Budgets are perhaps a little boring for some (not Jess, she loves a spread sheet!) but they are absolutely necessary to ensure that you can travel for longer and do everything that you want to do. Don’t get caught out and have to go home early, a little planning goes a long way! Here...
Our Ultimate Top 10 Destinations in Central America
In comparison to ginormous South America, Central America is a tiddler! We were so happy to be able to cut down on travel times and enjoy more time exploring. We spent 4 months in Central America, which was nowhere near long enough, but it did give us a good chance to absorb some of...
Go Slow! Caye Caulker, Belize
As is customary for every self-respecting newly married couple, we decided to have a little honeymoon on one of the gems of Belize and indeed the whole of the Caribbean: Caye Caulker. If there is a motto to be had then this one is as good as it gets. Caye Caulker, a small caye...
Getting Married in Belize
Yep, you guessed it, how could we write a post about getting married in Belize if we had not done it ourselves?! Organising a wedding seems daunting at the best of times, but what about doing it abroad? We knew that we wanted the minimum fuss, frills and cost possible and it quickly became...
Back to the Caribbean – San Ignacio, Belize
Goodbye Guatemala…hello Belize, our last stop in Latin America. The town of San Ignacio, Belize is only a few hours away by collectivo (shared van transport) from the famous ruins of Tikal and the island town of Flores in Guatemala where we spent a few days, so it made sense for us to cross...
Tikal & Flores – Into the Heart of the Maya Empire
Getting from Antigua to Tikal and Flores via the “delightful” holiday destination (for Guatemalans only it seems) that is Rio Dulce wasn’t easy as the roads are not particularly well-kept and there is always the sneaky, unannounced speed-bump to look out for that may outright destroy your car. Nonetheless, we managed to make it...
A Picture Post – The Maya ruins of Quiriguá
As we passed through the department of Izabal in the south-eastern Guatemala, we decided to visit the lesser known Maya archaeological site of Quiriguá of the Classic Period. We’d heard about this site whilst we were visiting Copán in Honduras. Quiriguá was once a dependant of Copán, but following a battle during which the...
Antigua and Around – Mayan Culture and Volcanos
Wow, Antigua! What can we say, we were absolutely enamoured with this gem of a city. After over a year of travelling in Latin America we don’t think that we’ve found a city that can compare to Antigua. Of course there were nice ones like upmarket postcard-perfect Cartagena and the sleepy step-back-in-time town of...
Copán Ruinas – Entering the land of the Maya
We didn’t have much time to get through Honduras to reach Copán Ruinas, but we knew that we wanted to start our Mayan adventures here. The town is in the north of the country near the border with Guatemala, and it certainly involved an epic, (and boring) multi-day journey to get there. From Esteli...
The Jewels of Colonial Nicaragua
After our volcanic island extravaganza and full-immersion into Nicaraguan farming life on the island of Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua, we were keen to go back to the mainland to enjoy some colonial towns and their beautiful and evocative architecture. Although we absolutely fell in love with the previous country that we had visited; Costa...