Mexico Day 1 - Cancun Town
January 11, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
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 weRead more
Mexico Day 2 - Holbox Island
January 12, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
We were up early again this morning for a bus journey to Chiquila before a ferry across to Holbox Island. The bus was surprisingly nice given the price and made the journey easy. Arriving at Holbox weRead more
Mexico Day 3 - Holbox Island
January 13, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
We had a chilled out day on Wednesday starting with breakfast at Amiete and relaxed by the beach. We found a lovely bright traditional Mexican place on Holbox square for Lunch called El Cocal DeRead more
Mexico Day 4 - Holbox Island
January 14, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
After another nice breakfast on the beach at Amiete, we went to visit the local dog shelter. We found out in advance that you can help out by taking the dogs for a walk on the beach. My dog NiquilaRead more
Mexico Day 5 & 6 - Cozumel
January 16, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
After a day of travelling (which was surprisingly easy) we arrived at Cozumel around 6pm. After dropping our bags at our lovely guest house Caribo Cozumel, we headed out for some local food atRead more
Mexico Day 7 - Cozumal
January 17, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Not sure if we mentioned but the new Gemma and Craig are much more budget conscious than we were on our last trip so we had another self made breakfast of porridge and cereal at our hotel (probablyRead more
Mexico Day 8 - Cozumel
January 18, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Today was our last day on Cozumel Island and we decided to hire a car to explore the more remote beaches on the island. After initially insisting on a little Micra/Fiesta type car my head was turnedRead more
Mexico Day 9 & 10 - Playa Del Carmen
January 20, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We didn't visit the 'Hotel Zone' in Cancun but I imagine it would be similar to the '5th Avenue and Tourist Beaches' of Playa Del Carmen. Walking on our first day exploring we found lots ofRead more
Mexico Day 11 - Playa Del Carmen
January 21, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We had breakfast in a jungle and dinner a cave.. literally.
La Cueva del Chango was the breakfast place on the other side of Playa (about 20 min walk from our hotel).
Dinner was at Azul, aRead more
Mexico Day 12 - Playa / Tulum
January 22, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
We had a wholesome final morning in Playa entailing a run and work out at the local sports centre and then an amazing breakfast at 'Bio Natural'. Craig had eggs Benedict and I had poached eggs withRead more
Mexico Day 13 - Tulum
January 23, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
We set off early this morning on the 90 minute walk down to the beach and Yuppy area of Tulum! The walk itself was nice but even at 9am the heat was almost too much so next time will definitely be inRead more
Mexico Day 14 - Tulum
January 24, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
We woke up and had a fabulous breakfast of fish tacos in Sabor De Mar. It was a tiny restaurant but completely full with locals and tourists.
Next we hopped in a cab to Playa Paraiso, the best beachRead more
Mexico Day 15 - Tulum
January 25, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
We decided to spend the day in the hotel zone by the beach. We had breakfast at Ziggys, a beach club which had pretty reasonable prices for breakfast.
We then walked a few kilometres to Taqueria LaRead more
Mexico Day 16 & 17 - Tulum
January 26, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
We spent the day at Papaya Playa project, one of many beach clubs in the hotel zone. They all offer day passes where you commit to a minimum spend.. some seemed really pretentious but after lots ofRead more
Mexico Day 18 - Tulum
January 28, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
We spent the morning exploring the Tulum Ruins. As impressive as they were, the view from the cliffs overlooking the sea was even more spectacular! We then walked along the beach and had breakfast atRead more
Mexico Day 19 - Tulum
January 29, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
For our final day in Tulum we has breakfast at Habitas. It's a renowned hotel in Tulum where people pay a small fortune to stay in one of the beach front yurts and enjoy the on site activities likeRead more
Mexico Day 20 - Tulum
January 30, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Craig booked a lovely air BnB as a surprise for the last day! It had an amazing pool and a huge bath too! We spent the whole day relaxing, playing cards and drinking!
Mexico Day 21 & 22 - Bacalar
February 1, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
After a day on the buses we dropped our bags and took a walk around Bacalar just before sunset. That evening we were tired so settled on a veggie burger at 'Mango Y Chile' and a marquesita from theRead more
Mexico Day 23 - Bacalar & Valladolid
February 2, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
After pre booking a sunrise paddle boarding trip for this morning and getting a sensibly early night last night in preparation for the 5.40am alarm, everything seemed to be ruined when gem woke us upRead more
Mexico Day 24 - Valladolid
February 3, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We spent the morning exploring the beautiful colonial style streets and buildings in Valladolid.
We stopped for lunch at Nena Nena, a traditional Mexican cantina. The owner was really helpful andRead more
Mexico Day 25 - Valladolid
February 4, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We woke up early to visit Cenote Seytun - the most famous Cenote in Mexico. Since it was only 10km away Craig suggested running there. Although I work out most days I haven't ran in about a month so IRead more
Mexico Day 26 - Chichen Itza & Colarades
February 5, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We pre arranged a private tour to take us to both Chichen Itza and Las Colardes today - setting off early to beat any queues we arrived to Chichen early enough to be one of only 30 or so people there!Read more
Mexico Day 27 - Merida
February 6, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
We started the morning with some exploring and it was good to be back in the buzz of a big city. We checked out several squares/parks that were all nice but followed a similar style. We ended up onRead more
Mexico Day 28 - Uxmal
February 7, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
We both woke up this morning feeling tired and hungover after a late one. After breakfast I messaged our friends Ivan and Daniel to check if we were still going to be meeting that day, they repliedRead more
Mexico Day 28 - Merida & Progreso Beach
February 7, 2021 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
We stopped for lunch in a small town where our friend Ivan grew up called Muna - there was a small locals chicken restaurant that was delicious, we were told its a mexican tradition to eat 'outsideRead more









































































































































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