Cancun, Mexico 14.03.15 - 21.03.15

Cancun; why are you such a sheithole? B-e-a-utiful beaches but sooo many tourists and an extreme gap in between wealth and poverty. We didn't see much of spring break either. But we're SO GLAD we stayed in the suburbs with the locals and not on the hotel strip! phew.

Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Playa del Carmen, Mexico 21.03.15 - 27.03.15 and 01.05.15 - 15.05.15

So this is where all the non-springbreakers are hiding! Finally a Mexican holiday town with an actual chill atmosphere. We were so happy to celebrate Alex's birthday exploring underground cenotes and scuba diving by the reef. Playa del Carmen - We'll be back! ... And we were... Approximately a month later...

Tulum, Mexico

Tulum, Mexico 27.03.15 - 03.04.15

We arrived in Tulum in the middle of the jungle during the first storm in Yucatan for months. Cute little city; more tourists than locals (not because there are a lot of tourists) pretty ruins and cenotes. We enjoyed having bikes again and gained the trust of two rescue dogs.

Valledolid, Mexico

Valledolid, Mexico 03.04.15 - 10.04.15

The best non-touristy city we visited in Mexico, Valledolid let us jump from cliffs and see the Chicen Itza as well as try out amazing Mayan chocolate and a recipe for street tacos older than ourselves. All while living in a beautiful Mayan house.

Merida, Mexico

Merida, Mexico 10.04.15 - 24.04.15

We thought we'd have endless things to see in this giant city, which is the largest in Yucatan. However, our stay involved hours and hours og walking down similar, empty streets trying to find wi-fi and dinner at the same awesome vegan place for 6 nights, as everything else was much the same anyway.

Progreso, Mexico

Progreso, Mexico 18.04.15

A day trip away from Merida, this is where the Mexicans go on holiday. We found ourselves the only foreigners on a crowded beach in this little party city where drinking in the streets is apparently legal. We also just happened to be there for the largely promoted and free Corona Sunsets festival.

Izamal, Mexico

Izamal, Mexico 20.04.15

Another bumpy bus ride from Merida took us to "the yellow city". Not only was it an experience to see the absolutely endless yellowness, we also climbed one of the tallest Mayan ruins, from which we could see nothing but endless jungle in the horizon. First time we've been that much in the middle of nowhere.

Cozumel, Mexico

San Miguel de Cozumel, Mexico 24.04.15 - 01.05.15

We've never before been that surrounded by beautiful heavenly water but absolutely no beaches or no points from which we could jump in. The island of Cozumel has only killer cliffs near the city, and of course we couldn't rent a car to drive to the beaches...