Mexico Day 1 - Cancun Town

After a long and delayed flight we finally arrived to our hotel at midnight local time - after watching a weird local TV programme which seemed like a mixture of Love Island and Takeshi's castle we settled for a well earned comfortable sleep!

We set off early for a mexican breakfast at a place called '100% Healthy' which was definitely a questionable claim based on the volumes of cheese flying around! After surviving the confusion of being asked how I wanted my eggs cooked following what I thought was a perfectly spoken Spanish order we both enjoyed a delicious breakfast, a combination of eggs, tomato, cheese, ham, peas, cactus and who knows what else!

We then set about sorting currency, local sim card and other necessities before a walk along a pathway surrounding a seemingly deserted development that we assume will be beautiful once finished but actually seemed like something from '28 days later' or central London on lockdown 3!

We then wanted to try out some street food at a local park (Parques de Papales) and had empanadas which were ok but very greasy and we also had a platter of tacos/quesidillas and some of the spiciest dip you could imagine from El Rinconcito de Puebla a local restaurant.

After all that food we managed to find a nice bar near our hotel called Hunters for a few drinks before heading back to the room.

That evening we were both keen for some traditional mariachi music and after some research settled on La Parrillas which didn't disappoint! The service was brilliant with waiters laughing and joking between carrying up to 4 glasses (the size of small buckets) full of margaritas around on their heads and the band walked between tables playing classics and lots of traditional Mexican songs! The food here was amazing also, fish toastadas were something else!! (Thanks Paul and Jo if you're following for the cash for our first dinner!)

We then headed back to the hotel for an early one knowing we had a long bus/ferry journey the next day!Read more