The journey to Palenque was indeed an experience. It took 5 hours along a windy road with zillions and I mean zillions of speed bumps. For those of us not feeling 100%, it wasn't the greatest experience. I was so cold as my body temperature just kept dropping. In the end I was huddled in my seat against a window with my hoodie up and sunglasses on. My new nickname was 'Una Bomber'!!!! I have little memory of the journey as I passed in and out of consciousness. Wh...

First things first - a shower so that I can become human after the night bus nightmare. You could not see me for dust - I was in the shower before you could say Jack Flash. The town was beautiful. Really old and quaint. It had great coffee which also helped to make us all feel more human. We walked up the 2 hills which frame the town and looked round the churches perched on top and surveyed the views which were stunning. It hard work climbing them as it is so ho...

Oaxaca was a beautiful city. It had cobbled streets, brightly coloured buildings, a main square, great places to eat and lots of little markets. The main square was never dull. There people dancing, musicians, far too many balloon sellers, clowns, artists. It had a real buzz about it. The hostel was lovely. We arrived just after the sun had set. We approached a wooden door and knocked. We could hear the puling back of bolts and then a little window in the door c...

Puebla is a beautiful little city. The buildings are decorated with brightly coloured tiles. Did a self guided city tour, pretty impressive. Puebla has over 75 churches which if you compared to the size of the city is amazing. There is literally a church on every street. Went in quite a few - felt like I was on a pilgrimage. One really stood out. This was the Iglesia Santo Domingo with its stunning Capilla del Rosario. As I walked into this chapel I was rendered ...

A new and strange experience - travelling with out a Lonely Planet (LP) as unfortunately the Central America LP only covers a 1/3 of Mexico! Either that or I had a significant number of pages missing. What to do!Plan A - Locate a map. The hotel had one but when open was taller than me - not incredibly practical and besides it didn't have any landmarks on it.Plan B - Wander round aimlessly until we find a tourist information and hopefully see things on the way. (w...