Isla Mujeres is a beautiful little island in the bright turquoise Caribbean Sea. It is a very touristy place. We had to stop overnight in Cancún because that is where the boats depart for Isla Mujeres. Helena was convinced there were bedbugs in our hostel in Cancún and she didn't sleep a wink for worrying about them but I was so tired after the two big nights out in Mérida and a long day walking around Chichén Itzá in the heat that I was out for the count s...

Chichén Itzá is an ancient Mayan city and one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. I had a tiring day trekking around the site in the sweltering heat - it was an amazing, exciting place to visit. The main building, El Castillo, is extremely impressive - a huge pyramid with steps on each side guarded by stone serpents. It was built in accordance with the movements of the sun and on both the Spring and Autumn equinox shadows in the shape of a serpent are cr...

Mérida is a great city and we had a lot of fun there. When Helena and I arrived in the early evening, after eight and a half hours on the bus from Palenque, we were starving so we went straight out for tacos washed down with Corona beers. The town seemed eerily deserted and most places were closed but when we came back later the main square was packed with people - they must come out late at night. We went to a cool bar where we could sit outside, which was goo...

From San Cristóbal I took a bus to the town of Palenque, making a few stops along the way... Agua Azul is a large complex of beautiful waterfalls and turquoise pools, some of which visitors can swim in. There are paths leading up through the jungle to see different parts of the river and waterfalls. Along the path are many little shops and stalls plus some restaurants and lodgings. As the bus approached Agua Azul some people came and blocked the road, begging ...

San Cristóbal de las Casas is a very pretty town in the Chiapas region of Mexico, it's a quirky place with cobbled streets and brightly-coloured buildings. In the morning I took a walk up to the Iglesia de Guadalupe church on a hill overlooking the town and then headed down into the centre for a nice breakfast with a chocolate milkshake After walking around for a while we started to fade from the heat so we caught a little trolley-bus that drives around the to...