Considering how easy our previous border crossing experiences had been, we expected Costa Rica’s would be a breeze. Arguably the most developed country in Central America, we presumed the process would be advanced and straight forward. Sadly, these predicaments were far from truth. In fact this was the most complex, frustrating border crossing on our…
A Granada Pitstop
Granada struck us to be much like Antigua, Guatemala, on first impression. Colonial streets and buildings, all sporting different bright colours made it very picturesque. We were only staying in this small town one night before making our way down to Costa Rica as we had spent more days than desired in Leon. We checked…
Leon – The Land of Volcanos
Arriving in Nicaragua brought high expectations. Jonny’s dutch friend Vince, whom he also met in Asia back in 2013 had volunteered here for around three months and had bigged up the whole country to us both prior to our arrivals. Our first stop was his adopted home town of Leon, which is famous for its…
El Tunco – A Hidden gem
A 7am get up and a full day travelling never fills anyone with excitement or anticipation, unless that is, you’re a traveller. Especially a traveller that is heading into the relative unknown and to a country that, in western society, is viewed as a dangerous, scary place, to be avoided at all costs. We’re talking…
Lake Atitlan & San Pedro
The shuttle bus in true Guatemalan style was late and took almost double the time to arrive in San Pedro. Fighting it’s way through traffic, roadworks and then a very windy, steep road comparable to that of Lanquin (although Lanquin still wins the award for ultimately the worst ever road) and what felt like endless…
Antigua Guatemala – The beauty that is
The instantly surprising thing about Antigua was the blistering heat which scorched us as we stepped out of the shuttle bus. It was a stark contrast to the constant rain we had adapted to in Lanquin and definitely not something to complain about, even if it did make carrying our bags a more advanced task….
The start of Guatemala; Flores & Tikal
Our journey here was tedious to say the least. Six hours on an old rickety bus, which looked much in need of an MOT service and had questionable ‘air conditioning’. Thankfully there was only a handful of people travelling on it, which meant we each got two seats, although how you would have been able…
Lanquin – Semuc Champey .. An amazing disappointment!
To arrive in the town of Lanquin to be mobbed by locals, all screaming the name of their respective hotels was not what we, nor the other 16 poor souls on our shuttle bus needed after enduring yet another horrid journey. The trip this time included a final 10km or so on what we will…
… Part 2; You’d better Belize it – Caye Caulker
After the horrible journey endured in getting to San Pedro on Ambergris Caye we opted for the other of two boat companies – Belize Water Taxi as opposed to San Pedro Water Taxis. Thankfully, much to Hayley’s delight their boat was a lot smoother and also cheaper. So if you ever happen to be in…
Belize Begins 🇧🇿
Belize was not originally on our travel list, although upon recommendation and further research we decided missing it out would be a mistake. First we headed to the Island of Ambergris Caye, dominated by a small town named San Pedro. A 90 minute water taxi was required for the journey. Departing Mexico was smooth, tickets…
Cenotes, Rain and Ruins – Tulum
We arrived in Tulum – a relatively small town a few hours down the coast from Cancun – after what we can safely describe as ‘the best bus journey of our travelling lifes’. The ADO bus we caught for a small fee from Cancun was absolute luxury, compared to what we expected and were both…
Why you should visit Isla Mujeres
Translated this is the island of the woman. We hadn’t heard much about the island itself, but being backpackers we start to get itchy feet after too long in a single location. Thus we said goodbye to Cancun and embarked on a treacherous journey across seas to Isla Mujeres. We are being highly dramatic.getting to…
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