Hola, I am currently on a bus bound for Flores in Guatemala, the date is 15th Dec. Carrying on from the last blog.  A group of us headed back to Tulum from Playa: Rhys (Australian), Alex (Australian), Gen (Australian), Anna (Mexican), Amelia (American hostel romance) and Karta (German).  It is a great group, we keep accumulating people along the way. Some of us didn't book ahead, including myself to stay at Posada Los Mapaches in Tulum, and as it is really ...

Yo yo diddly o, So the date is 9th, Christmas is nearly upon us...........crazy!!! I am currently sat on a bus heading up the East coast of Mexico, bound for Playa Del Carmen, the opposite way I am needing to go, but it is meant to be a cool place and I am with a great group, so what the hay. So before this Anna and I rocked up in Tulum (on Sunday 4th) with the intension of staying there for one night.  We met a guy from Alaska who raved about this hostel cal...

Hola everyone, I am writing this blog at 23:00pm on the 6th Nov from an OCC bus, bound for San Cristobel from Palenque, a journey estimated to take 5 hours, but this is Central America we're talking about here, it'll probably take another 2 hours at least :) So where we left off in Oaxaca.  Myself and Andy were staying at the same hostel so we treated ourselves to a lye in after the last big night that we had well.  We didn't really have any plans apart from...

Hola todos  I arrived in Oaxaca, Mexico yesterday (1st Nov) with Megan and Michelle from Hostel Amigo in Mexico City.   The journey was approximately 6 hours by bus, but the scenery along the way was pretty cool.  It was what you would envisage the Mexico country side to look like, quite arid, hilly and full of cacti. We arrived for the day of the dead celebrations, which are particularly famous in this area of Mexico.  The holiday focuses on gatherings of...

Hello everyone, I completed my epic journey across the world, 5 separate plane journeys. I have had no sleep for a good 48 hours at least, so I am absolutely shattered. I met my family at the airport on my way through which was amazing, it was so nice to see everyone again and catch up properly. We also went and checked out Norman the Tropical Ulcer and friends at an English pharmacy and were instantly told to go to A&E before my flight the following mo...