Translation of levantamiento

I am hungry for some news and pictures. How is life in New York? Like in the movies? If so, do you have an extra room for a week or two? Michelle, Charlie and I returned from Italy after having a great vacation.
I even put on my Poncho, a plastic rain coat, in order to protect myself from the aircon-breeze. Somehow I managed to fall asleep and woke up at around six in the morning when we approach Palenque.
The express ferry took us to Macau, a Portuguese colony near the Chinese Guangdong province. Although the distance is not short the express ferry gets there in one hour and is totally modern and reliable.