We took the hostel's free bus service at 9am to Playa las Palmas, Tulum's famous beach and also where the Mayan ruins are. As we arrived early it was lovely and quiet, we found a nice spot and relaxed all morning. We agreed this is one of the nicest beaches so far, similar to Tyrona but bigger and without all the hassle you get on Playa Blanca! The water was amazingly turquoise and warm and the sand soft and white. We had a couple of ice cold drinks in one of the...

We had a spontaneous change of plan this morning, we wanted to go to Sartaneja which is a small fishing town in northern Belize. As instructed by Sean we took a bus from Crooked Tree to Orange Walk city, however when we got there some people told us there were no buses to Sartaneja on Sundays and others said there were but they didn't come until 1pm (it was only 9.30am). Instead of wasting the day to find out we decided to just use it as a travelling day and go s...