Last Sunday we arrived in Cancun after 24 hours of constant traveling. Upon arriving I checked my emails and received the most distressing news Ive ever had, my cousin and dear friend, Alison, had died. She had killed herself over a week ago. Am obviously totally devastated. She will be deeply, deeply missed. I will never forget her, and in some way she will be with me throughout this whole journey. Didnt manage to speak to any of my family all day and was i...

We have booked our flight to Cuba! Yay! We leave tommorrow for 3 weeks! A friend we made here went there today and we're meeting her out there. She actually lived 10 mins walk from where I was living in Hackney, how weird - such a small world! We're all a bit weary of what to expect of Cuba, everyone we've spoke to who's travelled there is really secretive about it. They just say its amazing but weird and cant describe it. Hmmm... cant wait to find out what the ...

So, our last night in Playa del Carmen was good. The 4 of us girls went to a cool beach-bar that had big swings around the bar and a platform dance floor on the beach - which of course we were the first to jump on! It did eventually fill up though and I danced alot. The next day we all caught a bus to Cancun which we hurried out of and caught a boat to the Isla de Mujares (the Island of Women!) where we have been ever since. Staying in a really cool hos...

Had a nice few days in Tulum. On Saturday we went on a trip to the cenotes (lime-stone caverns filled with water). We had to wear wetsuits (not v.flattering I can tell you!) then travel to the caves on this crazy 'jungle-mobile' where you STAND in the back and ride through the jungle along a dirt-track, which was fun! I even saw a monkey! We then climbed down to the cenotes, which was amazing. We snorkled through the clear (and v.cold!) fresh-water, it was like a...

Woo! We have made it to Mexico! We travelled by bus all the way to the border, stopping over in a town near the border for the night. It was actually really quick and took us just two days to reach Tulum, Mexico. It was the first time we've crossed a border by land, we've now done it by plane, boat and land! We had to get off the bus at the border, get our passports stamped, walk acroos the border and get back on the bus again. We changed to a Mexican bus at th...