Cancun

When we booked to spend our first five days in Cancun, we expected it to be like mini America because of it reputation. Driving from the airport to our hotel we thought we had been proved right as we passed hotels, bars and restaurants that looked as though they were straight out of Vegas. It wasn´t until we ventured into downtown Cancun the next day that we found that there is a mexican side to the city.

We´ve come a long way since our stay in Mexico City in January where we were too afraid to get on the metro (underground), as on our first day in Cancun we thought nothing of jumping on a public bus, using our pigeon spanish, to get to downtown.

I was slightly worried when we booked our budget hotel in Cancun that it would be a little grotty and the all inclusive food would be less than appetising, however to my pleasant surprise the hotel was really nice and the food was great.



We spent most of our time relaxing and chilling out, although when I received my exam results we had to jump on the bus again and venture to Wal-mart to find some champayne to celebrate. However in Mexico you can´t just pick up a bottle off the shelf and pay for it, you have to take a ticket to the checkout, pay for it, then wait what seems like an eternity for some bloke to wander the whole store looking it.

After completely relaxing it was time to start the adventure and we headed downtown to join the tour.