27th December

A sleepless night with a fan that sounded like light aircraft and a room mate that sounded like a drunken mule. Mikey rolled in at about 9pm last night having been drinking all day and visiting a strip joint-cum-brothel for the evening. He also seems to have bought 9 T-shirts of the same size and style. Why is everyone so weird?

We are off to Playa Del Carmen today - have been here before about 6 years ago. Sadly a 5.30 start. We stopped at Chichén Itzá on the way and after a few hours kip on the bus I was in better form. Was gutted El Castillo, the castle of Kukulman, was now inaccessible as an old dear died there a few years back. Doesn't seem to have cheapened the price though!! We still had a guide and was still an interesting tour.

The next stop was the cenote at Ik Kil. Cenotes are fresh-water filled sink holes found over the Yucutan. A few brave soles went into the icy water, I dropped off to sleep in a chair. Did cenotes on my last visit to México.

Another 4 hours and we were in Playa Del Carmen. Slight mix up with the hotels meant we had to trudge another few blocks but where we are staying now is very relaxing which a pool and nice rooms. Only 4 of us a dinner - Leslie, Beth, Jackie and I but we did eat on the beach itself. Had bruscheta followed by seafood soup and a Mojito. All good.

Bit of girlie gossip to end the tour - it appears as though Linda (Chinese misery) is actually a psycho according to Johanna (repressed lezza) and they actually can't bear to be in the same room as each other. Johanna even fears for her life when Linda shares a room with her. It was a real shame that the hotel was full and they had to room with each other again. Tee-hee. Linda always remined me of the penguin in Wallace and Gromit.