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.

【紅霞譯文】

        我不斷環球旅行，每次旅途歸來不無傷感，最後一天永遠、永遠都是快樂出遊中情緒最低落的日子，這回也不例外。天下沒有不散的筵席﹗早晨剛剛醒來，我立馬心生惆悵，仙境般的生活即將離去。今天過後，我重返故地，回歸到那個貌似監獄的學校，無奈地做實驗寫報告，去摧殘大腦應對考試。我若不積極參與，後果不堪設想，起碼得早起趕往學校罰做早自習﹗

        本趟逍遙遊的行程太短，我尚未來得及適應輕鬆的氛圍。今天臨別前，我得閒到海邊做最後的辭行，如同往常出遊一樣，坎昆之行印象深刻受益匪淺，我定會用文字記錄下來，讓記憶栩栩如生。

        終於到了該離開的時刻，我們打點好行裝，被接送到機場辦理登機手續。坎昆國際機場看上去比費城國際機場要大出很多，高檔餐館時髦禮品店應接不暇，跟商場沒什麼兩樣，只不過價格不菲。琳琅滿目的物品並未吸引本人的注意力，相反，我一直念念不忘過去幾天耳聞目睹的瑪雅文化。瑪雅人相當獨特，與其它我所見識的民族不同，他們信仰的宗教注重科學邏輯，在我看來簡直不可思議，因為大多數文明社會只顧打理日常生活，而瑪雅人確實具有前瞻性，並勇於探索高深的天文學，我對那個時代瑪雅人的聰明才智佩服得五體投地。

        墨西哥與我們來之前想像的大相徑庭，坎昆和尤卡坦半島非常祥和，當地人特別友好，更使我們的渡假旅遊難以相忘。