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Published: December 2nd 2006
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Well first of all I was gutted about England and what makes it worst I reckon we would of beat France in the semi, so after that you never know. If Ronaldo stays at Utd it should be a very interesting season for him!! The way we got knocked out I was glad to be away as all the papers and news at home would have done my head in and wouldn´t be surprised if they are still mentioning it now!
Well our first stop after Cancun was Isla Murjares (Island of Women). It was a nice chilled out little island and it was good to get away from the hordes of tourists. We hired some mountain bikes and toured the island for a few days. Michelle wasn’t happy with the exercise, but I was glad to sweat some of the alcohol from the system. The island was great for finding nice secluded spots of beach to yourself and chill out without any worry. At night you could dine in some fantastic cheap restaurants with lots of fresh fish on the menu from the days catch. Of all the fish I have eaten, I have not heard of any of
them but they taste nice all the same! Before my travels I was a cod man and maybe the occasional kipper and what ever they put in fish fingers, so it´s nice to open my horizons! On the women front whilst Michelle is not looking, was not bad at all!
After Isla Mujeres we traveled to another island of Cozumel about 80 miles south and is Mexico´s only Caribbean island and made famous by Jacque Cousteau diving documentaries (you older ones will know all about them) It is now one of the worlds top diving destinations and was the main reason for us coming here.
The second day here was the world cup final so was one of my priorities was to find a pub showing the game. This brought us to the local irish bar, Riley´s, which was about as Irish as some of their football players! It did resemble a pub with lots of British memorabilia so was nice enough! It was owned by a Canadian couple who were brilliant and typical bar owners as in drinking as much as the customers! We had a great laugh with them and they looked after us for the next
few days! They didn´t seem to know much about soccer as they called it, so I was their new best friend in explaining how things work, as you all know it went to ET and penalties and things got a bit confusing as in, they were drunk and so was I, so having to explain the rules of what happens was a bit confusing and then Zidane had to get sent off to make things worse. When I mentioned it´s the same as ice hockey penalty shot out it all fell into place and that was fine! The best thing about meeting them was they introduced us to a couple on the island who specialize in private dive tours for rich Americans. They were able to take us out for 2 full days of diving and it only cost us 150 GBP each which is cheap. We have not dived for 3 years so we were both a bit nervous at first but they really looked after us and got us back into the swing of things in no time. The diving was some of the best we have ever done and had a fantastic time. We saw loads of
brilliant bright and colorful fish and very large ones upto 4 ft, just like being apart of finding nemo! The best things we saw were Turtles, which we got to swim along with as they were so friendly. Also a 3 meter nurse shark, which look scary but can´t really hurt you unless you really annoy them, a family of lobsters, eels, stingrays and the local toad fish, which have a face like a toad but a body of a fish, very weird! We loved the diving and can't wait to do some more but will probably not be until Belize in a few months time!
After Cozumel we went to Tulum which is a small town back on the coast of Mexico. It is famous for its picturesque Mayan ruins on the beach front, which were some of the first to be seen by the Spanish invaders back in 1518 as they sailed past it (again something for the older ones!) This was the fist of many archeological sites that we are going to visit and it was a nice start. I know a lot of you would of found it boring and probably would of preferred to
lounge on the beach but I love the history of the place and it lived up to what I have read before I came away. Because it is on the coast and close to many holiday resorts it can get very busy so we got up very early and were the first ones there and got lots of nice pictures which I will download some time for you to visit and view. When we left a few hours later the car park was full of coaches and annoying American tourists so was glad to get there early.
Also at Tulum just outside the town was the largest underwater caving system in the world and we did some snorkeling. I loved this but Michelle was a bit nervy as some of the gaps we had to swim through were very tight and she got a bit claustrophobic. I could understand why as the place was like a maze and without the guide we would have been lost! It was a great place with loads of stalagmites and stalactites underwater and it just looked like you were swimming through another world. It was also great to get out of the heat and
swim in ice cold crystal clear water.
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