Belize - Guatemala

Erm so I completely forgot to update the blog but I'd just wanted to briefly recap the last few weeks: We went to some island with mega Carribean vibes called Caye Caulker where we swam with sharks, snorkelled and saw beautiful tropical fish and then ended up having a booze filled boat party. I have to say this was the best day we had in Belize! The island wasn't to my taste it was too relaxed and didn't have that much to do except chill, sunbathe and drink rum.  We did end up going to a Reggae bar which is cray. I met some Rasta man who bought me drinks all night and we partied until the morning when a torrential downpour decide to walk us home. He kept trying to get me to dagger and I told him to stay an arm's length away from me;...

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Tulum

Tulum was beautiful; pearly white beaches and clear turquoise seas. It was a real life paradise and I wish I had stayed longer. On our first day we went to the Tulum Ruins. They were pretty cool but not much to be seen mainly the raised residentially platforms. There was also a beach in the place which was so beautiful and tropical we decided to sunbathe and swim around for a bit. We walked to Papaya Playa which was another stunning beach. It didn't feel real imagine walking out into the most perfect setting stunning blue sea and skies and glistening sand, then scatter some palm trees and adorable beach shacks and suddenly butterflies are flying around and a pelican swoops down and scoops a fish to eat.&nbs...

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Exploring Mexico City

What a long day I managed to cram so much shit in. I started off actually waking up in time for breakfast despite only having 5 hours of sleep. It really wasn't worth the early morning as I only got 2 slices of broken toast, horrid grape juice  and a banana. Still, it was better than nothing. I set off to go to the Museo Nacional de culturas populares as my first stop as google told me it was free. I attempted to find my bus but for some reason none of them have numbers on them. So I decided to get on the one at the roughly correct bus stop that everyone else seemed to be getting on. Turned out it was the right one huzzah :) It was a beautiful colourful building inside were a few exhibitions for a Mexican illustrator and a photography...

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Mexico City

This morning I woke up super late because I was jet lagged. I was pretty gutted as it was 2Pm by the time I had left. I planned to go see the Freda Kahlo museum and where she also lived which I was super excited about. Id recently watched the film Freda and instantly fell in love with her strength, beauty and bravery.I decided to walk around the Palacio de Bellas Artes as it was down the road but I  couldn't find the entrance or how to get in so I explored a little bit. I enjoyed an awesome live jazz/rock street band, tipped them and looked through a book market down the next street.I got on the metro to find my way to the museum and got off and had been waiting at the bus stop for a 200 to Oceania Norte for a while and decided to ask...

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I'm In Mexico!

Well I got here at 5am and it's now 9.55pm and I have done precisely nothing! Why? you ask. Well I got here early morning which totally effed up mysleep and so I when I got to the hostel I slept. Now I'm jet lagged USA style :(To be honest, I've enjoyed my own company and being alone today. I've not had a proper days rest indoors for weeks as there's been so many activities and I've been surrounded by awesome people I wanted to hang out with.My hostel is lovely and I'm the only person in my room. It's a bit too fancy tbh but it was a total bargain.. £24 for 3 nights! What I did get done was booking a flight and transfer to Playa Del Carmen. I decided against the 24hour bus due to being able to spend an extra day in Mexico City. I am joining...

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Aloha Kauai - My Last Day in Hawaii

Today was my last full day and we decided to go see the lighthouse. We also went to the Opaekaa Falls view point and someone was advertising a food truck near the Original Hawaiian Village bit and so we drove there for food and the were loads of peacocks just chilling. This is the point id like to mention about the Chicken infestation on the island. There are an insane amount wherever you go. On the motorway, inside the jungle, randomly in your hostel kitchen the chickens were everywhere it was crazy! After the snack break we went back to the hostel and picked up a beautiful pregnant Indian lady called Sonia. She was also travelling and staying at the hostel with her insanely cute 2 year old daughter Anya. She had travelled a lot in her past,...

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Dragons Breath

I've just finished eating dinner. I cooked for another German girl called Anne at the hostel as I have been eating the same meal for 3 days and wanted to finish the spaghetti and eat my msg noodles tomorrow. Today was tiring I sneaked in an afternoon nap whilst everyone had their helicopter rides around the island. I was too stingy to fork out the 200 bucks. I was also pretty exhausted from kayaking yesterday but still wanted to do stuff so when they came back I dragged myself out of bed and we drove to a few look outs points of some waterfalls, streams and mountains and then Poipu beach. We saw monk seals sleeping in the sand there it was so cute! We also accidentally found the sprouting hole which apparently is called the Dragons breath...

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Kayaking Down Wailua River

I've just come back from drinks with people from the hostel at Tree Lounge. Today was so much fun and probably the best day so far! So in the end 7 of us went Kayaking we hadn't properly all hung out yet so we just invited whoever was at the hostel. We kayaked some of the Wailua River for about an hour or so to where we found other Kayaks parked and stopped off and asked people where the trail lead to. We followed the trail for another hour which was super duper muddy and had cross a few rivers one of them the water was so rapid I nearly got washed away but there was rope to hang on to which was scary but fun to get over! There was also a bit through really long 7ft grass which felt like we were in Jurassic park on our little path hacking...

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Waimea Canyon

I'm so tired right now we woke up later than the day before and I went to check my food to make lunch but my shopping was missing from the fridge! I thought maybe they chucked it away even though I put my name and check out date on - I was so pissed off I hadn't even eaten any of it yet! So we set off after I had to rebuy my lunch and managed to walk the Cliff Trail which was apparently 150m what a lie! It was at least half a mile but the view of the Waimea Canyon was incredible. We didn't...

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Kalalau Trail - Hanakapiai Beach and Waterfall

Today we woke up at 6.15am and drove an hour to the Kalalau trail to start our hike to Hanakapiai beach and falls. It was my first ever hike and was 8 miles long in total and I found it doable. There was a lot of mud as it kept raining so it was super slippery which was annoying and made it so much harder than it could be but I didn't get tired until right at the end as we had to climb up steep rocks to get back. We had to cross many cute streams and tiny waterfalls. The first stop was the  beach was so beautiful and really calm; not that many people. The scenery along the whole hike was insane and just so natural and beautiful all the trees had some sort guava/passion looking fruit which I couldn't stop eating it was absolutely delicious!...

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