I thought it was quite hilarious that cancun has a Ferragamo and Gucci store. It was as if they were trying too hard to create some sort of Fifth avenue/Rodeo Drive in Cancun. I've never seen a foreign place that was absolutely catered to American tourists.
Redneck American tourists think that Times Square is some sort of New York Mecca. That highly bothers me because I think Times Square is total rubbish. All of the eating establishments around there are overpriced and shit nosh.. most of the good food around there is either towards Hells Kitchen or kips bay.
Or maybe I'm just too much of an Urban snob. People have told me I carry this attitude that I'm better than everyone because I'm from manhattan, but I don't care. As far as Brooklyn, da bronx, or queens, I could never really picture myself living there. I couldn't even picture myself living somewhere north of central park either..
Okay, maybe I am an urban snob. This attitude as I've been told, even carries to my behaviours in LA. It's true, I think Hollywood/highland is a worse tourist trap than times square. There are certain places I will never go (because they scare the living shit out of me) like south central LA, and downtown LA past a certain hour.. Actually if you go drive around South Los angeles street near the flower district you'll see some of the most gnarly bums and craziest people ever. It's similar to the sketchy people you would find on market street near the tenderloin and Port authority bus terminal NYC in the 1980's at 3:oo AM. In LA, I never go below pico (unless its west of sepulveda) - east of the 110.. to hang out, I mainly stay in the area between santa monica-venice to downtown while never really bothering with the valley. f I'm stuck there I'm in the fairfax district, west hollywood, or bev, hills. and silverlake and echo park too... bleh la talk makes me sick.
So back to cancun. I digress.
The hotel I stayed at was very nice- It was an all inclusive resort where I had too many tipples.. mojitos, sex on the beaches, pina coladas, you name it! My sister managed to hang out with (and get in a car with) this guy named raul from cancun. He was very interesting, considering he cannot return to the USA because of his two DUI's.
I am not particularly fond of dancing but going to cocobongo was fun. It was peopple dressing up as christina aguilera, britney spears, and trying to imitate their videos. Oh and I saw a fake Ricki Martin on stage too.
My favourite part of the trip was any water related activity, like the beaches, snorkeling, and snuba-ing. I scratched my leg on a coral reef and i swear this big black fish was trying to sniff my bum while i was snorkeling. I liked swimming in the clean beaches. I don't mind california (pacific) beaches, like san clemente/oceanside/malibu but its nothing compared to cancun beaches. I still stand by this statement- east coast beaches are disgusting. Ew. atlantic ocean. The jersey shore and the long island excuse for beaches continue to disgust me. I can't swim in water that is literally blackish/green.
If I want to go to a good beach, looks like I have to fly two hours to an island like bermuda or aruba. Or southern california..
I loved ancient mayan civilization; I took a day trip to Chinchin Itza in the yucatan. That was very interesting indeed.
One day I'm going to travel to more exotic places but I don't think I'll ever beat peter's upcoming world tour. that sounds wonderful.
But australia- I don't think I will ever go there. It's too far and expensive. 22 hours on a plane for one destination is much to far. Once I thought about going there and a air ticket from LA was $1400 USD! I can go to LONDON and LA with that and have some leftover for Paris and Provence! It's probably not nearly as interesting as the EU or any place in Asia.
I'd go to India. Or Thailand for the full moon party. Malaysia would seem fun too. Luckily one of my best friends would show me around bangkok and koh samui!
The best part - my parents will never know where I'll end up in the world, LOL
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