playa del carmen

in playa del carmen, which is super close to cancun.

and you can tell.

this place is, naturally, hot and humid. but the beach is beautiful, and i can see the waters hitting the shore from the terrace of our hotel room.

but it is a city full of tourists. i took out money yesterday and the atm gave me u.s. dollars. in a weird way, being here feels like foreign territory after two-plus months of living and travelling in generally non-tourist cities.

i'm afraid the overabundance of english-speaking mexicans here will break down my spanish-speaking drive when it comes to interacting with people outside of my friends in the program. we'll see.

i'm on the beach until sunday morning, when i'm going to take a plane to mexico city and enjoy mexico for one last night before my international flight on monday. i can't wait to be in mexico city one last time before home.

but more that anything, i'm happy to be coming home so soon. excited for seattle, and my family and my friends, and seeing hudson, and going to dinner, and walking around in places that i know and remember, and yakima, and sitting around and relaxing without lugging around a bag full of clothes and computer for once. i'm just ready to be home at this point.

in the meantime, though, i'll enjoy the beach...