After some more reading by the pool and getting further tips from Aude over a drink, we have finally got some sort of a rough plan in our heads - at least for the next couple of weeks. We had played with an idea of renting a car to get around Yucatan in Mexico as it was recommended by quite a few of our friends, but at the end we decided on traveling with bus instead for a couple of reasons. First of all we have no idea how long we will be on the road in Mexic...

As there was no diving today we could have a leisurely morning. We went in search of a recommended tricycle food cart for breakfast. We were told that locals often have torta de cochinita pibil, slowly cooked juicy pulled pork inside a bread roll, before starting the day. No wonder why - it was delicious and very filling. To wash it down we got some freshly squeezed orange juice from the shop next door. And all for less than the price of one person's breakfast in...

Aude picked us up at 8:30am to take us to the ferry terminal, we were going to Cozumel which was a one hour ferry ride from Playa. There were a few surprises in store today, the first being how busy the ferry was and secondly how busy San Miguel de Cozumel was. For some unknown reason, David had thought that it was a sleepy wee island with not much going on - it couldn't have been further from the truth. For starters, Cozumel has the Yucatan's only deep water por...

Breakfast came out our room fridge this morning, the jet lag was wearing off and we needed to be at the dive shop for 8:30am. William, with 17 years diving experience in the Yucatan was our driver and guide today. He was taking us to two cenotes, again just south of Playa and surprisingly close to the main highway. At first glance Jardin del Eden (Eden Garden) Cenote just looked like a big swimming pool with beautiful green water. The pool was full of little tur...

We were headed for Akumal with Aude today, a short drive south from Playa, to dive and snorkel with turtles. Apparently the name of the place is derived from the Mayan words - Aku 'turtle' and Mal ' the place of'. The foreshore is a feeding ground for the turtles and the nearby reef is used as a resting station after feeding - we were guaranteed to see a turtle. Maria snorkeled from the beach but due to the swell and number of inexperienced snorkelers thrashing...