At least WE did not go to jail....

My, my, my, it has been a long time since we last posted. This is both a good and bad thing, i think- bad for you guys but good for us because it means we were having so much fun that we could just not bring ourselves to slow down and blog. Given the time passed, it is probably imperative that i bring you up to speed on where we are and where we have been...

First of all, after Cancun, Em and J.Jane headed to Playa Del Carmen, where we stayed at the famous Playa Hostel. Now, this is one of the better hostels i have ever stayed at. We had a private room (we do not do the dorm thing anymore) and, although the room was not the best i have ever seen, the atmosphere of the hostel totally made up for it. Imagine a giant indoor tree house. There were huge wood beams everywhere and hammocks hanging all around. The place had a roof top patio and communal kitchen, so it was really easy to cook for ourselves and meet people. Two of the best people we met at the hostel were Vicktor and Marcus, aka : The Sweds. Now, Vicktor and Marcus are unlike most of the travelers i have met- they are balls to the walls crazy each and every night. They told the funniest stories while getting drunk beyond belief. The best thing about The Sweds is that they taught us many many many new card games, all made for consuming absurd amounts of booze. After the games, all they wanted to do was dance, so to the parties we all went... and it was all crazy fun.

Well, almost all of it. One night after dinner, The Sweds came home with a gallon of vodka. While Em and I saw this as a scary thing, The Sweds were pumped. We continued to play our usual games, with the boys drinking vodka in place of beer... 3\4s of a gallon to be exact. At around 1am they vanished- Em and I assumed they went to the parties, so I set out to find them, partially worried I was going to find them in an ally somewhere. While I did not find them that night, I did meet a very nice boy from Israel named Guy. (which is a whole other story I will get into later) Anyway, the point is, I did not find them. The next day, Em and I were having lunch and we see The Sweds stumble by. When we asked what happened to them the night before they infored us that THEY WENT TO JAIL!!! ha ha ha- They are not too sue what they went for, but they said it was the dirtiest, most horrible thing ever, but agreed that it makes a great story, even though the police stole all their money.
After a series of odd events that Em and I would rather not discuss, we decided to move hostels, this time to a beautiful little hotel by the beach with hammocks and balconies. This is where our new Israeli friends were staying and they said they loved it. Once we moved there, we spent a ton of time playing cards, drinking coffee and running around Playa Del Carmen with the Israeli boys- Guy, Nadav and Allad. They boys also had some friends, Shiron and Dikla who were amazing and wonderful woman...we are very lucky to have met the entire Israeli crew.
Our time spent in Playa Del Carmen has been some of the best of the trip. After Playa, we decided to go with the Israelis to Tulum, which I will have to tell you about later. Oddly enough, I am sitting in a cafe in Isla Mujeres and who just walked in but The Sweds! What a small world this is... They have a case of beer and a deck of cards, so it looks as though I am done blogging for the evening. Like I said before, we are living the dream :)

shake what your mama gave ya,
j.jane and em.