We left the bright lights of Playa today, and although we were advised against going there, we are really glad that we did. After a damn near perfect cup of tea (the good cup of tea hunt became quite a challenge once we started getting withdraw...sorry to be so typically Britishl!) we headed off to Cancun, where we unfortunately had to spend a night before getting a morning ferry to Isla Mujeres. Cancun is pretty much the big city with no character that I expecte...

This morning we woke up after a fantastic nights sleep in our new posh hotel room..well, it is posh by our standards! I can´t believe we spent the same on a hostel that was a total dive! Yesterday and today were beach days, simply chilling out days. There are lots of excursions that you can do from Playa, but they are things that we have already done elsewhere (ruins, snorkeling, zoos, jungle etc). The trips we took previously were absolutely amazing and we did...

Yesterday Ian was feeling ill again so we stayed in Chetumal and spent the day in our hotel room watching cheesy films! Today, he was feeling a bit perkier so we decided to head up to Playa del Carmen. We had intended to get a 2nd class bus (since the chicken buses hadn´t exactly set a very high standard!), but it was cancelled so we ended up on a very swanky coach with a loo, AC, TV and more comfortable seats than you will ever find in the UK! Because Ian was ...

We decided not to hang around Sarteneja for another day, it was a pretty little place but didn´t have much to keep us there and we fancied a bit more time in Mexico instead. So what did we learn about Belize?... * The people are really fun and friendly and even any beggars in Belize City would make you smile as you walked past with their banter * The bus drivers have very weird taste in music and like to play it at deafening levels that could crush a man´s sk...

Today we left the hustle and bustle of San Pedro and went on a distant relative (cousin of my uncle) hunt in Sartaneja. It is a very sleepy town with not much there, and almost totally untouched by the tourist industry. We did as instructed and asked a local to point us in the direction of the Canadian couple who live in the blue house. To our surprise he knew exactly who we meant and even walked us there to so show us the way. Unfortunately, when we got there, t...