Mexico - part three

The last 2.5 weeks in Mexico were spent with my sister touring the tourist area of Cancun and Yucatan in the east of Mexico. This was so completely different from the rest of the trip, but very relaxed and a halfway house between England and Central American cultures - acclimatisation at its best. I went from 9 months of scuzzy backpacker staying in the cheapest accommodation, eating in local eateries and in markets to staying at mum's 5* hotel timeshare in Cancun, scuba diving on reefs in Cozumel and staying in wooden cabins right on sea fronts with hanging/swinging beds , eating in restaurants and having fun.

We had mixed weather as well with rain and cloud but nothing could detract from the gorgeous turquoise of the sea, the creamy white sand, the friendly locals and loads and loads of seafood. Its very rare for me/Julie to say we would do the exact same holiday again but we would do this again exactly but leave out Merida at the end. The Cancun holiday was brilliant as each day we were only spending 1 hour sunbathing as the rest of the time we were involved in the free activities: each day we did aqua aerobics, salsa class, water volleyball (all before lunch) and then sailing (once) and beach volleyball in the afternoon followed by being pummeled in the sea.

Photos: just developed photos from the Mexico-Part Two update - Guadulato (3 pictures) and Xochimolcho in Mexico City (1 picture (colourful boats which are punted up river)


Cancun (our hotel with a gorgeous beach and activities; daily beach volleyball; our sexy salsa dancing/beach volleyball and aqua-aerobics coordinator - Angel), Cozumel (diving with turtles on the reef, me and Julie having passed our PADI Open Water exam (sorry for the photos being upside down - underwater camera); an altar shrine and offerings in Cozumel town for their festival 'Day of the Dead' in which they celebrate the dead children the first day, dead adults the second day and all souls on the third day), (Tulum (view of a sandy bay from outside our beachfront cabin; the beautiful sea and sea front area infront of our hotel (rocky area leading on to a massive sandy beach) beach front Mayan ruins at Tulum), Chichen Itza - me and Julie infront of the temple of 1000 columns and the temple; Merida - dried chilis being sold at market and our seafood ceviche and cocktele at the market - delicious.