Day 15: Finalmente, el Final

Day 15 was spent traveling back to Merida and Day 16 was spent traveling back to Cancun.... and America!

So welcome to my final Mexico post.

Day 15 started with us getting gas. In Mexico, you have to get out of the car when you get gas cause they think the cars are gonna blow up.

The car ride was spent writing my short story that I should be working on right now....

In Merida I got lunch at La Parranda.

I had chicken quesadillas, which ended up being the tastiest things I have ever eaten in my entire life.

I then walked around Merida for the last time. I saw this magazine for sale and got excited!

Glad to see they love Miley in Mexico too! : )

After walking about and resting, we had dinner at Casa de Frida for the last time.

For an appetizer I had plantain and rice soup. They brought the plantains and rice separately so you could add them to the soup to your liking.

For dinner I had this delicious steak. It tasted SO good, but was kinda pink. So I didn't want to eat it and die, but it tasted so good that I kept eating....

And then we headed back to sleep in Mexico for the last time! Wasn't day 15 fast?

Day 16 started with our final breakfast. Don't I look stellar in this picture?!

We then said goodbye to Carlos and his gf (she is the cook at Casa de Frida btw).

We got to the airport where we stood (or sat) around for a while.

(I love my facial expression in this picture)

Then we went through the customs/security again. I kept thinking I had something illegal on me, but I guess I didn't. I didn't get patted down this time.

And finally we were on the plane! My window looked right out to where they were loading luggage. They were really rough with it, just tossing it onto the conveyor belt thing. There's my black luggage in the middle of the belt!

Our flight attendent looked exotic and cool.

I thought I would be sitting next to a fellow student, but this random guy came and sat next to me.

Before we took off, I looked at the luggage people. After breaking every single fragile, valuable thing in every person's luggage, they figured they'd rest for a while.

And we were off.

I got back to NJ around 1am and the first thing I did....

Was check on Richard Parker of course!

Thanks for reading about my Mexican adventures! I hope I wasn't too boring and didn't take all horrible pictures. OH! Speaking of pictures, I forgot to include one of my favorite pictures in an older entry.

Look at the bottom rightish area for a pretty sweet action shot!

Day 14: Gotta Catch 'Em All

Day 14 was one of my favorite days!

We went fishing in the Gulf of Mexico!

At first, I wasn't so sure if I'd like it. After all, there were no fishing poles! We had to just throw out the line, then when we felt a tug, pull in the line. I figured that doing that with your bare hands would result in some pain. But it was fun!

Two people fished at a time. Christina and I were up first. Christina was the first one to catch a fish, and it was a decent sized barracuda.

Christina swapped places with Liz while I still waited for my first bite.

Then Liz caught one.

Then I felt worthless as Colleen switched with Liz and I still waited for my first bite.

Then Colleen caught one!

I was getting ready to cry when I got a bite! I pulled in my tiny barracuda.

But at least I caught something!

But after some cycling, I was up again, and this time I caught a bigger one!

Look how big it is! I think I had the biggest fish on our boat.

Altogether, we all caught 2 fish each.

When we got to the beach, I took a pic with my boat and our cool captain, Ángel.

The captains of the fishing boats then cooked the fish we caught that day! First they made ceviche. Of course I didn't have any!

But they also made all of these dishes....

So I just starved a little.
But one of the nice captains sailed back to the mainland and brought me back some delicious chicken!

Wasn't that nice? I felt bad he had to go back just for me, but it was so good, so I'm glad he did.

Then I took a stroll around the beach and found wood, a dead dolphin and plants.

After our fishtastic lunch, we headed back to the hotel. So of course I took the free time to walk around town.

I found this cyber cafe named after my BFF.

And el Palacio de Polt in Rio Lagartos was a little tacky with those horse heads all around.

And at the local high school, I found a goat tied up. I guess it's the school mascot or a class pet or something?

Then for dinner we headed back to Isla Contoy for the 3rd time.

I had some amazing grilled chicken.

Day 14 was Carlos' birthday! So his gf made him a cake and we sang to him.

Lindsay (the one I fed my marshmallow to) took another amazing picture (right side).

We headed back to the hotel for more birthday festivities. Someone got a piñata.

In order to attack the poor cow, you had to take a shot of tequila.

Here are some people swinging.

As you can see, a lot of people were kind of off in their aim. That's because Carlos had the piñata tied to a string and he kept moving it around when the people got close. He often swung the piñata so it attacked my schoolmates, which was kind of hilarious.

Well finally, it was cracked open and Mexican candy fell about.

Now those of you who know me are probably thinking I was thrilled that candy was all around for the taking.
And I was. Until I tried it....
Pretty much every piece of candy LOOKED like it was going to taste good, but had a chile center. And I don't really like spicy candy....