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Mexico
23rd April - 4th May (+10th May, 11th May, 17th May) Days 85 - 96 (+ days 102, 103, 109) Mexico - Yucatan Peninsula Mexico formed our base from which to explore both Cuba and Belize so our time here was fragmented across a period of about a month; I have separated Cuba and Belize out for the purposes of this blog. After flying from Washington, …
Playin' on the Playa
Tues 8th Nov
This morning we had to get up at 03:00 am to make it to our 07:00 am flight… the only problem is Daylight Savings and Cuba. So long story short – Cuba didn't stop "saving" daylight when everyone else did last week, so now our 7am flight is actually at 8am Cuba time as it still needs to land at 7:10 Mexico time …
Original Mexican Fishing Village
We next moved south to Playa del Carmen (about 1 hour drive), originally a small fishing town, tourism began with the passenger ferry service to Cozumel, an island across the Cozumel Channel and world famous scuba diving destination.
While passing through, many people realized that it was a nice place to relax away from the crowds of …
Arrival
... diving this morning. Not sure if it will be washed out though as we've had heavy rain and thunderstorms all night. Tropical thunderstorms are so much more intense and powerful than UK ones I swear. There's been some seriously pounding thunder. It is a sticky 28 degrees though. I feel like I need a shower every 10 minutes. lol.
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Tan-tanistic!
... so I wrote to him prior to leaving Australia and we kept in contact. I thought it would be better for me to travel with a buddy than alone, and he was also in Playa Del Carmen with his friend staying at a swanky all inclusive hotel, and contacted me to come down and have beers. Having not met him and seeing he was staying somewhere where the alcohol was including, I didn't need asking twice! I met him a few times just to abuse the free alcohol, but ...