Day 11. Last day! Oh no! We've come to the end! We did hardly anything today on our last day, apart from packing and feeling blue...Most of the day was spent catching some final rays (I am a nice shade of lobster for the flight home) and reminiscing about the best parts of the holiday. We also had a little stroll on the beach, and had a last dip in the Pacific. In the evening we went to Terra-cotta, our fave air-conditioned restaurant, and had a last burst of ...

Days 9 and 10. Lazy day 9! Waterfalls! Coffee! Butterflies! Yesterday (day 9) was an extremely lazy day, so I didn't give it it's own blog entry. We had a disappointing start to the day with a trip to Santa Cruz. This area is around the corner from our hotel, and on paper sounds really nice. It has a long sandy beach, a collection of bars and restaurants right on the shore line, and a charming port and marina. In reality, it's actually more like a miniature Blac...

Day 8. Birthday! Swimming! Pizza! I'm a day late writing this one! Yesterday was my 33rd (gulp!) birthday, so I started the day opening some lovely cards and prezzies from Andrew. We decided to go into town for breakfast, but naturally everywhere we wanted to go was closed AGAIN! After wandering in the tropical heat and humidity for a while, we found a restaurant that was open, had welcoming staff and a good menu. Sadly, it was also the HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH. T...

Day 7. English breakfast! Sunbathing! Mozzie bites! We've really not done much today! Which has been lush. I woke up slightly disturbed to see a massive turtle staring back at me, then remembered it was one of the hotel's colourful and bizarre decoration choices (see pic!). This morning we got a taxi (RESULT!) to town for some breakfast. I opted for the traditional Mexican brekkie - a full English! Hooray! Andrew despaired, but it was bloody great. Nothing else...

Day 6. Aerotucan! Beautiful hotel! Humidity! Today we have moved over to the coast for the last chunk of our holiday. We were sad to leave Oaxaca city, but very much looking forward to not doing very much by the beach in Huatulco on the Oaxaca Pacific coast. Earlier on in the week, we had booked our flights down to the coast with an airline called Aerotucan. Actually "Airline" might be too grand a title for this bijou company...We got to the airport, checked in ...