This year my intention was not to write a post summarizing my 2011 travels, as I’ve posted about my 24 favorite beaches of 2011 and my best sunsets of 2011.  But then Jeremy from Budget Travel Adventures started this Best of Travel 2011 so I decided to participate.Writing this post I realized how many posts [...]

I love swimming. It is one of the few sports I do not have to force myself to. So when I got the chance to visit the biggest natural aquarium in the world, Xel-há, I did not hesitate a second.  Xel-há (or Xel-ha, Xelha) is situated in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, between Cancún and [...]

When I quit my job of stewardess on the 5th March 2011 and came to Mexico on my own on 5 days after this year, it was my first time ever I visited this country full of history, historical sites, contrasts, extremes, mixed people, spicy food, wild animals and amazing turquoise beaches.But Mexico for me [...]

 Me and my friend Alfonso took a day trip to Cozumel Island in Mexico. It was after I finally lost my fear of snorkeling thanks to Alfonso, so I was so looking forward to snorkel in the second largest reef system in the world.  We visited Chankanaab National Park, got all the things we needed for [...]

Giftun Island is a perfect place for snorkeling. It really is a paradise but I was stupid and swam too far from the others by myself, the right foot got stuck in the corals and I could not get out. I was so scared! Since then it took me a few years to go back [...]