Places Visited:- Puerto Vallarta, Zihuatanejo, Acapulco and Puerto Escondido. After the train journey we arrived into Los Mochis at 11pm and managed to get an overnight bus South towards Puerta Vallarta (14 hours away). The bus journey wasn’t as bad as most as once the sun rose the scenery was great. They should rename the Pacific Coast the green coast as everywhere was covered in an array of different shades of green with lots of types of trees and shrubs. It made me think of what a beautiful place this is and how luck I am to see it, not something I think too much about usually at 6am, especially on a bus! It put me in a great mood and revitalised the energy of a now old 30 year old! When we arrived we were ... read more

Places Visited : - San Miguel De Allende, Guanajuato and Zacatecas After Mexico City we headed north to a pretty little town called San Miguel De Allende. This was a nice chilled out place with lots of quaint and quirky shops selling handicrafts and jewellery, pottery and lots of different types of art, this is a great place to relax which is why it was voted in the top 20 places to retire in the world, this explains why there are so many wealthy old Americans, they were everywhere! Women covered in thick makeup, plastic surgery evident and the men smoking huge cigars and talking really loudly about how rich they are!?! Due to the ex-pat influence and money in the town there were lots of great places to eat, we tried a restaurant called El ... read more

From San Cristobal we took an overnight bus to Oaxaca City. It took 12 hours and I managed to keep my food down for this journey! We were both looking forward to Oaxaca as we had heard great things. Upon arrival though things didn’t start too well, the taxi dropped us on the edge of the Zocalo as he couldn’t go any further due to the entire area being blockaded with corrugated iron fences. We entered the barricade through a gap in the fence and the place looked like a bombsite. It had also been overrun by mass graffiti artists. Our first impression was that the taxi driver had just dropped us in the middle of nowhere and as it was dark (6am) we didn’t know what to think. We managed to find some street signs ... read more

We finally arrived in Campeche after a 9 hour bus journey, which are never the best as very difficult to get any sleep, a combination of uncomfy seats, load Music from the driver or Mexican film, snores or even worse travel sickness! The only positive to come from it are all the the long journeys have been overnight so saves the cost of a nights accommodation! On our arrival we were very tired so couldn’t be bothered traipsing around looking for the best deal for accommodation, so trusted are lonely planet guide, which every travelers learns to depend on as their bible. Unfortunately on this occasion it didn’t come up trumps. On first impression the room was nice and clean and the cheapest up to now at 8 pound per night. We took the room and ... read more

After Tulum we went to what I would say was our first non-real tourist Mexican town, Valladolid, about 80 miles from the coast. We both liked it here as it was a very warm and friendly place and what we expected Mexico to be like. We arrived on a week end which was a bonus as they had a mini festival in the local park and it was nice to see all the locals out with the family enjoying themselves and having a great time. It felt like a real nice community and we were made to feel very welcome which was nice. They had lots of food stalls, which were great and beyond cheapness nothing over a pound. I always thought I would never have anything hotter than a curry but Mexican food bring heat ... read more