instead of wandering the city after class i booked my next couple of weeks. i'll be staying in san miguel for one more week (instead of leaving this weekend as i previously thought), then taking a bus to mexico city. juniper and i are going to the bus station tomorrow to check it out, she's leaving saturday and i just want to see what i'm in for. i have visions of checking my bag, then watching from the bus as someone walks off with it. but rebecca has been riding the buses here for a while and says its pretty safe, the seats are comfy, and there are little tv screens on the seat backs, that its even better than planes. the inexperienced traveler in me definitely wants to see that before i have no other choice.
i'm staying in mexico city for 4 days, just enough time to see the pyramids, the anthropology museum and diego rivera's murals. then a flight to mazatlan for a week of beach and relaxing. i hadn't planned on mazatlan when originally thinking about this trip but the name got stuck in my head, and i just like saying 'mazatlan' out loud. so i'm going.
i booked a room in mazatlan that is a bit over my daily budget but its oceanfront with a balcony, and i couldn't resist. on kauai that would be at least a $400ish/night room, but here its only $50 (and i have my own bathroom too!). and although its above budget...why not? so that brings up the dilemma, travel and see the world for a year on a budget, or live like a queen for 8 months? i know how to scrimp and save and be frugal, but when will i get to do this again?
tough decisions...
if i keep making my travel plans while drinking homemade margaritas i might be broke and back home in a couple months :)
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Spent my spring break from college in Mazatlan, loved it, but that was many years ago 1973! There were guards in the hotel lobbys with guns guarding the places, so not much has changed. ENjoy it I did, it was a wonderful experience.
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