Tuesday 15.6.2010 day 244 Mexico to Lima Flight from hell I woke up this morning to a slight tremor. This is the first time I have felt an earth quake tremor. I was in Sydney when there was an Earth quake in Newcastle but I did not feel it even though they evacuated my building and I was in the 17th floor. So it was fun to feel this one nothing moved it was very slight. Well I am a Qantas club member so only fly Qantas and one world so I can use the VIP clubs and get the points. So I booked a LAN flight from Mexico to Lima and was surprised when I got to the airport that LAN had got Aeromexico to do the flight for them and I had to book ... read more

Sunday 13.6.2010 day 242 Aztec pyramid Today we woke up and had a fantastic Mexican bfast and then went to the Templo Mayora 14th century Aztec pyramid and temple. Over 20,000 people were sacrificed here with up to 10,000 being sacrificed at a time. There is a wall of skulls. We also went to the Palacio National built by the Spanish after they over took the Aztec’s. We also went to the Catedral Metroplitana it is the biggest and oldest church in Latin America. It was started in 1525 and completed in 1813. It has the largest catholic diocese in the world. Around the church and Aztec temple there were lots of people dressed as Aztecs doing dancing and blessing people. ... read more

Friday 11.6.2010 day 240 Handmade Cigars Today we went to Spanish lessons again and then watched Mexico and Sth Africa go 1 all in the first match of the world cup. Then we got the free buss into the city of Playa del Carmen and had a look down the main street. We found a Cigar shop that made handmade cigars and got to see young ladies hand making the cigars. It was very interesting. ... read more

Wednesday 9.6.2010 day 238 Spanish lessons Today we went to our first beginner Spanish lesson. We thought it would help us when we are in South America. We has missed the first two lesson’s but still did ok it is amazing how much we have pick up from being in Spain and Mexico. We will try and get to the next two lessons’s before we go. ... read more

Monday 7.6.2010 day 236 Woken up by our personal Concierge Today we were woken by the phone ringing at 8:40 it was our personal Concierge just wanting to know if we needed any help. We told him that we were trying to organize a trip to Belize so he looked into it and then came to our room in 20 mims with all the info. Although it was helpful we could have found the info ourselves and could have done with a bit more of a sleep in. Looks like there are not tours to Belize and the busses stop at the boarder then you need to get a new buss. We can hire a car but the car insurance we buy does not cover us in Belize so we are thinking of maybe hiring a ... read more