--Kiss me, I´m drunk--

--- and other tacky tee shirt slogans from the package tour paradise of Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

After a 12 hour bus journey I´ve landed in another world. Actually Playa looks strangly similar to the Gold Coast (even down to the salespeople pushing time-share condos) but with burritos and marriachi music (and drunk American 16 year olds).

It´s been raining constantly for the last two days. Lots of annoyed Americans wandering around in ponchos and eating at MacDonalds. It´s quite a shock to the system after Belize, but a good cultural experience none the less. Still, I´ve had the experience now and I´m quite happy to move on.}

Moving on should be fun and easier than I expected cos I´ve run into 2 women I met in Guatemala. Sue (from South Africa) and Michelle (from New Zealand) are travelling together for the moment and were planning on going to Cuba as well. So we´ve decided to go together. Now its just a question of finding flights (and an open travel agency) and hopping a Cubana Fokker Friendship over to Havana for some Cuban rum and revolutionary fever.

Can´t wait.