Beaches, Snorkelling, World wonders, Sweet deals, Merida and more bad spelling

Beunos dias, Beunas tardes/noches,

Thank you for your warm response to my post of last week. We were all bouyed by your news.

A lot has been happening here in Mexico. I left my last post in Playa Del Carmen. Playa Del Carmen was pretty sweet. It`s basically a nice main street which runs parallel to a beautiful sandy beach. We soaked up the rays on the beach, Trace ate loads of humus, and chilled out in our hostel. Our hostel was a bit hippy-ish for the more conservative members of our party but it was all good. We met a Mexican guy called Pablo who was pretty cool and often drunk and Mexi-Tam learned a new Swedish drinking game. Mexi-Tam was pretty good at it but still ended up sinking a corona pretty rapidly and drinking some weird Mexi drink containing a caterpillar/worm thing. In the hostel Mexi-Tam also introduced Iff n Trace to the strategic game of backgammon.


From PDC we ventured to Cozumel where there`s some great snorkelling. We saw some pretty cool stuff beofre Mexi-Tam got sea sick and started to yak overboard. The school of fish we saw was the highlight. Apart from the snorkelling Cozumel was pretty uneventful.

We also daytripped to Xcaret, a fun park with an underwater river to snorkel in. It was pretty cool. But in order to get there we took a presentation about getting a Mexican timeshare. Mexi-Tam was offered a pretty "sweet deal" but declined the offer. Much to his regret for the rest of the day......it was a "sweet, sweet deal". At Xcaret we saw some pretty cool animals and a Mexican show detailing the history of Mexico. Highlights the Mayan ball games. Lowlights of Xcaret, Manatees. Manatees are a blight on the lettuce population.


From PDC we went to Chichen Itza. It`s pretty coo and our guide Raul rocked. A real cheeky Mexican chappie. We were there for the equinox but so were some clouds and a whole heap of rain. We did see the magic Mayan snake but it didn`t stay out too long. The area round Chichen Itza is pretty uneventful and the restaurants weren`t that great. Iff n Trace ate some of the worlds worst nachos in a place called Piste. That said there was a pretty cool Cenote, an underground waterhole where Iff and Tam showed off their diving skills. Tam also, to the amusement of the gathered ensemble, showed off his bellyflop skills. [This is a quality pic - enlarge it to get the full effect! - Iff]


Anyway, we`re now in Merida for Easter and Iff`s birthday and I`m being booted off this machine. More later and photo`s when Iff can be bothered.

Mexi-Tam