Do Mexicans sleep at night?

I would have to say that for the majority of them, at least in my neighborhood, the answer is NO!
Obviously we have no air-con so we always have the doors open. We are on the second floor and have 2 balconies on either end of our room. In the back we have Niño, a very irritated boxer that loves to bark, along with his owners who stay very calm and quiet during the day and then break out the sub woofers at night. Two nights ago when I was sick it seems they were having a kids birthday party including balloons a pinata and a serious dance party that didnt start till 10 but went well past 3am... I got a bug and have been sick so I was trying to throw up in peace at like 2:20am and all I could here was the base bumpin and the kids screaming! I mean seriously... Not to mention the night before they were burning brush like 5 feet from our window at 2am. Our front we have a club across the street where you can only hear the music enough for it to bother you but not enough to understand the words-just a constant base pounding and there is also another apartment right outside of our balcony that like to put their dishes away and open and close their screen door like 500 times in the middle of the night. We are not planning on staying at this house forever but may need to move a bit out of town for some peace and quiet.
The day after the brush fire we went diving in the sea... It was great. We visited a ship wreck surrounded by about 20 huge barracuda, a massive school of some type of tuna and even a turtle. On the second dive we saw about 4 turtles, loads of schools of fish, a bunch more HUGE barracuda and we are really excited about the diving here. The current is qute strong at all the divesites so for most you just drift with it and the boat picks you up once your dive is over... We are excited to do some more diving, they have quite a few bull sharks here and even have shark dive we might try as well. I should be getting all my meterials for my IDC soon and will have to start studying... Well, need to go do some laundry. xo

Tulum

There are iguanas everywhere

Cam and I went down to Tulum (one hour south) to check out the Ruins. They were beautiful mostly because of the backdrop. Bright turquoise sea... We are thinking of heading to Chichen Itza which seems to be the most spectacular Ruins around (3 hr bus ride).

I have signed up for my Instructor Course which will be in Manzanillo (on the Pacific side) and will be starting in March. We have a spent a few nights out and am happy to say there are many bars to chose from and even more exciting is that about 75% of then have live music every night.

We watched the lunar eclipse the other night after having eaten at a place called Dr. Taco. I dont know if I will ever get sick of Mexican food... Spent a few days on the beach and on our roof working on the tans... Plan to head over to Cozumel to check it out this week.

Hope all is well with everyone!

Cenote Diving

Here are some Pictures from the Cenote diving. You literally walk into a pond in the jungle and go diving. It's awesome.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY FROM MEXICO!

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Pics from home

Cameron's most loyal fan club:)
Erin's surprise partyIn the Natural History Museum in DC

Playa del Carmen

Well, We've been in Mexico for a few days and alot has happened. We have gone diving in the cenotes... Sooooo amazing. I have some pictures I will try to post soon. We have moved into a big house with a Mexican girl named Sara, an Italian guy and Jessi!!! She has moved here for a bit as well. Cam started his cave course yesterday and is loving it. Jessi and I are going to start Spanish classes next Monday and until then plan to go diving in the sea and maybe head over to Cozumel for a day. It is beautiful here and there are so many restaraunts and shops and we only live 2 blocks from Walmart! It's awesome. Im glad to have a house so we can cook and have been doing so, it can be really expensive to eat out all the time.
I plan on working on my español and tan until I start my Instructor course in March.
I will write more later, got to go pick up my laundry...
xo

We are OFF!!!

Spent the last few weeks in the states... It's been great but ready to head off again.
Look out MEXICO here we come!