Unfortunately we have had to miss out one of our planned destinations (Merida) due to somehow being behind on time but couldn't wait to get to Cancun!! We stayed in the less touristy area the first night at a really pokey hostel and just got excited for the next day...we were we're going to what we had named 'hotel del a porter loo' Paul had booked my birthday up and I had no idea what was coming. Mid afternoon of my birthday after we had had breakfast with ...

We arrive in Palenque late and over the city we choose to stay in the jungle with the monkeys and Mosquitoes!! Only a ten minute drive from town but with no wifi, no shops, one restaurant we were feeling at one with the trees!! Our accommodation was a tiny en-suite cabana hut which was really cute. Don Muchos being their one place to get food we were in there a fair bit. Luckily the food was good, with live music and the occasional swinging visit by a monkey. Th...

Vast, mysterious and enchanting the ruined city of Palenque is known to be the most beautifully conceived of the Mayan city-States and one of the most fascinating archaeological sites in the world. Surrounded by forest there are ruin pyramids, towers and sprawling temple complexes. The city was active dates 226 BC to AD 799 from there it absorbed into the jungle to become known as a national treasure and to be visited by countless tourists from all over the worl...

Misol-Ha consists of one single waterfall 35m in height that falls into a single almost circular pool admits tropical vegetation. The water is clear and very blue colour due to, again, its high mineral content. Behind the cascade there is a cave of approximately 20 m length which you can walk to, all being getting absolutely drenched in the process. Out of the three places we had been on the day's tour this was probably our favourite, best till last.

The Cascadas de Agua Azul (Spanish for "Blue-water Falls"). This waterfall consists of many cataracts following one after another as can be seen in the picture, taken from near the top of the sequence of cascades. The water has a high mineral content. Where it falls on rocks or fallen trees it encases them in a thick shell-like coating of the limestone. During much of the distance the water descends in two streams, with small islands in the middle. T...