After a few too many drinks last night with our new friend Leni, who turns out to be from Bournemouth, we all (including leni) decided that we would head down to Coba (around 40km east of Tulum) for a day trip to visit some mayan temples. The trip down on the coach was pleasant and upon getting off we proceeded down past a crocodile infested lake (where our first crocodile of around 6 foot was spotted) to the entrance to the Ruins. Set in the heart of a little Ju...

Hello AllAfter what turned out to be a very cold night in our new hostel, Hostel Lobo, Simon, Fran and I woke to some serious sunshine, which made us spring out of bed. At our hostel we have free use of internet connection and free use of their bikes, which have no brakes, to brake you must pedal backwards, so we decided to put these to good use and head down to some Cenotes, flooded caves, west of Tulum! After a 6km ride to the caves in the morning sunshine we r...