Coming back to little America was very strange, talk about culture shock! We had a day to kill in Cancun so we headed out to the beach. Apparently Mexican law states that all beaches are public property and anyone can go anywhere on them. Well that's all fine and good but in Cancun every single entrance to the beach is blocked by a hotel so basically in order to access the beach you have to either stay in one of the hotels or buy a day pass for a hotel - crazy!...

Hello heat! Finally back to the sunshine and about time too! Cancun was like a transplanted America in the middle of Mexico with all of the familiar American brands to make the US holiday makers feel at home. But hey we were only there for a few days and the heat was awesome plus our hostel provided free Margaritas! Our main aim in staying a few days in Cancun was to visit Chichen Itza, the Mayan ruins just 2 hours outside Cancun which were recently named one of...