The adventures come to an end :-(

Buenas!!!!

So we have now arrived once again at Suzanne's house, ready for the return flight home to good old England tomorrow. We have had some more fantastic travelling times - the 13 hour overnight bus to Playa del Carmen was horrible as expected - but the result of the destination made it totally worthwhile. Playa was incredible - the sand on the beach was so fine and the sea was gorgeous. Kossy and I decided to splash out and treat ourselves so we went paragliding! It was really cool - the view of the coast and even the water were really cool - it was so much fun! We headed to Chichen Itza the next day (Mayan ruins) which were incredible. They were the 5th mayan ruins we have seen!

The next day was ultimate travel times - we got a bus to Merida and then onto another overnight bus - this time for 15 hours. again it was horrible but we arrived in San Cristobal once again mid day on Monday. We headed to a new hostel advertised by a guy at the bus terminal and fell asleep. We went to the market again in San Cristobal which is really cool - in the shadow of a huge cathedral, before heading bak to the hostel to sleep! We were both really ill in the night - think it was dodgy mango - so decided not to travel as planned the next day. We moved out of our hostel because it was rubbish - very cold and the staff were really rude when we were sick. We headed to another one nearby and i endud up sleeping for almost 24 hours. After that i felt alot better. (we are both fine now).

We had planned to break up the journey back to Su Su's house but now we didnt have enough time so we got a bus straight to Antigua. It took 12 hours - which in a microbus isnt very fun! Crossing the border was interesting - to get out of Mexico we had an unexpected 262 peso charge sprung upon us and we had planned it perfectly to end up at the border with no pesos left, and there was no cash machine. So we were kinda screwed but fortunately 2 very kind aussies called Kim and Vanessa who we had made friends with on the bus lent us some money. We eventually arrived in Antigua and headed straight for Su Su's and have been chilling here since eating all her food :-) - we did make a trip to Antigua today to do some more shopping (sorry Paul i couldnt find any havianas...)

So tomorrow (actually tday in less than 12 hours) we are flying home to England. We have had a truly fantastic time travelling and a brilliant experience as a whole. I have learnt so much over this past 5 months and have so much to thank God for. I am looking forward to being back in England and seeing people but i will definately be missing Central America and people here lots and lots. Maybe one day i might make my way back here.......

Thanks for reading all these blogs - i know they have been long at times1 I hope you have enjoyed them and all the details of the food we have been eating :-)

For the last time...

Lots of love,

God Bless all.

Joel