well since the last blog we have travelled into belize and across to guatemala so there's lots to say...no doubt you've seen some of teh photos by now..... we finished our time on isla mujeres with a snorkelling trip where we saw coral, barracudas, starfish and other random fish. i got lost and the snorkelling guide tried to drown me but aprt from that it was a successful trip! we also got to hold sharks and listen to a very cheesy mexican band whilst eating fre...

hello there! apologies for the delay in writing, but we have been super busy (lying on beaches, partying hard etc etc!!) so this wil be a long one.... the evening of the previous message we went to a jazz festival which was pretty good, these three boys from california playing their own compositions. we felt very cultured!! it was also a relaxing evening to prepare ourselves for the long journey with bamba the following day to palenque. it was an awesome day - s...

and we go on.... the salsa dancing didn't happen or the bike ride as sal was too tired so i spent a couple of nights/days by myself with other people from the hostel. we went out drinking and dancing (where i ended up dancing "salsa" aka being flung round the dancefloor by a bald german bloke!) which was alot of fun. the fri i went to monte alban with a couple of people from the hostel - very pretty but quite similar to teotihualcan which we'd seen bef...

Ok so I'll continue from where Sally left off.... On the Tues morning we visited the Palace in Mexico City in the Zocalo where there were many murals from Diego (famous muralist in Mexico) as well as the Art Museum which was displaying an exhibition from Frida (Diego's wife and also a very famous Mexican artist - she is proper idolised out here and we had to queue for ages to get in!) was interesting but obviously didn't affect as much as some of the mexicans as...

so day 2....feelign slightly like dal 20 due to tiredness!!! another early start as we booked oursleves on a tour to teotihualcan, the pyramids just outside mexico city. after a little conufsion as to where we were going and which bus we were going in our journey began. We quickly discovered it also included visit to some others important sites on the way, including Plaza de las tres culturas- the 2nd oldest plaza in mexcio city and the main aztec market, now r...