Maya beauty Some of you might think I am always on holiday *removes sand from in between toes*

But we haven't been on what I would call a real holiday for quite some time, the real definition of a holiday, you know relaxing, sleeping in, exploring, eating and drinking.

Five years ago we spent a memorable holiday in Cabo at the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. On Sunday we are going to the opposite coast and Riviera Maya, a kind of made up name for the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.

It is a short flight down to Cancun, Mexico's equivalent of Torremolinos from Miami then less than an hour's drive to where we are staying just north of Playa Del Carmen at Mayakoba.

A Chicago Addick family holiday wouldn't be complete without some exploration (now with pram) and two and half hours away are the most famous of all Mayan sites at Chichen Itza. Much closer is Tulum, where Mayan ruins perch atop cliffs overlooking the ocean. Playa Del Carmen is a hip looking place although is swarming like Bermuda, with American cruise-line tourists.

We leave Sunday morning and return on Saturday and I'm very much looking forward to reacquainting myself with Mexico's tequila charms.  ¶ 06:52