I woke up this morning with terrible diarrhea but it didn't last. At 9ish we did our first real organised trip to the sumidero canyon about 45 minutes out of town. It was only 150 pesos (about £7.50) and it was well worth it. You ride on these fast boats through a stunning canyon with birds and the odd croc lining the banks. We stopped off at a village called Chiapa de Corzo for lunch on the way back and arrived back at the hotel around 2pm. Simone still was...

We arrived in town at 8am having stopped at something like 4 in the morning for a short break. Most rooms weren't ready but as 2 were, the bags went in one and Simone in another. I went for a walk to explore the city which was beautiful but they were all now merging into one with Puebla, Oaxaca and San Cristobal all great but similar in terms of colonial charm and open squares with cathedrals. Saying that the one at San Cristobal was a bit gaudy looking (it was a...

Oaxaca Day 1The taxis to take us to the bus station were coming early so I got up even earlier and wandered down to the Zocolo. It was quite cold in the mornings and evenings but hot and sunny during the day. The journey to Oaxaca took about 4 1/2 hours through fantastic mountain scenery. We got to the hotel in the early afternoon and after checking in all met up at 2pm so we could wander down to the Zocolo and pick up a map. Again the hotel wasn't far which was ...

We left the hotel in a convoy of taxis for Mexico City's TAPO bus terminal for our two hour second class bus journey to Puebla. The bus was great - plenty of leg room etc. The journey passed some great scenery and on arrival in Puebla's bus terminal a convoy of taxis ferried us to the hotel which was in a excellent location only a block or two from the zocolo. We all walked down to the zocolo to pick up maps and then wandered the city. We didn't have a lot of t...

Mexico City Day 1The Mexican adventure started with a 3am wake up in the picturesque village of Middlewich. Always nice!! After flying from Manchester to Paris and then a 12 hour flight onto Mexico City on Aero Mexico we were shattered. Simone had been very nervous - as always she had only bothered the reading the "dangers and annoyances" section of the Lonely Planet as well as the section describing all the deadly diseases that we may pick up. Needless...