Semuc Champey, March 12
At 10pm last night the music & lights went off and the gas station fell into darkness. The next morning when chatting to the gas station manager about getting over to see Semuc Champey, he recommended we take a private vehicle and that we could leave the truck here & he would keep an eye […]
Laguna las Pozas to Lanquin. March 10 – 11th.
For some reason I’m in the habit of waking at 3am, it could have something to do with that gin & tonic and going to bed early. Opening the computer I spent an hour editing photos before falling back to sleep till half six when I woke to the sound of a tuk-tuk passing close […]
Mexico – by Charley
I would say it’s a pretty cool experience to actually be in Mexico. I really like all the bright colours, especially at Christmas time.It’s very peaceful here with beautiful sunsets, sometimes we are up early enough to see the sun rise too, it’s usually a lot cooler at that time, and the birds are singing.I […]
Guatemala Border, Tikal to Flores, March 8 – 9th.
All we’ve heard about border crossings is that it’s a big confusing, time consuming mess. So far, touch wood, each border crossing has been a piece of cake. Even with our very limited understanding of Spanish, which sounds different each country we pass through and in Guatemala it’s very different again! First we carefully exchanged […]
Caye Caulker & Mayflower Bocawina National park. March 6 – 8
Just off the coast lies the Belize Barrier Reef, a string of white sand & coral islands in the Caribbean Sea that make up the second largest reef in the world. A 1hr boat ride landed us on the wharf of Caye Caulker a fairly well established looking island, known for it’s laid back atmosphere. […]
Belize, March 2
Mexico to Belize Border Crossing Leaving Mexico was straightforward, we arrived at the border offices at 9am, no line ups or tour bus loads to deal with. First we surrendered our visitors visas & paid the exit taxes, (adults only) and got the exit stamp in the passports, todays date but wrong year, 2019! A […]
Driving in Mexico
Border crossing, at San Ysidro. – A new multi lane entry point for passport control coming from the US into Mexico. We were directed to the large x-ray machine for the truck first, from there we were directed to park at what appeared to be the bus depot, to go inside for immigration and the […]
Mayan Rivera, Lake Bacala & Chetumal Feb 26 – March 1st
I knew that Cancun and the Mayan Riviera is a popular destination because of the beautiful white sand beaches and turquoise waters. So it was no surprise to see all the grand entrances to each resort as we drove through. Shoulder to shoulder resorts dominate the entire coastline, leaving very little public beach access. So […]
Izamal, El Cuyo & Isla Blanca, Feb 21 – 26
The entire town of Izamal is painted yellow, including the old, simple stone, occupied convent is. Steeped in history, this pre-columbian Mayan city was significant politically and religiously. Today it’s more of a tourist attraction. Decorated horse drawn buggies offer rides around the narrow streets, vendors selling the same stuff and food stalls line the […]