It’s 4:00 a.m. and Nick has been violently hurling into the toilet considering that midnight. Our minibus to take us on the 10 hour journey from one of our much-loved cities in Mexico (San Cristobal) to Guatemala is due to arrive in three hours.
But before we get to the travel day, let me rewind a few hours to see how this all happened…
Dariece: “This is our last night in Mexico, considering that we’ve been eating lots of international food lately, let’s go out for one last fantastic Mexican meal!”
Nick: “Sounds good. Isn’t it awesome that we’ve travelled through Mexico for nearly 6 months and have never been sick?”
I don’t know why he chose to jinx us on our last day in Mexico…
San Cristobal has some delicious international foods – check out the Thai restaurant and the Italian white wine bar!
At the popular Mexican restaurant, I selected al pastor meat, while Nick went for the chorizo. We inhaled our fantastic burritos covered with all sorts of spicy salsas and sauces, and drank our final Dos Equis beers. We were feeling a bit sad to be leaving a country we love so much, one that stole our backpacker hearts.
Later that night, while dying on the shower room floor, Nick wasn’t feeling the Mexican love. The pains and cramps in his stomach were unbearable, he couldn’t get comfortable and was having hot flashes, followed by cold shivers. It was official, he had food poisoning.
At 4:00 a.m. when it became clear that we wouldn’t be going on our pre-paid bus in 3 hours, I went downstairs to chat with the 24 hour receptionist. We were staying at Rossco Backpackers Hostel and I told the friendly man that we needed to cancel the bus. The staff member waited until the bus company opened at 6:00 a.m. and then came up to our room to deliver the bad news.
We could cancel the bus, but wouldn’t receive any sort of refunds. He was very apologetic and felt really bad about not being able to sort out a deal with the company for us, but we didn’t care about the money, all that mattered was that Nick was able to sleep and feel better.
We’re pretty sure this was the culprit…
If there’s one thing we’ve learned after 5 years on the road, it’s to never travel while having food poisoning. too lots of times we endured travel days that consisted of us throwing-up into plastic bags, puking out the window of a bus, or nearly shitting our pants (literally).
It’s embarrassing to be ill in front of people and it’s disgusting for the other passengers of the automobile who have to listen to it! For us, it doesn’t matter how much money we’ll lose out on, if we’re sick, we’ll spend the day in bed rather than trying to survive a day of travel.
So, we spent another night in our comfortable room at the hostel. considering that I wanted to take care of Nick and didn’t feel like going out and dining alone. The hostel bought a Domino’s Pizza for me! Yep, I had a very American meal in Mexico. However, for my other meals, it was great that Rossco had a communal kitchen so I could make myself some food, and prepare soup and tea for my sick spouse. during that extra day at the hostel, the staff still tried their best to get our money back from the bus company. Talk about going above and beyond.
A charming room at Rossco Backpackers
After a full 34 hours of being exceptionally ill, Nick finally came around and was able to get on a bus bound for Guatemala.
The minibus was filled with 16 other westerners and one Mexican national. It picked us up at 7:30 a.m., but considering that we waited until the last possible moment to book our bus ticket (to make sure Nick could manage a travel day), this indicated that we were the last people to be picked up. We were stuck at the very back of the minibus with seats that were incapable of reclining, and a very grumpy English woman in the seat in front of us that insisted on reclining her chair…all the way back, into Nick’s lap.
Not the best start.
Es war ein vollwertiger Minibus von Menschen, die zur guatemaltenten Grenze gingen
But, not even a grumpy backpacker or food poisoning could spoil this journey for us. We were so ecstatic to be heading additionally into Latin America and stamping into our 46th country! The ride on the Mexican side was smooth and simple. Our minibus cruised along the well-paved roads with ease, passing by beautiful farmland with the morning mist still hovering over the crops. The scenery was extraordinary and after three hours, we stopped for a breakfast break.
Now, if there’s another thing we’ve learned from backpacking the world, it’s to bring our own food on travel days! The bus stopped at a normal vacationer trap, which served a cold buffet breakfast at 95 pesos / person (that’s nearly $8 Canadian!) AsDie Leute beschweren sich über ihr überteuertes Frühstück, wir zogen kalt, übrig gebliebene Pizza, Obst und Cracker.
Gegen Mittag kamen wir in der staubigen Grenzstadt an und nachdem wir 20 Pesos (1,30 USD) bezahlt hatten, wurden wir offiziell in Guatemala gestempelt. Aber die Reise war noch nicht vorbei.
Guatemala!
Wir transportierten Busse und nach weiteren 5 Stunden Wickeln durch den Bergbereich kamen wir am außergewöhnlichen Lake Atitlan an! Der Minibus ließ uns in Panajachel, der größten Stadt des Sees, ab, und von dort aus stiegen wir in unser erstes Lancha (Taxiboot), um uns zum privaten Dock des charmanten Uxlabil-Öko-Hotel zu bringen, in dem wir 5 Nächte verbringen würden. Wir befinden uns außerhalb des kleinen Dorfes San Juan und wussten, dass dies ein außergewöhnlicher Ort für uns sein würde, sobald wir ankamen. Wir wurden von den lächelnden Gesichtern des Personals begrüßt und konnten es kaum erwarten, einzuchecken.
Unser erstes Lancha -Boot
Wir haben ungefähr 10,5 Stunden gebraucht, um von San Cristobal nach San Juan zu gelangen, und meiner Meinung nach war die Reise ein ziemlich grundlegender Prozess … aber es war absolut nicht die einfachste Aufgabe, die Nick unternommen hat. Wir freuen uns sehr, berichten zu können, dass er die Reise überlebt hat (obwohl er noch 5 Tage lang krank war!)
Guatemala, wir sind angekommen?
Weitere Informationen zum Erreichen von Mexiko nach Guatemala finden Sie unter wesentliche Ideen und Informationen: Grenzübergang von Mexiko nach Guatemala
Weitere Informationen zu San Cristobal (eine Stadt, die wir lieben!), Schauen Sie sich unseren Beitrag an, den wir letztes Jahr nach 5 Tagen in der Stadt geschrieben haben.
Wir lieben San Cristobal!
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Ein großes Dankeschön an den Hostels Club und das Personal und Eigentümer von Rossco Backpackers Hostel! Alle gingen alles, um uns zu helfen und waren sehr zuvorkommend. Dies war unser zweites Mal im Hostel und wir empfehlen es jedem. Ein weiteres großes Dankeschön geht an die Mitarbeiter des Uxlabil Eco Hotel, alle waren so toll, die Aussicht war außergewöhnlich und wir haben unser Zimmer und das Essen im Restaurant absolut geliebt!
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