I know this is the end of the thread and what am about to say is a complete hijack of it. But having read it -and all the comments about Mexico being "swine-flu - land" my blood is boiling. And yes I know I am being very very U here. But still national pride is national pride, after all.

FGS. We (I live here) had swine flu in April and May. We all took extreme measures to contain it (I was quarentined in my home for a month seeing as I am both pregnant and diabetic. By a decree; meaning that my work couldn't sack me for not showing up). It is more or less under control, ie. in the sense that only one state -out of 32- has still any cases. This is the state of Chiapas. Not somewhere on the "beach holiday trail". There are a team of medical specialists there now trying to help the state resolve this. Where I live, in the North, we have not had one single case. In my parents town in the the NW of England and my sister's in Scotland, there have been at least 5 or 6 cases.

So, all in all, you are much likelier to catch swine flu in the UK than in Mexico.

Well done for Some Guy for going. All this media hysteria about Mexico (when in fact it started in the US and was only detected first in Mexico) has been extremely detrimental to all of us in all areas. This is why it is really cheap to go. So please do. You'll have a great time. Mexico is fabulous.

Sorry about the rant and the hijack. It just gets my goat so much.

And no, I don't work for the Mexican tourist board, altough after rereading this, I'm thinking of giving them a ring to offer my services

I like the look of the last place. Seems a bit more intimate.

We stayed here:

www.thomson.co.uk/destinations/caribbean/mexico/mexico-caribbean-coast/playacar/hotels/clubhotel-riu -tequila.html - not bad, AI buffets get boring though
www.thomson.co.uk/destinations/caribbean/mexico/mexico-caribbean-coast/tulum/hotels/dreams-tulum-res ort-and-spa.html - too many Americans all clutching wads of dollar bills
www.mayaland.com/mayaland.php - superb location, room rather dated but it contributed somewhat to the 1920s explorer vibe
and here:
www.holboxdream.com/holboxdream-english.html - nicely decorated rooms with conch shell shower (tended to spray the water everywhere, but amusing for a few days on holidays), hammock, small pool and a/c

DD was most impressed with the 'fish-fish' (dolphins, turtles, sting rays (I think? they swam together in a group of about 50 in a perfect triangle shape), manta rays, whale sharks) and the 'tweet-tweets' (we went on a boat trip to a lagoon with tens of thousands of flamingos).

Hope you all had a good holiday. Where did you stay in the end?

Looks like we dodged the swine flu by staying out of the UK.

Oh how amusing the swine flu comments that accompanied our departure were, when on our return, reading the airline-supplied Daily Mail, we found that Britain is in the grip of an uncontrolled swine flu epidemic (rules which apply to developing countries re safety in respect of terrorism, swine flu, etc., don't apply when something's affecting the UK).

Bigger danger was DVT, or as unfortunately happened to the woman in non-sensible heels in front of us, falling down the airplane steps (she died in hospital two days later).

Quattro....Copenhagen to Gdans than back to sweden/finland, etc...
Gdansk, I assume the one in poland...if so...it is not exactly the same direction as copenhagen/sweden/finland...is it ????????????

No childcare in Mexico?
Que?

I think if I had a 2 year old I would be objecting to going to Mexico on the grounds there is no childcare there, otherwise it sounds a fine idea. However I do concede that some people like their children and want to spend time with them.

arf.

oh Pan, how very "Europeanly correct" of you - you know I meant miles!