Sunday 7 July - Wednesday 10 July San Cristobal de las Casas We arrived in San Cristobal around 11pm, only an hour and a half later than expected, and promptly had our taxi nabbed right from underneath our noses by this little chicita who giggled at us when we objected to her jumping into the only cab on the street - our cab! So we were left on the sidewalk in the dark, wishing we knew some more Mexican expletives! Luckily another cab came along soon enough...

Thursday 4 July - Saturday 6 July Palenque, Chiapas - Yaxchilan & Bonampak Ruins, Palenque Ruins, Misol-Ha & Agua Azul Cascadas After an event free overnight bus ride from Playa del Carmen, we arrived bright n early in Palenque on the 4th of July to be immediately accosted by Ivan (Eevan), a local tour operator offering 'the best and cheapest' tours to the sights around Palenque. Eevan did eventually bag our business mainly thanks to his well crafte...

Monday 1 July - Wednesday 3 July Playa del Carmen and Tulum, Mayan Riviera, Quintana Roo Back on mainland Mexico, our first job was to find a bed for the night. Not a difficult job considering its low season (apparently) and PdC is dominated by Hotels, Hostals and B&B's. Truth is I got hustled......a nice enough room but the promise of wifi and hot water never came to bear, and for the price we paid, those are basics in my book. So after refusing me a d...

Sunday 23 June - Monday 1 July Cozumel Island We decided to break up a 24hr bus journey to Cozumel Island with a stop over in Villahermosa for the night. There wasn't much of interest to us in Villahermosa, so we enjoyed a long lunch in town before boarding a night bus to Playa Del Carmen in Quintana Roo. After not much sleep and an air conditioner dripping water on me for 12 hours, we arrived in the pretty beach town of PdC, its a party town with loads of cl...

Monday 17 June - Saturday 22 June Oaxaca (pronounced Wahaca) We eased into the first of many bus trips, with a 6-hour GL (luxury) service from the Capital to the quaint city of Oaxaca. What a breath of fresh air (literally) this gorgeous little town was from MC. We loved wandering its low rise, colourful, cobbled streets, trying out traditional Oaxacan cuisine, including Agua Yoli (a fruity infused water), Chicken Mole (a spicy chocolate sauce) and Tlayunas (...