Playa del Carmen. Words which now strike fear into my heart, and make me want to run for cover. This place was every inch the tourist resort hellhole I do my utmost best to avoid at every cost. Arriving on the bus with my Oz companion in tow, and having now said a fond farewell to our two other travelling buddies, the place looked promisingly lively and bustling. A five minute stroll down the main street, however, quickly revealed the ugly truth, and I real...

Another very lengthy day (15 hours!) of travel took us over the border between Belize and Mexico, and dropped us straight into Tulum, Mexico. Whumph. And just like that, I was torn away from Belize, and thrown back into land of tacos and sombreros. Which, if it has to be done, Tulum is probably one of the least painful ways to go about it. Whilst arriving as the sun set and the mosquitoes started to gnaw on any limbs which remained uncovered, Tulum was quite ...

Ay Caramba guey, has a week really passed since my last update?! Let me therefore crack on with a brief update. Rounding off my significantly lengthier than intended stay in Mexico city with a visit to the National Museum of Anthropology, the Botanical Gardens and Frida Kahlo`s house, I finally felt like I had had my fill of the city`s offerings and so caught the very civilised and comfortable bus six hours south to Oaxaca. Oaxaca Having travelled h...

At the risk of starting to sound like a bit of a broken record: I have fallen in love again. This time the object of my adoration is Mexico City. Head over heels. 100% pure and unadulterated lust. I mean, really, the place is fanTABulous!! Colourful, chaotic, vibrant, vivacious. Crammed full of beautiful, fascinating and varied architecture, flambuoyant and naive art, a rich artistic history, brilliant poetry, literature and film, music bouncing off each ...