Arrived Safely

We're in Cancun! We finally arrived after a long journey (By the time our heads hit the pillow we has been up for 24hrs straight!) and we have been lucky with our hotel, it's much nicer than we expected for the first stop on our backpacking trip. Their Christmas tree and decorations are still up this morning, an odd sight in 30 degree sunshine!

The only problem we've faced so far is that the SIM-card we brought doesn't work. As you can imagine, when you have been up for an entire day this made us a little grumpy last night but after a good night's sleep and waking up to a view of the Atlantic Ocean (Attached photo is the view from our room) we may have come up with a plan to sort it. The hotel lobby also has free wi-fi which is useful.

Cancun itself seems very tourist-y and there are at least two HUGE malls packed with McDonalds, Starbucks, Gucci, Saltrock etc. but then it is one of the biggest tourist resorts in Mexico. We hope to go some temples and a beautiful island at some point if we can fit it in before leaving for Valladolid.

(I've also got to make sure I eat reasonably healthy meals for the trip, it could be all to easy to eat delicious unhealthy meals every night. I already have a rule about McDonalds but I'll share that at a later date).