Sadly Marco had to leave for Buenos Aires on Friday morning, but the rest of us headed down to Tulum. We arrived in time for lunch and enjoyed some more amazing empanadas and a beer. We then headed to the Tulum Mayan ruins. The setting is stunning - the ruins are dominated by the main Castillo, which looks out over white sand and the turquoise blue of the Caribbean sea. We spent a couple of hours here taking photo-after-photo. That evening, before Darinka and Cou...

I arrived in Playa late on Wednesday and headed straight to the balcony with a couple of beers, where people were sat talking. I met Marco (Italian), Darinka (Mexican) and Mitch (American). We talked for a couple of hours before heading out to a bar to try Mezcal, a Mexican drink similar to Tequila. It seems that Playa is a place where the vibe is very much dictated by the weather. Given the cloud and rain, 5th Avenue (which I'm told is usually buzzing with party...

I arrived in Merida around midday on the 20th. It is a small town, so having dropped my stuff off at the hostel, I decided to take a walk, spending the rest of the day exploring. Merida is a beautiful colonial town which has a busy central plaza and numerous smaller plazas dotted around. The main square was my first stop. This is dominated by the cathedral on one side and the city hall on the other. The walk to the square was interesting enough, through small cob...

I left Havana in the afternoon and flew into Cancun on 19th Jan (having spent the daytime of the 18th in a taxi from Trinidad to Havana and the evening at the bar at Rolando's). I had decided that I would leave Cancun for a lads holiday at some point in the future. What I needed after Cuba was a few quiet days (and some clean clothes!). I stayed overnight in a hostel in downtown Cancun and witnessed some 18/19 year old Canadian & Australian kids fail to handl...