Banks are likely to charge you fees for cashing your Travellers Cheques, whereas your hotel may not. We stayed at Ramon's Village and they cashed all the cheques we wanted with no charges.

Make sure you bring some ginger pills (or chewables or tablets). They help with nausea, food that doesn't sit right, too-many-beers-tummy, airsickness, etc. (Gravol now makes them in various forms - and no side effects).

It's never too late to have a happy childhood!