After breakfast we have a walk along the beach then drive off to the bridge over the lagoon to Celestun where boats with guide are available for hire to visit the huge colonies of flamingos. Unfortunately we are the only two people there which means we would have to pay the full price for the boat and guide. We wait for half an hour or so and just as we are about to give up, three other people arrive, two Germans and a Canadian. Problem solved for them and u...

We've decided to hire a car for a couple of weeks in Mexico. Bus transport is excellent here but there are so many places we want to visit and a car will give us the freedom to stop off anywhere we please and give us more flexibility of choice of hotels. We booked the smallest and cheapest available but they've given us a free upgrade to a VW Gol as there were none of our choice avaliable so we are quite delighted and they allowed both of us to drive with no e...