by Sarah Jervis | Mar 29, 2020 | Our Journey
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...
by Sarah Jervis | Mar 28, 2020 | Our Journey
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...
by Sarah Jervis | Mar 26, 2020 | Our Journey
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...
by Sarah Jervis | Mar 24, 2020 | Our Journey
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...
by Sarah Jervis | Mar 12, 2020 | Our Journey
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...
by Sarah Jervis | Mar 11, 2020 | Our Journey
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...
