We arrived in Tulum – a relatively small town a few hours down the coast from Cancun – after what we can safely describe as ‘the best bus journey of our travelling lifes’. The ADO bus we caught for a small fee from Cancun was absolute luxury, compared to what we expected and were both…
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Why you should visit Isla Mujeres
Translated this is the island of the woman. We hadn’t heard much about the island itself, but being backpackers we start to get itchy feet after too long in a single location. Thus we said goodbye to Cancun and embarked on a treacherous journey across seas to Isla Mujeres. We are being highly dramatic.getting to…
Chichen Itza!
A 6am alarm feels incredibly unnatural when abroad regardless of the destination, although ours wasn’t as painful as it sounds. At home when our alarms rudely interrupts a peaceful sleep, forcing us to get up and ready for work it’s like a physical pain. The snooze button is medicinal to such pain, although only temporarily….
First stop – Cancun
We arrived in Cancun on Wednesday 28th October at around 3pm local time. We had a fairly smooth passage through immigration and baggage collection, the only thing being that Jonny had his bag searched (dodgy looking Northerner even to the Mexicans apparently), then made our way outside to get a local ‘collectivo’; basically a minibus,…
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