Last day in Mexico

Sat in a small cafe on the edge of the water in Chetumal waiting to catch th eboat for Caye Caulker that leaves at 3pm. Have eaten some amazing shrimp tacos - like scampi but a whole lot tastier and in a tortilla mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Yesterday we went to a cenote, a cave/sink hole in Tulum, it was awesome. There were a few bats in there i think and the water was cool but refreshing. It is one of the entrances to a huge unerground connection of water and caves. One of the cenotes it connects to is called Cenote of the Bones near chichen itza where they found loads of bones from the Mayan civilisation days. Will upload a photo later as the connection is not great here.

Last night we went to Bad Boys beach bar and restaraunt for nachos and strawberry dacquiris, the one run by the little mayan men with flat faces. A man came round selling jewellry that his wife makes. He spoke a little english and with my little spanish we established that he used to live where chichen itza is but moved to playa del carmen with his family. He has a 4 month old boy another boy and a girl and they sleep in the 'banos' - meaning toilets :( we then walked back round the corner to our hostel and passed a woman with two children and a baby selling bracelets. i went back to buy one from them and she told her that 'nino est linda' 'baby is beautiful' and asked her how old, she said 4 months and that he is a boy, so i guess that is the homeless family of the man selling the jewellry. Breaks my heart seeing poverty like that, think there will be alot more in guatemala, but there is not too much i can do as you cant buy everyone's bracelets!

Its so hot here at the moment but stunning weather with a gentle breeze, lucky that we missed the tropical storm.

Better go and head to the boat now, cannot wait to get to Caye Caulker - will fill you in on the planned activities once they have happened but they will be epic! Wont need to practise my spanish there as they all speak english and are proper caribbean.

Bring on the lobster, rum and banana bread!