Off The Beaten Track... Tam: We had heard that several hours away from Oaxaca were some beautiful beaches so we decided to chill by the Pacific ocean for a few days as we were ahead of schedule and anyways would be great to take it easy before hitting Mexico City ( with its population of over 20 million). What a great idea it was! After a hellish busride of about 8 hours winding around mountains for the entire trip (seriously rated one of the worst bus trips e...

In The Jungle The Mighty Jungle... Tam: It took only a comfortable 5 hours by OCC bus from San Cristobal to Palenque. As we got our bags, we definitely noticed we were back in the jungle. The heat was sticky and people were dressed in singlets and shorts. We hopped into a taxi and sped the 6kms to our accomodation, Mayabell in El Panchan, right inside the national park and only a few hundred metres from the ruins itself. Mayabell is a large property fully equi...

Our Favourite Things In Oaxaca Tam & Coxy • Drinking a Oaxaqueno hot chocolate out of a bowl in the Benito Juarez mercado served my a surly looking matron weilding a broom • Visiting a Mezcal distillery and drinking approximately 20 different kinds of Mezcal! My favourite was the anejo • Shopping for xmas presents and souvenirs at the markets of Santo Domingo & B. Juarez and talking to the many vendors along the way • Having a quiet beer on t...

Back to Mexico We Go... Tam: Knock, knock , knock.... Tamara! 6.30 in the morning, tucked away in bed only to be woken up by a knocking. What we thought was an afternoon shuttle bus back to Mexico was indeed a morning one! No time to wipe our bleary eyes, in 5 mins we were dressed and lugging oue backpacks up the road only to wait 20 mins for an Israeli couple to board the bus. 5 hours it should have taken us to San Cristobal, a lovely pretty town in the Chia...

Adios Mexico! Tam: Its now almost 9pm and we are in a little tiny town called Piste just 1 km from the ancient ruins in Chichen Itza. Its been a long long day but full of cool adventures. We said gooodbye to Playa which has been our home for the last 2 weeks. The school where we have studied Spanish, Academia Columbus was a great place to learn, spend time and meet some really nice people. We took advantage of activities such as Mexican cooking lessons (Las Fl...