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...

Last Sunday we arrived in Cancun after 24 hours of constant traveling. Upon arriving I checked my emails and received the most distressing news Ive ever had, my cousin and dear friend, Alison, had died. She had killed herself over a week ago. Am obviously totally devastated. She will be deeply, deeply missed. I will never forget her, and in some way she will be with me throughout this whole journey. Didnt manage to speak to any of my family all day and was i...

Its the day after my 25th birthday! We've had a good last few days. On Thursday me and Nikki went to the beach, we got totally harrassed and didnt even dare take of our clothes to reveal our bikinis. The cab journey was also a bit strange, in yet another classic car, we got stopped twice by the bloody police who searched the boot, and on the way back our driver stopped somewhere to talk to his friends and gave us some nasty beer to drink. Then delivered some to ...