First two nights in el Puerto de Veracruz spent in a hotel (Hotel Delfines) due to a planning mix-up on the part of Julieta´s family (yay mix-ups!). Tonight staying at the abuela´s house and tomorrow night we head to Huatulco, Oaxaca. YAY!!! (It´s been fun hanging with the nephews and cousins and aunts and inlaws, etc., but the best beaches in the world are seeming awfully appetizing right now...)

Yesterday we went to San Juan Ulua, the fort where Cortes arrived and that later became a prison, and today went to Boca del Rio and walked around and came back. Nothing life-changing so far, but it´s been fun and relaxing and very, very warm. And went on a photo frenzy yesterday that got me quite creatively buzzed. Julieta is good inspiration for such events, what with being a ¨real¨ photographer and all...

Oh, and there is definitely some weird conspiracy to sabatoge my vegetarianism down here. Like, for example, at comida today, Julieta´s aunt tried to convince me that a dish was vegetarian by reasoning that her neighbour who had made it was Zapatista. Like all Zapatistas are vegetarian or something... Got Gaby, Julieta´s sister, to taste the dark morsel looking oddly like carne but which was said to be hongo (mushroom) and, sure enough, it was indeed meat. Go figure.

May take tomorrow to myself and head up to Jalapa and let Julieta spend some quality time with the fam. Thinking white water rafting, but prices are a bit steep (almost 600 pesos for 3 hours, plus transportation, food, etc.) - waiting to hear back from Israel to see if he finds anything better...

Been at this internet cafe for like 3 hours now, I think, making plans for Zipolite and checking piled up e-mail and other non-vacation-type silliness... That´s ridiculous. Signing off.