Flores is a tiny town on an island on Lake Peten Itza. I could tell as soon as we arrived that I would like this little town with it's cobbled streets, tiny coloured buildings and lakeside location. We were dropped off at Los Amigos hostel (this hostel was great - it had a mini jungle in the middle with tables, chairs and hammocks around it, as well as a good food menu and decebt bar) and without really thinking things through booked ourselves onto a sunris...

Crossing the border into Belize was an arduous process. First we found out that we had to pay an exit fee to leave Mexico, something that had not been mentioned in any literature received when entering and something that I couldn't find on any official government website. Farcical. To make things worse, the bus was 2 hours late and so we missed the water taxi we had hoped to get to Caye Caulker from Belize City. We took a cab to the docks - our driver Austin was ...

Sadly Marco had to leave for Buenos Aires on Friday morning, but the rest of us headed down to Tulum. We arrived in time for lunch and enjoyed some more amazing empanadas and a beer. We then headed to the Tulum Mayan ruins. The setting is stunning - the ruins are dominated by the main Castillo, which looks out over white sand and the turquoise blue of the Caribbean sea. We spent a couple of hours here taking photo-after-photo. That evening, before Darinka and Cou...

I arrived in Playa late on Wednesday and headed straight to the balcony with a couple of beers, where people were sat talking. I met Marco (Italian), Darinka (Mexican) and Mitch (American). We talked for a couple of hours before heading out to a bar to try Mezcal, a Mexican drink similar to Tequila. It seems that Playa is a place where the vibe is very much dictated by the weather. Given the cloud and rain, 5th Avenue (which I'm told is usually buzzing with party...

I arrived in Merida around midday on the 20th. It is a small town, so having dropped my stuff off at the hostel, I decided to take a walk, spending the rest of the day exploring. Merida is a beautiful colonial town which has a busy central plaza and numerous smaller plazas dotted around. The main square was my first stop. This is dominated by the cathedral on one side and the city hall on the other. The walk to the square was interesting enough, through small cob...