( Sunset at Isla Muljeres, Mexico )

Mexico exploring the Yucatàn region and being hill with Dengue that’s the beginning of my trip in Central America in February 2022.

How born the idea to go to Mexico ??

Well during the pandemic Mexico and UAE were the only courtiers where u could travel so I get more interested in Mexico while I was in Australia and I always planning to go there after my two years in Australia. So that’s what’s happened. I come back to Italy for Christmas and than in February I flew to Mexico to a new experience in Central America.

But something unexpected happens.

I got Dengue fever during my trip in Mexico king of at the beginning probably so I had to stop all my activities and all the sightseeing in Tulum because once I got there I got really sick. High fever for few day and massive headache all the time and no energy to walk and do anything. I was a bit unlucky I wanted to go to Bacalar and Belize after Mexico but we’ll obviously I couldn’t cuz I spent a lot of time recovering in Mexico so the realistic day that I saw the country are probably two weeks and the rest I spent it there due to the illness. I got a bit unlucky during the Mexican trip.

DAY 1 – Monday 21.02.22

( Night at: Selina Cancun Hotel Zone )

( On the Neos flight from Milan to Cancun )

I work up early did the last things and than at 9 am my mum takes me to the airport Milano Malpensa and I depart at 1 pm with Neos to Havana – Cancun. The flight went smooth but I couldn’t sleep all day so I watch movies and I had an horrible head hakes. At 6 pm I landed in Havana where I had to get of the plan stay a bit at the airport and than we depart at 8 pm to landed in Cancun around 9:20 pm where the shuttle was waiting for me at the airport. Than I did the check in at the Selina Hotel Hotel Zone and I went straight to sleep because I was very tired.

DAY 2 – Tuesday 22.02.22

( Night at: Selina Cancun Hotel Zone )

( Lunch at Mandala Beach Club )

Woke up at 7:30 am I canceled the flight to Miami than I went out to buy an adaptator to charge my phone than I went to the bar to have a breakfast and than I called my mum and I chill a bit after I did a bit of exercise and I got ready to go to the beach, and wow it was very amazing I didn’t expect that honestly, probably one of the best sea I ever seen in my life. I walked a bit there and than I was hungry so I decided to go at the Mandala Becah Club to get something to eat and drink, basically I drink all day and eat, it was really nice and fun honestly I liked it. By 6 pm I come back to the Hostel and I went downtown with two of my roommate and an Austrian girl called Lidya. Thanks to them they teach me how to use colectivo bus which are the public local bus and we had dinner in random markets at Parque de las Palapas, after dinner we walked a bit around to the markets and than we come back to the hostel to sleep.

DAY 3 – Wednesday 23.02.32

( Night at: Selina Cancun Hotel Zone )

( Selina Hostel zona hoteleira Cancun )

Woke up at 5:30 am probably due to the jet leg and u went to the beach to watch the sunrise. It was amazing, well I couldn’t really see the sunrise but I truly enjoyed the atmosphere. After I went back to the hostel and I decided to spend the day in an other beach club since I was very tired without even know why actually, so I took the Colectivo that r the regular buses and I went went to Paradiso Hotel that was more than luxurious but the beach club wasn’t that nice I I left actually and I went back to my hostel I had lunch there I eat Chilaquiles and I went to sleep because I was too tired. After I went to Playa Caracol but than the weather get bad it was stormy so I come back to the hostel I got ready to go out to try a proper Mexican dinner at Casa Tequila drinking my first Margaritas in Mexico which it was very good. After I come back to the hostel to sleep.

DAY 4 – Thursday 24.02.22

( Night at: Selina Cancun Hotel Zone )

( Chichen Itza, Yucatàn )

I decided to book a day with Get Your Guide since I recover from the flight and the jet lag. It started at 7:30 am the pick up point in a Hotel near mine Fiesta Americana and from there the trip started approximately 3 hours of driving. The trip includes 1 hour of guided tour and 1 hour of free time for photos and exploring on your own Chichen Itza, I liked it but was way to hot I was boiling I couldn’t handle that hot weather. The second stop is at the Cenote Saamal which was very turist but beautiful I liked it and we had lunch there approximately 2:00 PM, the food in the restaurant of the place is included, within the buffet, you will find a selection of Yucatecan style dishes, Beef, Chicken, Fish, Fruit, Salad. To end the trip, we will make a stop in the Colonial city of Valladolid, famous for its colonial style and for its history in the “War of the Castes”. A quick visit to the main square and tequila testing. After I come back around 8 pm very tired and I went to sleep immediately, but I couldn’t because I checked the news and I find out that Russia invaded Ukraine that was I thought could happen but since it didn’t I left Italy quietly thinking that couldn’t happen, so for me was a bit a trauma like when COVID happened and I just arrived in Australia. So I felt very bad and unpowered.

DAY 5 – Friday 25.02.22

( Night at: Selina Cancun Hotel Zone )

( Dinner at Hacienda el Mortero, Cancun )

I talked with my mum and than I reach out my Russian friends trying to understand what was happening and than I reach of my Ukrainian friends to understand better, well the situation was pretty bad but Russia wasn’t going crazy what Putin did there were reason behind so hopefully I wouldn’t be the beginning of the third war world. Was absolutely awful the morning couldn’t believe just got in Mexico and something is happening, again looks like a night mare my life lately. I tried to don’t stress to much and after lunch I went Playa Delfinas taking the bus from Selina it was pretty easy actually. It was absolutely beautiful Playa Delfinas I absolutely loved it. Later on I went back to the hostel to chill watch the sunset and than I decided to treat myself and not stressing to much so I went out for a Mexican dinner at Restaurante Hacienda el Mortero, it was pretty expensive but a really fancy place with live music really nice and relaxing atmosphere.

DAY 6 – Saturday 25.02.22

( Night at: Selina Isla de Mujeres )

( Playa Norte, Isla Mujeres )

I woke up at 8 am I did a breakfast and took few photos around the hostel and than I went to take the ferry to Isla Mujeres at 10:30 am one I got there I went to the hostel to do the check in and I went to the bar to drink and eat something and relax, after I went to the beach to explore the zone around and wow the beach is amazing I couldn’t imagine that honestly I loved it. I got a coconut water as well finally so yes I could say that I can totally start to enjoy the vacation atmosphere. I went to watching the sunset at the sunset spot it was beautiful between the palm trees and after that I walk around the island and I eat on the street one hot dog and one churros can’t complain, after this long beautiful day I come back to the hostel and I went to sleep.

DAY 7 – Sunday 27.02.22

( Night at: Selina Isla de Mujeres )

( Playa Norte, Isla Muljeres )

I woke up at the 7:30 am I went to the pool of the hostel to take few photos than at the beach and I stopped at the Bar North Garden to phone call my family for the birthday of my aunt. Later I went back to the beach to swim and relax and take photos. By 11 am I went back to the hostel to do the check out and chill next to the pool and that’s when I met Lydia and I decided to go to the beach with her and few guys that she knows, Fabian from Switzerland and Diana from Germany. So we get a Burrito at Beachin Burrito on the way and we went to the beach for lunch where we stayed there all day enjoying the nice weather, swim and chatting together. Around 5 pm we went back to the hostel I did the check in in the new room and than I went by myself to Playa Norte again to watch the sunset and relax. After we went out for dinner at together and we went to Asia Caribe where I eat Mexican because I didn’t wanted eat Asian. After we went to a bar to see play the band a scuba dive instructor and after we went with him at Mezcaleria Bandidos del Maguey to try Mezcal well I was very tired I couldn’t stay that long awake honestly, and after we come back to the hostel which there was a party so I stayed longer there and we party a bit till 1:30 am.

DAY 8 – Monday 28.02.22

( Night at: Selina Playa del Carmen )

( Selina Hostel, Isla Muljeres )

I woke up at 8 am I took few photos around the hostel and than I did the breakfast with the other guys of the hostel. At 11 am I did the check out and I chill in the hostel with Lydia the Austrian girl that I met the first day in Cancun and at 1:30 pm I started the snorkeling tour till 4:30 pm it was amazing one of the best snorkeling tour I’ve done in my life, really beautiful the barrier reef it was a lot of swimming I didn’t used to it but but absolutely unfortunately all the scenario and I could go really closed to the corals and wasn’t only about the corals but also about the underwater museum which was a nice experience we’ll never saw a le underwater museum before. After the tour I bought a coconut to get the energy to keep going with the day. I say good bye to Lydia and I went to take the ferry at 5:30 pm to Cancun Puerto Juarez and from there I took the Ado bus to the bus sto in Cancun. I had to wait a bit because I booked the bus at 20:20 pm so mine while I got a sandwich at the bus and had a dinner. After one hours on the bus I arrived in playa del Carmen that I was very tired and I went immediately to sleep after I did the check in at the Selina.

DAY 9 – Tuesday 01.03.2022

( Night at: Selina Playa del Carmen )

( Selina Hostel, Playa del Carmen )

I woke up early in the morning and I realised that I wasn’t feeling well at all, so after the breakfast I went back to sleep all day till I woke up in the noon feeling a bit better so I went to the beach and to walk around the city trying to discover new things. I got a coconut and I watch few typical Mexican shows at the stairs. After I went in streets to get something to eat two tapas and a Nutella Marquesitas after that I went back to sleep. This is probably the day that I got bitten by a Dengue mosquito during my first night in Playa del Carmen because when I woke up I had few red puf on my leg, and I started to feel with less energy.

DAY 10 – Wednesday 02.03.2022

( Night at Mi Refugio, Cozumel )

( Coco on Play del Carmen )

I woke up at 8 am I went to the Playa del Carmen beach to take few photos around and than I stopped at the Ah Cacao Chocolate Cafe for the breakfast. Than I decided to visit the Rio Secreto since I was feeling better, so I booked the tour at 11:45 am meeting point at Coco Bongo but before I did the check out in Selina and than I started the Tour. I was very hesitant to do it or not because was pretty expensive 90$ USD but 70$ was only the entrance fee so I couldn’t make it cheaper well yes if I was taking the public bus but I preferred like this book the tour at the hostel. Once I got there they give me all the equipment, shoes, life guard light and everything. Was very beautiful honestly it was a unique experience underground with water and those stalagmites and stalactites was unreal never saw something like that before. After I did a lunch there with the group that I was with and than I went back to the hostel a took my stuff and I went to take the ferry at 6 pm. Once I got in Cozumel unfortunately was already dark but it seems not dangerous so I went to look for the hostel and I randomly with help of passengers as well I found it, it looks really nice I liked very welcoming, I was extremely tired so I feel suddenly asleep.

DAY 11- Thursday 03.03.22

( Night at Mi Refugio, Cozumel )

( Playa San Francisco, Cozumel )

I woke up around 10 am I went to Starbucks for breakfast and than I tried to organise mystery for a snorkeling trip, well tomorrow because today I wasn’t feeling very well actually I was very tired. So I went all over to try to organise I was very pissed off because the owner of the place told that he could help me but he never answered me on whatsapp so I went to the other hostel to ask if they have any snorkeling tour and they send me to Isla Bonita Car Rental that I could booked a snorkeling tour for the day after. And today well was already 2 pm and I decided to go to Playa San Francisco with a a Taxi it was okay but not the best place ever I just took few photos honestly and then I left because at 6 pm I was meeting Fabian the Swiss guy that I met in Isla Muljeres to watch the sunset together and than we went to have a dinner at Los Tacotales but I was very tired so after dinner I went immediately to sleep exhausted.

DAY 12 – Friday 04.03.22

( Night at Mi Refugio, Cozumel )

( Snorkeling at El Cielito, Cozumel )

I woke up kind of early well at 9:30 am I went to the tour “office” and around 10 am we left on the bus first and than we went to get on the boat, it was an amazing experience, Cozumel island is totally worth it in Quintana Roo. First we did snorkeling in Palancar than Columbia which they were okay but nothing crazy well not better than Isla Muljeres and than El Cielo with the star fish on the sands that was unbelievable never saw something like that before and later we stopped at El Cielito where we had lunch there I could have seen stingrey which it was awesome neve saw them so close before. After we come back, I went to the hostel to sleep I was very tired. When I woke up from the afternoon nap I went around the city to take few photos and I eat a Marquesitas and than I went to sleep.

DAY 13 – Saturday 05.03.22

( Night at: Selina Tulum )

( Selina Hotel, Tulum )

I woke up at 8:30 am I did the check out at the Mi Rifugio Hostel and I went out for breakfast at Maple Bakehouse. I took the boat at 11 am to Playa del Carmen and from there I booked the bus ticket to Tulum with Ado bus transport. I arrived at the Hostel around 2 pm I did the check in and I went to the La Malinche Tulum to have lunch and than I just chill and relax at the Hotel took few photos and later in the evening Lydia arrived as well and we went out for dinner at La Taqueria and while we were there walking around we discovered the magnificent Cenote part of a restaurant and than we went to the party at the hostel which it was kind of nice so we stayed there partying a bit, well we had to wake up early the days after for the tours so we just stayed there few minutes and than we went to sleep.

DAY 14 – Sunday 06.03.22

( Night at: Selina Tulum )

( Tulum ruins )

I woke up early at 7:30 am I meet Lydia for breakfast at the hostel around 8 am and than at 8:30 am the bus comes to pick up us for the day tour and we went straight to the Tulum ruins, we had a guide explaining everything well it was super warm I was dying actually and I wasn’t feeling that good I haven’t much energy, but well it was beautiful. Discover the Mayan archaeological site of Tulum, world famous for its unique location alongside the Caribbean coastline. Built on a natural outcrop facing the rising sun, the stunning turquoise blue ocean backdrop makes this beautiful site one of the most picturesque in the world. After we went to Snorkeling with Akumal Sea Turtles Afterwards we take a short 5 minute boat ride to the fascinating underwater world of Turtle Bay on a leisurely snorkel tour in search 3 of the world’s 7 sea turtle species. Brightly colored tropical fish, spectacular coral, amazing rock formations, rays and unbelievable visibility makes this an unforgettable experience. Later on Explore the Mayan Cenotes the journey deep into the subtropical rainforest of the Yucatan to relax, swim and snorkel in the crystal-clearfresh waters of a massive “cenote”, and marvel at the thousands of spectacular stalagmites and stalactites that surround you at every turn. Than we had lunch where the Cenote was and later on we made our way back to the Hostel with the tour on the bus. Once we get back me and Lydia we chilled a bit next to the pool and than we grab some snack to eat for dinner and we went to the club of the hostel, that it was like a party on the beach we stayed there a bit not too much we didn’t even get a drink because we were very tired.

DAY 15 – Monday 07.03.22

( Night at: Selina Tulum )

( Sunrise at Selina, Tulum )

I woke up early at 6:30 am to watch the sunrise but I wasn’t feeling that well actually so I did the breakfast with Lydia and than I come back to sleep I woke up at lunch I said goodbye to Lydia and than I eat at Mia Restaurant time to eat something and than I come back to sleep feeling very sick and without energy so I slept all day.

DAY 16 – Tuesday 08.03.2022

( Night at: Selina Tulum )

( Swimming pool at Selina, Tulum

All day in bed feeling very sick and taking antibiotics feeling fever and bones pain so, i was feeling so bad I just slept all day.

DAY 17 – Wednesday 09.03.2022

( Night at: Selina Tulum )

( Coco Verde on the beach, Tulum

I woke up at 8 am feeling a bit better but not 100 percent. After one day without any food I went for breakfast but I couldn’t eat much I was so without energy that after few minutes I just went back to my bed. Stayed in bed all day trying to sleep as much as I could.

DAY 18 – Thursday 10.03.22

( Night at: Hostel Malakai )

( Tulum beach at Selina )

I woke up at 8 am I did few photos around the hostel and also the breakfast and at 11 am check out because it was too expensive to stay longer and anyway I could do nothing so I decided to move in Tulum downtown in an other hostel called Malakai, not the best but at least cheaper that’s what I was looking for. Took a taxi from Selina to there once I did the check in I went to the bed to rest a bit and relax. In the evening I was very hungry so I went out on the street trying to look for a place to eat and I found El Takazo which it seems pretty nice so I got an hamburger there and than I come back to the hostel to sleep.

DAY 19 – Friday 11.03.22

( Night at: Hostel Malakai )

( Hostel Malakai, Tulum

I woke up around 10 am I was feeling worse that the day before I didn’t know what to do I wanted to go back to sleep but I couldn’t so I went to buy a COVID test and was negative. So I chill at the hostel but I wasn’t feeling well and I wanted to know what I have so I went to the hospital Costamed Tulum I had a chance to see a doctor and he told me that I might have been bitten by a mosquito and got a Dengue fever, he prescribed me a blood test but it was taking long time to do it so I decided to not do it and come back to the hostel to sleep.

DAY 20 – Saturday 12.03.22

( Night at: Hostel Malakai )

( Fruteria Tulum )

I woke up around 9 am and I decided to go to buy some fruits so I went to the Fruteria next to the hostel and I bought a bit of papaya and a bit of mango, I eat it. Than in the noon I called my mum and for dinner I went to Subway to grab a sandwich and I went to sleep. Do anything is really had because I don’t have energy to read or walk basically nothing.

DAY 21 – Sunday 13.03.22

( Night at: Hostel Malakai )

( Marijuana plant at the hostel, Tulum

I woke up around 10 am very tired I had a bit of breakfast than I saying on the Amaca all day talking with mum on the phone and in the noon I went to eat something at the Con Amor bar and than I come back to the Hostel very tired and I went to sleep.

DAY 22 – Monday 14.03.22

( Night at: Hostel Malakai )

( Socializing with the cat of the hostel )

I woke up at 10 am I went for breakfast at … where was only cash payment and I haven’t any so they told me to come back the day after but I was leaving so I haven’t pay than I come back to the hostel to chill and relax all day, stayed in hammock doing nothing like my brain wasn’t working ether, later on bought a pack of chips for dinner and I went to sleep.

DAY 23 – Tuesday 15.03.22

( Night at: Nomad, Cancun )

( Book Wall at Nomad Hostel Cancun )

I woke up without feeling very well but I try to get all my energy and to go to take the bus to Cancun, walking with the backpack was a lot anyway I made it I took it at 11:30 am, the way went smooth I could handle it and I arrived at 13:50 in Cancun Ado Bus stop where I was few days before when I took the bus to playa del Carmen. Fortunately from the stop to the hostel was like 10 minutes by walk so I could do it. Once I arrived I did the check in and I was feeling very very exhausted and hungry so I went to the bar and I eat a piazza which obviously I couldn’t even finished it and I went straight to the bed, it was so nice being in the bed with the AC in the room, I slept very well.

DAY 24 – Wednesday 16.03.22

( Night at: Nomad, Cancun )

( Private rooms at Nomad Hostel, Cancun )

I woke up at 11 am around that time and I decided to do a breakfast at the bar of the hostel getting avo on toast with eggs. After I went back to sleep again actually I checked the pool at the rooftop before and than yes I went back to sleep and in the evening I walk through the McDonald’s to get something to eat and than I went to sleep again.

DAY 25 – Thursday 17.03.22

( Night at: Enigmatic Hostel, Cancun )

( The swimming pool at Enigmatic Hostel, Cancun )

I woke up around 11 am and by 11 am I did the check out and I went to a different hostel which it was just 10 minutes by walk, actually it was a lot, I didn’t have the energy to do it but I had to the new hostel it ll be better and cheaper. Once I get there I couldn’t do the check in so I left my things at the reception and I went next to the pool to chill and I ordered sushi from Uber Eats, and at 3 pm I did the check in in the room. For dinner I ordered McDonald’s and than I went to sleep.

DAY 26 – Friday 18.03.22

( Night at: Enigmatic Hostel, Cancun )

( The Enigmatic Hostel Cancun )

I woke up early like around 9 am, I called Chiara than I read a bit and for lunch I ordered McDonald’s again and later on in the noon I called my friend Selvaggia for few hours. It was a chill day, and I tried to organised everything as much as I could for the day after that I ll leave Mexico and enter in Costa Rica.

DAY 27 – Saturday 19.03.22

( On Avianca flight from Cancun to San Jose )

I woke up pretty early around 7:30 am I got ready to take the bus at 8:30 am with Ado bus to the Cancun International Airport terminal 2. My flight was at 10:52 am but I did a huge mistake in the morning I forgot to buy a flight back ticket to exit from Costa Rica so at the airport they didn’t let me do the check in and leave my luggage because the Wi-Fi there wasn’t working well and I couldn’t buy a flight ticket. It was awful I was panicking because that means that I had to lose my flight but luckily it didn’t happened the take me to the offices where there was a better wifi and I could book a ticket just on time and I run to the gate to get on the plane. The flight was very smooth and relatively short for what I used to. One I landed in San Jose I had to do a long queue to check the documents and afte I just called an Uber to go to my hostel so it was pretty easy, than I chill I went to the supermarket got a SIM card and than around 8 pm I met one guy from my city in Italy, well isn’t really my friend but yes I know him so trough Instagram we realised that we were in San Jose so yes we met up at Jardin De Lolita which it was a nice hipster place and than we walked around the area California area to get some drink in two different bars and than around 2 pm I ordered an Uber to come back to the hostel.