Stuck in Guatemala, April 20 – 28th
Yesterday we received an email from friends back home in BC. Barb & Mike drove the Pan American highway 15+ years ago. Her reply to our hold up was “if nothing goes wrong, it’s just a holiday!” During their journey, they were without their truck for a month because of port closures, endured a hurricane, […]
Guatemala – by Charley
Well, when left Belize, they took my temperature at the border place when we crossed into Guatemala. They were looking to see if I had the Corona Virus, but I didn’t, my temperature was normal and I got another stamp in my passport. Our first stop in Guatemala was in the campground at Tikal, these […]
Lockdown in Guatemala, April 1 – 19th
The past 2 weeks have passed by surprisingly fast, though the hours seem to sometimes drag. Judging by reports online it appears that the virus hasn’t yet reached its peak in Central America, numbers are slowly but steadily climbing & how accurate they are is unknown. With so much time on our hands we often […]
San Marcos & Quarantine March 16 – 31
San Marcos is a pretty lake side town with dual identities. The Mayan community of fisherman & farmers, who have been here since the beginning of their time and the travellers who come here seeking a ‘higher sense of being’. Believed to be a place of special energy San Marcos is popular for practicing yoga, […]
Belize
“I went hiking in the jungle. It was very colourful, the roots of the trees were very thick, if we tried to chop the roots in half it wouldn’t work. The roots are too thick. ” “My family and I went on a hike to find some birds, on the way we got close to […]
Mexico – by Jaxon 6.5 yrs
“The first picture is of Charley & I that time when Bruce got stuck in all that mud and we were supposed to stay in the truck, but we got bored and put our feet in the mud, it was cold and wet and we got it all over the inside of the truck. The […]
Chichi – San Marcos, March 15.
Bruce behaved himself for the rest of the day. Passing along the mountain side towns, they all started to blurr one into another, as thoughts of how Covid-19 is causing the world to shut down. We’ve just had word that Whistler & Blackcomb mountains are closed for the spring break and possibly for the rest […]
Lanquin – Chichicastenango, March 13 – 14
Feeling a little antsy about the virus and hearing of the border closing, we are keen to get to San Marcos asap. We left Lanquin gas station at 8am, just in time to sneak through the first part of the road works, but were stopped for a half hour at the next. Climbing out of […]