Campeche chill

Hehe! Taking a break can be so nice! Here, in the lovely seaside town of Campeche, I got some time to take a hot shower (just when I was getting used to cold ones), shave and wash my dirty gringo clothes. Too much bus is really something to avoid, that I found out already after a week of travel!I took a major chill time in a super place called Monkey Hostal (which I recommend to everybody!), which has dormitories (so you sleep with a couple of other backpackers), a beautiful view of the pittoresque city church, breakfast and superspeed internet access for just 7 euro per night. A great deal, and also a good spot to meet other travelers. Very few tourists, but lots of guys and girls going somewhere down the road. But it also had another more unpleasant surprise : the first night, a Dutch couple (that I met on the bus from Chichen Itza) and a Portugese guy who were sleeping in my dorm got their wallets stolen! Just right there while they were sleeping! Nothing of my stuff got stolen, probably because the thief slipped in and out when I hadn´t gotten to bed yet, and I still had my money and valuables on me. Well, it was a major wake up call the next morning, in every sense! It could just have been me, especially because I hadn´t bothered to bag up and secure my wallet going to bed... Now I know again what those padlocks and secret pockets are for! Well, besides of that minor setback, the last 3 days have been great, just biking around in this very colorful colonial town, eating yummie Mexican food (viva enchiladas!), reading and enjoying the sun on the rooftop terrace of the hostal. The town centre is an Unesco World Heritage site and great to stroll around in, if you don´t mind the 1m high pavements. Life is pretty slow here, and I am getting nicely adjusted to the pace (although I still walk a lot quicker than any Mexican on the street) and the heat that´s picking up again. Christmas here is a surrealistic thing: Jezus es amor under a palm tree! I am leaving for Villahermosa tomorrow, which will be hectic because half of Mexico is on the move for Christmas. Hopefully I can still catch a bus further into Oaxaca : I have to get to a town called Lagunas, which I still have to find on a map. My roomie Kris, who´s visiting her AFS hostfamily over there, says it´s not even on there. So a great place to celebrate Christmas and New Year I´d say! Her sister is coming over as well, and we might head down to the Pacific coast for some sun, surf and beach afterwards. So if you don´t hear from me for a while from nowhere ville, no worries, I am doing fine! Feliz Navidad y Prospero Año Nuevo!