Last days of Mexico

Spent the last couple of days in Mexico on the beach relaxing. Also went snorkellin g in a Cenote. Truly a weird experience.






Last night in Mexico was spent in a rather nice hotel. Now in New York. It's a bit cold here!

Cancun

In Cancun for the night - a very short night! Have to get up a 3:30 tomorrow to get to the airport.

Not much sign of the spring breakers here. I´m a bit dissapointed, no girls going wild, no-one throwing up in the corridors. It´s all a bit tame.

Next stop New York!

Back in Tulum again

Spent last night on the beach testing out my new hammock.

Not a bad nights sleep, and waking up on the beach was pretty cool!

Chitzin Itza and Valladolid

Came to Valladolid via the ruins of Chitzin Itza. This week was the equinox (20/21st March) so there were quite a few people communing with the cosmic powers at the ruins.





Yesterday we went swimming in a cenote close to the town which was spectacular. Sadly no photos from that as the camera (which has been making strange noises for the past week) completely refused to take any photos. I´ve managed to coax it into action again but it´s definitely time for a new one.

Today the plan is to head back to Tulum for some beach time. Only a few days before it´s time for the crazy April of flying.

Celestun

Complete change of plan. A bunch of us decided to head to Celestun to get some seafood and visit the pink flamingos.

Quite a late start to the day, we caught the 10am bus and arrived in Celeston in time to meet up for lunch with the advance party who had gone the previous day.

This was possibly the best seafood I have had all trip!


After lunch we jumped in a boat to have a look at the flamingos that live in the lagoon. The lonely planet tells us that this time of year there are thousands of them. Apparently they have the season completely the wrong way round so at the moment there are only a few hundred of them - still pretty impressive!



Sadly my camera cannot really do justice to it as I've only got a digital zoom. But I think I got some fairly nice pictures.



After the flamigos we went through some mangrove tunnels and eventually ended up at a swimming hole. Here we met a few locals who were kind enough to feed us crab ceviche and various drinks.



Came back from the trip and celebrated french Chris's birthday on the beach with a beer and cake!



Then we wathced the sun go down before heading back to Merida for some well deserved rest.




Today we're off to Chichin Itza. It's equinox today/tomorrow so there should be quite a few people there.