We are now in California, US. But I will tell all about the rest of our time in Mexico as I havent wrote for ages I know! So on the 31st Aug we left Mexico City for La Paz in Baja California. The journey went pretty smoothly, except it was a bit of a pain dragging our rucksacks accross Mexico City's metro system, then the security guy at the airport deciding to go through the whole of my rucksack before I'd even checked in - he unzipped it and a bra and othe...

Have really enjoyed the last week here and feel as though we have gotten to know the city quite well. Havent really had time to write diary for a little while. Have done quite a bit since the last time I wrote. So the next day we went to a lovely little Cuban bar (yep missing it that much!) where all the past customers had scribbled on all the walls, ceiling and whatever else you could write on. There we decided on our new business venture - to buy stuff (jeweler...

Finally here! We arrived in Mexico City on Thursday morning, not actually feeling that bad after a freezing cold 13 hour coach ride. We then had to navigate the Metro system across the enourmous city with our huge bags, wasn't much fun - bit like rush hour in London except we didnt know where we were going and cant speak the lingo. Luckily for us a lot of the signs have pictures and symbols for those that dont read so that helped. By the time we met Marcela (my b...

We are just spending our last night in San Cristobal. Before here we took a night bus to Pelenque, where we spent the day visiting the Mayan ruins, which were amazing! They are set in the jungle and are huge - around 50 buildings and temples. There was around 8,000 inhabitants - one of the biggest Mayan cities in Mexico. The architecture and the decorations were really impressive with the beautiful back-drop of the jungle and a really pretty waterfall nearby. We ...

We are now in the beautiful town of Campeche. We spent a couple of days relaxing, thinking, and shopping (for v.practical things like beads and a tiny mini skirt) in Merida, which is a really nice but quite busy town. In contrast the hostel was sooo quiet and relaxing, it was really well-run and welcoming, could have quite easily lived there. On our last night there we went for a couple of Corona's with a group of about 10 from the hostel in a really strang...