After leaving the turtles behind at Isla Mujeres, we travelled by boat and bus to Playa Del Carmen. This was a very lively town, more tourists lots of restaurants, tour operators,shops and great beaches. The people were very welcoming although made themselves a little too much at home by deducting their own hefty tips before presenting you with your change! All very cheeky really ! Didn't go down very well with a Yorkshire lass who was raised in a 'do ...

Next morning and one blocked up toilet later (toilets in Central America are not sturdy enough to handle Rich), we left Cancun for Isla de Mujeres. We mentioned we were concerned about carrying our bags now we had left the car behind. With this in mind we called a taxi to the hotel door, took a taxi to the port, then got a porter to carry our bags on to the boat for us. Well it was hot and we didn't want to get sweaty! After a short boat ride across t...

So today we arrived in Cancun, Mexico after two flights from LA via Dallas. US airports are a nightmare, even moreso after all the terror threats that the Brits prevented, which by the way on US news they are taking a lot of the credit for and speaking about Britain as if it's overrun with terrorists trying to kill us all. Anyway, end of rant. The security guard told us we had to leave our padlocks open in case they wanted to search our bags, and then we...