2014-10-05

【Aiden in English】

        I've traveled around the globe and feel like the same thing every time. The last day is always, always the time when my perfect vocation gets ruined. The moment I woke up today, I was filled with sorrow, knowing that today would be the last day of paradise in Mexico. Once I return, I'll be going back to something like a prison called school and forced to do experiments on paper that hurts the brain and that measures my intellect. If I decided not to cooperate, the punishment would be horrible. I would be asked to wake up and go to school early!

        My getaway is too short for me to get used to the relaxing atmosphere. As I walked along the beach for one final time, I knew that this trip would be just like my other trips to be remembered, preserved, and recorded in my journal for as long as I live.

        At last, it was time to leave. Our bags were packed and ready to go. We were escorted to the airport and checked in. The Cancun International Airport (CUN) looked pretty big compared to the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL). There were fancy restaurants and souvenir shops all over the places. It seemed like a mall, but a really, really expensive mall. As much as it was an amazing sight, I wasn't really in the moment. All that time, I was reflecting on this getaway and the information on the Mayan culture. The Mayans were really unique like no other cultures I've ever seen. Impressively, their religion was based off of science and logic. It sounded so alien to me because most civilization went by simple daily routines. The Mayans took it a step farther and explored the advanced astronomy. I am stunned about the Mayan intelligence at their time.

        Mexico is very different from what we look at it back home. Both Cancun and Yucatan Peninsula are pretty peaceful and its citizens are extremely friendly, which have made our vacation memorable.

【红霞译文】

        我不断环球旅行，每次旅途归来不无伤感，最后一天永远、永远都是快乐出游中情绪最低落的日子，这回也不例外。天下没有不散的筵席﹗早晨刚刚醒来，我立马心生惆怅，仙境般的生活即将离去。今天过后，我重返故地，回归到那个貌似监狱的学校，无奈地做实验写报告，去摧残大脑应对考试。我若不积极参与，后果不堪设想，起码得早起赶往学校罚做早自习﹗

        本趟逍遥游的行程太短，我尚未来得及适应轻松的氛围。今天临别前，我得闲到海边做最后的辞行，如同往常出游一样，坎昆之行印象深刻受益匪浅，我定会用文字记录下来，让记忆栩栩如生。

        终于到了该离开的时刻，我们打点好行装，被接送到机场办理登机手续。坎昆国际机场看上去比费城国际机场要大出很多，高档餐馆时髦礼品店应接不暇，跟商场没什么两样，只不过价格不菲。琳琅满目的物品并未吸引本人的注意力，相反，我一直念念不忘过去几天耳闻目睹的玛雅文化。玛雅人相当独特，与其它我所见识的民族不同，他们信仰的宗教注重科学逻辑，在我看来简直不可思议，因为大多数文明社会只顾打理日常生活，而玛雅人确实具有前瞻性，并勇于探索高深的天文学，我对那个时代玛雅人的聪明才智佩服得五体投地。

        墨西哥与我们来之前想像的大相径庭，坎昆和尤卡坦半岛非常祥和，当地人特别友好，更使我们的渡假旅游难以相忘。