Puerto Escondido to Cozumel

Ola Folks,

We have been on quite an adventure since Greg last wrote - bascially from the east coast of Mexico to the west coast.

We spent a few more days in Puerto Escondido before moving just an hour down the coast to Mazunte. This is probably the most hippish place I have ever seen. There is a bunch of Europeans living there who look like they arrived in the 60s and got stuck. We didnt really fit in - we werent stoned, didnt have dreadlocks and had showered in the last week. Anyway it was a very chilled out few days and they do have a good turtle sanctuary which we got to look round.

From Mazunte we left the coast for San Cristobal followed by Palenque both situated in the middle of Mexico mainly in the jungle. We spent the days touring canyons, waterfalls and ruins. If anyone ever comes to Mexico, Palenque is a must stop. The Mayan ruins fall over 15 square km in dense jungle and are beathtaking!!

After a bit of culture, it was time to get back to the beach so we took the 13 hr bus trip from Palenque to Cancun where we booked ourselves into a nice hotel (much to the Minister of Finance´s dismay) for the weekend and just sat-stare-swim (repeat). Cancun is just a big playground and there is anything and everything there for the Americans to play nicely!

We quickly moved on to the island of Cozumel eager to start some diving which looks really good and the Caribbean sea is so clear so visability should be good.

We are probably only going to spend another week in Mexico before we head down into Belize but have loved every minute (except the bus rides) of it. I never had an opinion of Mexican people before we arrived but have been overwhelmed by how humble and kind they have been.

Anyway until next time....