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Well, I left Quetzaltengango in Guatemala about one and a half week ago and headed for Mexico City with stopovers in San Cristobal de las Casas in Chiapas and Oaxaca (both really nice places).

One of my last thing was going to Petén in Guatemala and see the touristy Maya ruins in Tikal and then a jungle trip to see the El Mirador ruins. During this trip and on the way from San Cristobal to Oaxaca I took three overnight bus rides in about one week and since I was not able to sleep much on these rides I think I prefer to fly when I need to stop by in Quetzaltengango to pick up part of my stuff on my way to Iceland.

I don't want to put down any rigid plans, but as a guideline I have put down this plan: Fly to Iceland at the end of May, go right away to Spain for two weeks with my family, spend 2-3 weeks in Iceland (all of which is pretty sure), go to Spain again in July, meet my cousin and his friends on the pilagrim's way to Santiago de Compostella, study some Spanish in Spain for some undetermined number of weeks and head down to Buenas Aires when the summer is about to start in the southern hemisphere (all of which is not so sure, except for the summer of course :-).

I have found a family to stay with here in Mexico City (or rather in the outskirts) and so far I have gone on one trip to Chiuhuahua and with the train from there to Los Mochis and Topolobampo on the Pacific with a stopover in Creel. Quite an amazing terrain the train traverses: Me and my friend had a lot of fun and some adventures thrills as well; missing the train in Creel and racing after it in an irritatibly slow taxi.

I am planning to stay here more or less until I head back to Iceland and further advance my Spanish knowledge.