It's a quick and easy hop, skip and jump to Cozumel from Tulum via Playa Del Carmen and Justin, Cori, Gina and I made the trip without any difficulties after returning the rental car to Thrifty in Playa. We found our way to our new digs, Casa Las Anclas, and met the new owner, Jim, who turned out to be from way 'Up-North' Wisconsin of all places. He gave us some recommendations for our time on the island and we wasted no time heading out to explore. We got some ...

After a quick flight from Mexico City and a night's layover in Cancun, we picked up our good friends, Justin and Cori Leste at Cancun International the following evening. We loaded up our tiny rental car and immediately hit the road, south... Tulum or Bust! We arrived a quick two hours later at The Secret Garden Hotel on a quiet backstreet in Tulum. We checked in and promptly headed back out to town to get some much needed tacos and cervezas in us. We stopped ...

After the 5 hour delay in Oaxaca, we were finally well and truly on our way. The bus ride took another 6.5 hours, passing the site of the protest which led to our delay, the beautiful dry, arid, rolling hills of Central Mexico and even an erupting volcano in the distance. Eventually though, we arrived at Mexico City's Tapo bus station and promptly grabbed a cab to our hood for the next couple of nights. With the advice of my dear friend Jacqui, we booked a spot...

The harsh reality of our 'vacation' in Aus and ultra-lux 5 days of all-inclusive living in Huatulco coming to an end hit us like a ton of bricks as we boarded the ADO bus for the 8 hour trip up the mountains to Oaxaca. Everyone talks about how curvy and windy the road is and thus how terrible a ride it is; so, we armed ourselves with Dramamine, a few snacks and then settled into our seats expecting the worse. In reality, it wasn't all that bad... Yes, the road ...

On Sunday morning, it was off to the airport. We bid our wonderful hosts Georgie and Matty adieu and checked into our separate flights from Sydney to L.A. See originally, we had planned that only I would go to Mexico, as it was my dear friend of 23 years, Selma Sue, that was getting married. However, in a moment of spontaneity in Puetro Galera, Philippines we made the executive decision to switch it up entirely. Instead of me going to Huatulco and back to Sydney...