Monday, January 11, 2010

Miles to the Paradise, Part 1

The boys have arrived in Tulum, Mexico, where they expect to receive a pack with some support gear. In the meantime they try to raise some funds, chatting with tourists about their mission.

So, we have an opportunity to catch up with what's been going on with them during the last two months.

by FERENC IVANICS
After La Venta we picked the road that runs near the coastline. On our map the next town, Magallanes, figured as a major village, we thought that changing money won't be a problem there. Well, we thought wrong... The next town was El Paraíso on the map. When we asked how far it was, the answers ranged from 10 miles to 35, so we figured that with no Mexican pesos, but with a few pounds of bananas and a whole grilled chicken in our backpack it was possible to reach it in two days, tops.



With the sea on our left, swamps, lakes and coconut groves to our right (we managed to find a pretty effective, though hurtful, way to get to the sweet coconut-water inside the hard shell), in clouds of mosquitoes we began to walk to El Paraíso. After 15 miles we asked for directions, the locals told us that it was another 35 miles from there. Nice... Another day on coconut diet.


During a stop a family from a nearby ranch shared some tortilla and fresh fish with us, it was lovely. We spent the first night with the palm trees above us (well, not exactly above us, you shouldn't give the coconuts a chance to bomb your tents), the second one on the shore of a lagoon, near the beach. I was getting down with the flu then, in spite the idyllic surroundings I was sure the night would be a horror.


And it was, this environment is the breeding home of an insect called chaquiste (probably: sand fly). It's a lot smaller than mosquitoes, and a lot more irritating. It flies through mosquito nets, bites and leaves a mark. And to top the situation, by the night I was coming down with a fever. So, no sleep for me.


Miles to the Paradise, Part 2

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