So it was a joint decision too many cars, buildings and not enough sea and sand so our next stop was Playa Del Carmen. During our bus journey to Playa we met a guy called Mike, we just generally chatted to this guy but I was a little unsure of him so when we arrived we tried to fob him off to a different hostel than ours.... no such luck. It may have been karma but when we arrived at out hostel it had been shut down so we found Mike wondering the streets at 9.30am drinking red wine and he took us to his hostel. Mike became one of our main topics of conversation most nights at the hostel, as he was constantly drunk, high or both but no one minded too much as he had been dumped!

Playa was a main holiday destination which resulted in high prices, but good bars! However our hostel was amazing, the kitchen was fully equipped(so we cooked every night) there were plenty of tables, hammocks, sofas in a communal area for everyone to hang out and we all did. On our first night we met a group of mostly Europeans who had been studying in Mexico and some Ozzies and we played lots of drinking games and danced our night away in the club.

The following day we explored what Playa had to offer, which was shops, bars and the beach. We booked a tour to Chichen Itaz which we convinced one of our new friends Jason to come on to. Jason was a Candian who had been on the road for the past 5 years, working in hostels, bars and restaurants to earn enough money to travel to the next place.

Chichen Itaz is one of the 7 wonders of the world and is one of the Maya Ruins. Our tour guide was 40% Maya and reminded us at every opportunity. As most of you can guess I wasn't that keen on being dragged around more temples but these were fairly impressive. The main temple is 91 steps high which you used to be able to climb but a stupid tourist fell to her death so they stopped that. A lot of music concerts are held in the ruins as there is such a natural echo there is no need for speakers! Another fact about Chichen Itaz is that the Mexican Government sold it to the US Government for 50 dollors, then 17 years later a rich Mexican brought it back for 70 US dollors.

Along with the main temple, there were lots of smaller ruins which all had animals carved into the stones, and markings which looked like Hyrgrifics. At the end of the ruins there was a sports area, where they played a game like basketball, however you could only use your head, hip, shoulder or knee to move the ball otherwise you got shoot. The stone markings show one captain being beheaded and no one knows if they are the winner, so being sacrificed to the Gods or if the sucked and lost so being killed...... Now I am sure there are lots of other not so interesting facts about this site, if you want to know ask Becki!

Our next stop on the tour was at a Cenote, which is a naturally made water hall. This was amazing, the water was this wonderful greenie blue colour, with little black fish swimming around in it. There where natural water leaks which looked like little waterfalls spurting out between the long vines. There was a edge which was 2 meters from the water which some people chosen to jump from, or a higher ledge about 7 meters high which you could jump from, guess which one we choose? The water was really refreshing but we didn't stay too long as we were the last people back to the bus every time and I think people were getting annoyed!oops

The following day we jumped into a one of the guys cars who was living at the hostel. He drove a group of us to a beach called Akumel where the sand was white, the palm tees swooshed in the wind and the sea was warm. All of this was inmaterial as the best part was you could snorkel with turtles and other marine life just of the beach. After our two snorkels we saw 5 turtles and one big arse scarey Barracuda. From Akumel we headed to Tulum where I was told we were going to a beach which was only half of the story. The full story was to get to the beach you had to walk through some more Maya ruins. As you can guess I wasn't that keen when I found out about this but I think it was mainly because of the setting, but the ruins were lovely. They were set right on the edge of the cliff, with the sea as their back drop. We didn't do a tour here, only looked around so I have no facts, but it was fairly spectacular. As we had been warned the mosquitos in Tulum were mean we left just before dark and headed back to the hostel.

Our final day in Playa was planned to head to Cozumel however, we missed the boat by like two minuets so we just chilled out on Playas beach. In conclusion Playa Del Carmen was brilliant, the town itself had a lot to offer, the hostel was amazing and the people we met were the icing on the cake!!!!

Finally on our last evening in Playa, we had both agreed this would definitely be our last night.... going to leave tomorrow. Yes it is true we had become those travellers who got slightly stuck in a place. Hana came running downstairs so excited that she had just killed the cockroach that was in our dorm. She was going to be kind but it started flying and realised that it would not be fun to wake up staring it in the eyes. She grabbed the closes shoe and slammed it on the floor, this had been successfully in killing the cockroach but he had the last laugh. Carma had seriously reversed and Hana's index finger was swelling at an alarming rate! It was similar to when a ball hits directly on the top of your finger and your knuckle swells! However there did seem to be a funny lump. Being a trained first aid even under the influence I managed to strap them together but did forget the ice!

We are now leaving Playa del Carmen and again it it is sad departure because we are saying goodbye to new friends, saying goodbye in England was hard but this sometimes is harder because you just dont know when, if you will see these people again! Its the worse bit of travelling! Although positive we are off to an island, where we may get to dive the ultimate dive..... the Blue Hole, Caye Caulker Belize! Also exciting because we are leaving Mexico and are venturing on to Central America!! Wish us Luck

Loves and Hugs

Hana & Becki xx