Category: Travel

  • Tuesday 8 January 2013 Highlights: A dangerous waterfall, Birthday wishes Again last night we had a lot of rain, it seems this must be the wet season. We upgraded our transportation for today’s trip to Antigua from public bus to private vehicle. This meant less travelling time and a stop off at a local waterfall…

  • After 22 days in Mexico I can say I have a much better understanding of this country despite missing the Northern drug war areas on the border with the USA. My trip here was one part Resort in Cancun and a bigger basic tour part. Arriving in Cancun on the 9 December I had a…

  • Monday 7 January 2013 Highlights: Kayaking, Howler Monkeys, Boat Cruise, Hot Springs, Volunteer School. For most of the night it rained with the occasional thunder and lighting which wasn’t a good omen for today’s events but for the most part didn’t have to great an impact. I got up very early for kayaking with several…

  • Sunday 6 January 2013 Highlights: Boat ride around Flores During the night I woke many times to some very noisy late night / early morning fireworks. I later found out this was the last day of Christmas celebrations. The weather wasn’t ideal either today with it raining on an off during the day.

  • Saturday 5 January 2013 Highlights: Tikal Ruins Today we left Belize behind getting up around 6 am in order to have breakfast and be on the road by 6.40 am. Border control was interesting, we paid $18.75 USD To exit Belize and about $1.25 USD to enter Guatemala. The interesting aspect is we walked past…