld went. i want to get back into uni after just having balloted for some amazing subjects. in a way its nice that everyone i had got to knwo well *dan, teh germans, the brits( have all left before me, so that theres really not that much to say goodbye too. it gets to me that people say that they are giving up their freedom by going home. i guess i'm lucky that i haev a lot to look forward to! so i guess this is the last chapter of the mexico travels. but i will endevour to post photos to match the stories on my return. safe travels to all those who have moved on, and to the people in oz, see you soon!