Wanderings in space and time

'-Have you ever transcended space and time?'

'-Yes. Space, but not time. No, I have no idea what you are talking about.'

I am leaving behind today at midnight Mexico DF, which has been my welcoming home for almost three months now. Welcoming, except of course for the time when Christos, my flatmate was robbed by two guys and a gun outside our door. But I try to pass this off, because it can happen anytime and anywhere, especially when you live in such a huge and chaotic city.

I promised (myself, I didn't let anybody else know) that I would keep a brief, funny, entertaining yet insightful diary of my stay here on this very blog; keep an account of the difficulties and wonders I may encounter when interacting with this different and sometimes puzzling culture. Needless to say (and clear to see) this did not happen in the slightest. So hereby, I am making the promise in 'public' that I will try to document the next 3 weeks and some days to come, when I will be rushing through some of Central and South America in my desperate attempt to see all the wonders of this part of the world. Let us see if this time I can live up to the plan. Following is my itinerary, for numerous reasons: so you can keep track of me, appreciate in one breath the 'locura' of the situation and not the least to already make an excuse if all this does not happen, 'Just look at my plan! There was no way I was going to be able to find a computer, let alone reflect in writing on anything that is going on!'

Nov. 25. Taking night bus to the capital of Oaxaca state, Oaxaca.

Nov. 26. Visiting Monte Alban and then setting out for Hierve del Agua and spending the night there

Nov. 27. Seeing a bit of Oaxaca, before taking a 14-16 hour busride to Palenque in the southern state of Chiapas

Nov. 28. Take a 5am. bus through Yaxchilan, cross the river to Guatemala, take another bus to Flores

Nov. 29-Dec. 1. Enjoy the island of Flores, the city of Santa Elena and the Mayan ruins of Tikal

Dec. 2. Arrival to Panama City and reuniting with Camden

Dec.3. 5am jeep taking us to the other side of the country to take a boat (sailboat, yacht or a tanker? unknown as of now) to Cartegna in Colombia

Dec. 3-8/9. Fighting sea-sickness and visiting some of the uninhabited islands of San Blas

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Further plans are fuzzy. Depending on arrival of the boat, hopefully visiting Medellin and on the 13th flying out of Bogota, Lima bound. There I am at the mercy of my dear and totally crazy friends. Budapest bound on the 22nd of December. Hope you hear from me soon.