Went for a late breakfast where we´d had lunch the day before and had pancakes with Amy and Heather. Was still good. Got asked for my number when I paid, was rather confused as when I´d used my card the day before there, they hadn´t asked me for this info. Much to the amusement of the others... Got picked up at 10.30 and went off to Tikal. Took 90 mins to get there, had a quick lunch before walking 5 miles around the site. It was amazing, really impressive. Lots of stairs... Lots of wildlife, saw a spider monkey, toucan and a lot of birds that I have no idea what they were!! Will get the photos of off Claudia!!! It was actually quite quiet there. We stayed till 6 and then had to try and ... read more

Leaving Caye Caulker on the 25th was somewhat entertaining. Sam, Michael´s friend had had somewhat a liquid lunch and couldn´t even walk, always good when you have to get on a boat. Think Michael was really embarrassed and came up with some excuse that she was really home sick, where in fairness he should have just said that she was trollied and would apolagise later!! There was only one breast feeding woman on the ferry this time, and the crossing seemed quicker. Sam woke up the baby and it screamed at her the entire crossing, didn´t stop her trying to hold it and play with it... Vicky dived over to our side of the boat to escape the screaming. Thankfully we had private transport to San Ignacio. We avoided the vomit comet and where doing a ... read more

The diving trip was fully booked so went snorkeling with everyone else on the trip. Met up at Raggamuffin Tours after having a wander around the island (take 20 mins if that to walk from one end to the other but is lovely, tropical paradise). Took my own snorkel stuff. There where 3 stops, Coral garden, Shark and ray alley and then Hol Chan Marine Park. Got fruit, lunch, water and rum on the tour. The snorkeling was great, stroked a ray (thankfully no incidents here..), saw a shark, spotted eagle ray, eel and a turtle. Saw some divers and in fairness they didn't have too much of an advantage diving. We could free dive and saw plenty from the top. Sadly a few people felt a little sick but all in all it was a ... read more

Didn't make it to the breakfast place that was recommended by Michael, but Heather and Amy said it was good! We were taking to long in the room!! Met up with Chester, Vicky, Claudian, Ian, Viv, Heather and Amy in the lobby and Michael walked us down to the taxi rank so we could go to Tulum. Took about an hour from Playa del Carmen and got dropped off by the ruins. They were impressive due to the location of them being by the cliff face, not really the state they were in. Took lots of photos, like the easy mode on the camera!! :-) Wandered around looking at the castle, the houses and then walked down the cliff face face to the beach to call off. The same taxi driver who dropped us off picked ... read more

Slept through breakfast sadly thanks to the lovely room mates we had that got in a god knows what time... and three of them not 2... Went out and got croissants that were good. The guy at reception pointed out that there was a Walmart (!) nearby so Aims and I wandered to that to try and get some memory sticks. Sadly no joy. They only had the adaptors that got stuck in the camera... So bought a new camera - no point being here with no photos! After we packed up, said out goodbyes to the guys we'd met at the hostel, including one girl from Chelsford that was doing the GAP tour the week after us! Got a taxi to the meeting hostel as not to get lost with heavy bags! The hotel was ... read more