Blogs from Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America - page 133

After 3 hectic days in Miami, with about 10hrs sleep we arrived in Cancun, in the boiling hot sun. We are staying in downtown Cancun, not in the very expensive hotel zone and the hotel we are staying is really nice, not plush like the Luxor but it comes close. We haven't really done anything since we got here. Went out last night to Coco Bongo's and had a fantastic time, although it started to get a bit cheesy towards the end, it was a good laugh. In our few days in Miami we went to Nikki's beach, ate at the News Cafe, thanks to Don, and partied till 5am at Opium with Fabulous and Sean Paul! Miami is a very strange place, it seemed as though we had been there for a month, the amount ... read more

After getting soaked and a bit saddle sore in San Cristobal we decided to hit the beautiful Carribbean coast early and await Gemma´s arrival... Lucky for us we bumped into someone we met last year on holiday who kindly put us up in a really clean and comfortable hotel at a very discounted rate (hostel prices!)...and more importantly, in the heart of all the night life and fun... With only 1 minute to the beautiful beach with white sand and light blue seas we managed to spend a good few days swimming and sunning, making the most of it all and getting excited about Gemma´s arrival! Gemma arrived on the 13th June and we took her straight to the beach to enjoy an ice cold Chelada (beer with fresh lime, ice and salt around the rim ... read more

I arrived at the airport in Cancun at around 12:30 local time. I was easily able to use the ATM to get money and I had no problems getting a bus to downtown Cancun to the bus station, where I caught a local bus to Puerto Juarez, where I took a ferry to Isla Mujeres. Isla Mujeres seems like sort of a typical Mexican tourist town, with shops selling beach stuff and supposedly authentic artifacts. I was able to get a cheap meal for around 25 pesos and had a nice conversation with the woman that ran the restaurant. I checked into the hostel and promptly slept for a couple of hours, as I had gotten only two or three hours of sleep the night before. When I woke up, there was salsa music playing in ... read more

Hello! We've had a very busy few weeks travelling up through Central America. Our last efforts were from Costa Rica and since then we have travelled up through Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize and we're currently in Mejico, country number 13 - phew!! Nicaragua: We headed straight for Granada, rather than Managua (the capital for all you pub quizzers and v dubious). Granada is a very nice colonial town on the shores of Lake Nicaragua. From there we visited Isla Ometepe in the middle of the lake. Now you woudn't think a boat ride across a lake would be that bad - but this one was something else... I deteriorated into silence and Dave feared for his life as the waves rolled over the front of the 2 storey boat... The island was lovely and the locals ... read more

Thursday 30th March. We caught the 7.30am Water Taxi from Caye Caulker, and made our way back to Belize City marina. From the City, it was a 3/4 hour bus journey to the Belize/Mexican border. We crossed and were meeted with a huge sign across the road 'Welcome to Mexico, North America'. My Central American journey had now come to an end. We jumped back on the bus, which took us on to the town of Chetumel, and the bus station. A wait for 45 minutes, and then our next bus, and this time a 6.5 hour journey to our next destination, Playa del Carmen. Although the bus journey was long, it was comfortable, a fully air conditioned bus, with movies on the inboard tv screens all the way. Playa del Carmen is located 1 hour ... read more