Another early start as we had a long day ahead. Our first stop was at a massive waterfall not far from Palenque I believe. Some of the group jumped into the lake, but I wasn’t in the mood for it, to be honest, I was feeling a bit grumpy from sleeping in the jungle for two nights. Anyway I decided to walk behind the waterfall which was pretty amazing and I ended up banging my head on a rock, so that will teach me for being grumpy! After the waterfall our next stop was Agua Azul, but before we got to Agua Azul, our mini bus got a flat tyre and we must have waited there for about an hour while our coach driver got some assistance. Local children kept checking us out and talking to ... read more

We all had to get up early to do the cenotes excursion and everyone in the group wanted to do this. There are 14 of us in total within the group; 5 Australians, 4 Brits (including me) 1 American and 4 Belgium’s. It is a good mix and I am starting to feel like I am getting to know everyone. The first cenotes we visited we were unable to swim in it as it was closed off, but we were able to take some good photos and also got to see some Mayan villages. I took a picture of this Mayan lady who kept smiling and she seemed surprised that I wanted a photo of her. Anyway I gave her a 10 peso tip and this seemed to make her very happy. When we got to ... read more

When I first woke up I felt really sick. I started to feel slightly ill before leaving the states and it got worse when I got to Mexico. I really wanted to go to Isla Mujeres but felt so rough. Anyway, I dosed myself up with Paracetamol tablets and decided to go for it. I got a taxi from my hotel to the ferry and was over in Isla Mujeres within 15 minutes. When I first got to the island, I decided to walk around and explore, and felt like I was the only tourist on there, but never felt unsafe. After about an hour or so, I decided to do a boat tour which involved 3 different snorkelling locations, seeing a turtle farm and having lunch. The snorkelling was the best I have been on ... read more

Fi and I decided today that it would be good to see a different part of New York, so we took the metro to Coney Island. The metro took quite a while to get us to Coney Island from Manhattan as we had about 17 stops, but we were there within the hour. As we got to Coney Island, the thick heavy cloud broke up and the Sun came out. We chilled on the beach and I had an ice cold coffee. We then walked along the sea front and looked at some of the mini theme park rides and I got a hot dog for lunch. There are quite a few different rides to go on, however some of them look quite dated and one was swaying from side to side. After having some lunch, ... read more

Fi kindly put together a list of all the things to see in New York and arranged them so that I could see everything in order of locations. We started the morning in Lower Manhattan and visited Ground Zero, the place where the Twin Towers once stood before 9/11. The place had an eerie feeling to it, but I think what the American people have done with this memorial is fantasic. Where each tower once stood it has been replaced with a massive water fountain and there are all the names of the people who tragically lost their lives in stone slabs placed around the water feature. I saw a name of a lady which also said with her unborn child, so sad. After Ground Zero, we walked around Battery Park in the sunshine and decided ... read more