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Hey all, Im currently sitting in an internet cafe at the busy bordertown of Chetumal, as we await to board a bus to a new country, Belize! But let me tell you what we have been up to in the last week!<br />

Mexico, the Yutacan with its ants and an expensive bag of crisps...

Lucian Reed-Drake
2006-03-27 14:07:15

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Hey all, Im currently sitting in an internet cafe at the busy bordertown of Chetumal, as we await to board a bus to a new country, Belize! But let me tell you what we have been up to in the last week!

Since I last wrote, we satisfied our culture vulture needs, and visted the ancient Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza. A good tip is to get there early, because plagues of tourists tours bombard the area by noon. Luckily, we managed to have the pyramid almost all to ourselves. Its a fascinating piece of ancient architecture. Its mighty challenging also - with no rope of safety net to hold onto, it is a case of get on your knees and start climbing pyramid - but the views at the top are well worth it. The whole complex is quite awesome and extremely interesting to see the mystery of the Mayan remains, including a ball-court where it is believed that basketball games were played, where the players played their hardest to become the winner - rewarded with the most bizarre trophy of all - their sacrifice to the gods! Sounds very much like a Mayan version of "Mad Max" gone wrong!

We got out of Chichen Itza early afternoon to move away from the swarms of snap-happy touristicas and pressurising ornamental sellers; and venture into another brilliant cenote lake. This one was much more bat-friendly than the previous cenote, and included a massive 15 foot jump off a cliff. I plucked up the courage and bombed off it, slapping my body to worried cheers on the way. Despite Dad being severely scared of heights, me and a few Italians persuaded him to run and jump - he did, made a splash but lost his contacts and googles! Whoops. Take a look at the photos to see how pretty this place is. Definite recommendation.

We retired that evening to the cinema and watched a hilarious, if not confusing SPANISH version of Charlie y Fabricad Chocolate - which I hope you can guess which film that is, although Jonny Depp with a Spanish overexcited dubbed voice, ...