There is not really much to be said about a day on the beach. A late start, lazy breakfast and gentle relaxing in the sunshine, with brief dips in the sea to cool off. Diana headed off to book a massage and got a deal which gave her two (the second one arranged for monday). There is something incredibly relaxing about lying on the beach and listening to the waves and the wind in the palm trees whilst having someone pommell your muscles.

Today was officially an early start however we were both awake far before the alarm. The coach picked us up for our Coba Mayan experience at 7.15am. After what seemed like a few false turns and one more pick up, we were given coffee, juice and some strange pastries and headed off along the road towards Coba in a coach that seemed to have forgotten it had air conditioning. When we arrived at Coba the air seemed quite positively cool. After a quick restroom break w...

Despite having convinced ourselves that we would never make it up early enough to see the sunrise over the sea we actually woke up at 5am (again) so headed for the beach armed with our cameras. A slightly cloudy sky was lit up beautifully with orange, pink and golden colours. We headed for breakfast and then dressed (or is that undressed) for the beach. We situated ourselves near the beach volleyball court which provided some gentle entertainment. After a light l...

Early to bed tends to mean early to wake up, certainly when your body clock is 6 hours adrift! We had been told, the night before, that we needed to meet Carlos at 8.30am which we had thought was going to be a real challenge! It wasn't, in fact we had even managed a leisurely and generous breakfast beforehand. Carlos had many things to tell us, probably most important (but least interesting) is that we would be charged £40, or it's Mexican equivalent, to leave...

Having weighed down our luggage with snorkel and fins we were determined to make use of them. Carlos had explained that the island of Cozumel, visible from our hotel beach was a popular destination for snorkellers and divers alike. So we, feeling like intrepid explorers, headed off to the island. The journey was long and arduous, it began with a stroll along the beach, paddling in the sea most of the way, to the ferry terminal at Playa del Carmen. There, having m...