Category: World Trip 2012-2013
A massive 139-day trip covering fifteen countries; Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Iceland, Chile, Antartica, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, Belize, Gauteemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, between 27 September 2012 and 13 February 2013.
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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.
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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…
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Friday 4 January 2013 Highlights: Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) Caves. During the night it rained very hard and as a result all our booked activities today underwent major changes. For me the Actun Tunichil Muknal Caves or the Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre was changed from a 11.30 am departure to 8.15 am. This news…
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Thursday 3 January 2013 Highlights: Travel day by boat and public yellow school bus Travel day from Caye Caulker to San Ignacio which meant a 45 minute water boat ride back to the mainland and away from paradise, literary since that was the name of our hotel!
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Wednesday 2 January 2013 Highlights: Snorkelling and cruising in the Caribbean. Today the majority of the group opted for a day of snorkelling in the Caribbean and exploring the second largest coral reef in the world after the Barrier Reef in Australia. As we had 14 people Andrea managed to organise a boat just for…
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Tuesday 1 January 2013 Highlights: Walking around the island and relaxing by the ocean An extremely easy day walking around and exploring Caye Caulker while recovering from yesterday’s partying. The islands main transportation options are; golf carts, bikes and walking. You have to watch out for the golf carts as they can be silent killers…
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Monday 31 December 2012 Highlights: School bus transportation, New Year’s Eve A big day of taxis, buses and boats on a major travelling day that ended up with me on the Caribbean Island of Caye Caulker, a part of Belize.
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Sunday 30 December 2012 Highlights: Tulum Ruins Kate got my message last night about an earlier start for the Tulum Ruins visit which was a good start to the day. Kate sneaked into the breakfast area to meet us having the presence to not take off the hotel bracelets when she checked out yesterday.
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Saturday 29 December 2012 Highlights: Meeting new tour members Another lazy day walking around Playa del Carmen, watching some TV and writing blog entries and emails to those back home that I miss before meeting new tour members.
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Friday 28 December 2012 Highlights: Farewell Dinner After 14 days it was time to end the Mexico Ancient Civilizations part of my Mexican and Central America trip. Today we farewelled Tina, Luna, Sam, Patricia, Aaron, Lauren and Kate. I had originally been a little concerns that I would fit into a basic style tour aimed…
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