We decided to leave Isla earlier than anticipated and caught the ferry back with our Swedish friends who had a flight to Cuba. We had been moved to their dorm of 4 the previous night, so we knew they would wake us up when they left. We had booked an amazing deal through our hostel. We had been given the opportunity to reserve a double room in the hotel zone of Cancun for 350 pesos (approximately £17.50) for the night, including breakfast. We jumped at the opportunity as we just wanted the chance to relax, not having to fumble around with lockers and padlocks on bags everytime we wanted to get something out. It is little things like this that you don't really appreciate at home. Also, the hotel had a pool. We caught the ferry ... read more

On our first morning at the Rio Playa hostel we were surprised to find edible breakfast. Just cornflakes, carton milk, bread and jam, but still a step up from the last place. The weather was a little overcast, but we had decided we wanted to visit the Caribbean island of Cozumel. We knew this place was a divers' hotspot but we decided we wanted to go for a look anyway. We sat around for a little while chatting with some guys at breakfast, and eventually they convinced us that it would be a complete waste of time to go there unless we did dive. They had been to snorkel there a few days earlier, and apparently there was nothing to see. So we decided that we would go to Akumal, a place which is known to ... read more

So we are six days away from embarking on our world trip, and have decided it might be wise to test the waters and check that this travelblog actually works before relying on it to be our only point of contact with all of our beloveds back at home (or in France, or New Zealand/Canada/Colorado etc, you know who you are). The last few months have been pretty hectic for us with Luke working practically a million hours a week in a restaurant as well as holding down a full time job, and Katie working full time and stressing out planning the trip the rest of the time- which unfortunately is still nowhere nearly finished. We have come to the conclusion that perhaps planning for 'hangover days' is possibly a little excessive, and Luke has insisted ... read more