Spending four days in a bus, only to arrive in a place that is more plastic than a 50-year old movie star … welcome to Cancun; so far the easiest place to dislike on this trip! This is Cancun in short: arrive, run to airport, pick up Mayo and get out!It’s always good to see elements from back home, but unfortunately Mayo brought along a bit too much of “Dutchism” - we haven’t seen a piece of blue sky for 5 days!

Alright, enough whining! Even in bad weather, there’s still plenty of stuff to do in Mexico so let’s get a move on; we visited Puerto Morelos, a small fishing “village” just south of Cancun. Pretty, and definately worth staying in! (By the way, say “Cancun” 10 times in a row and it starts sounding like a curse! :))

Since the weather wasn’t very much in favour of any beach-related activities we decided to use it for the better, that is, now doing the cultural stuff and bus trips so that we can make some shorter hauls later on! First up were the Tulum ruins, remains of an ancient Maya city built straight on the coast! Another bus trip south, a good night of sleep (which is increasingly becoming uncommon :)) and a stroll around Felipe Carrillo Puerto took us to the “Sanctuary of the Holy Cross” - a sacrified Maya site.

Enjoy a short batch of pictures for now. We’ll keep this one short in order to separate matters better; right now we’re in Belize and the weather has severely improved! So stay tuned for another post coming soon, with a lot more Caribbean elements to it!

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Puerto Morelos - darker than usual

All dressed for warm, tropical weather!

If only the sun would be there...