Belize City, Belize
We’re so used to travelling in Mexico where distances between places are really large, and it always takes alot of time to get anywhere. It’s hard for us to comprehend how small Belize really is. Belize has a population of about 250,000, and relatively few roads! There are only three main highways in the country [...]
Cancun, Yucatan, Mexico
We spent our first few hours in Cancun getting our laundry done, and un-fun stuff like that, but headed off to the beach in the afternoon. What a gorgeous beach! As much as we both disliked the glitz and glamour and Americanism of Cancun, we have to admit that the beaches really are superb. White [...]
Celestun, Yucatan, Mexico
Our drive to the western coast of the Yucatan Peninsula took us on some interesting back roads and through some very small rural villages. Most of the homes were round huts made from wooden sticks and mud. There were very few vehicles, and everyone used bicycles as their primary mode of transportation. Most of the [...]
Chetumal, Yucatan, Mexico
We spent most of the day travelling south towards the Belize border. We stopped at a great property overlooking a freshwater lagoon near Chetumal and camped for the night. The family had lots of dogs (more than seven) who nosed around our truck looking for scraps at dinnertime. In the morning, we swam in the [...]
Chinandega, Nicaragua
In the morning we checked our e-mail and then headed southwest towards the coast. We passed some really big volcanoes and landed up in the fairly large town of Chinandega. We stayed overnight at a hotel (there are no campgrounds in these towns and the hotels are just as cheap as campgrounds anyway), and went [...]
Chitchen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
We spent a wonderful day walking around the ruins at Chitchen Itza. Among the many restored buildings on site was a large stadium-type structure called the ‘ballcourt’ where a complex game was played by the Mayans with a rubber ball and seven players on each team. The object was to keep the ball from hitting [...]
Coban, Guatemala
We awoke early this morning to beautiful mist in the valley where we were camped beside the river. After a breakfast of a huge pancake surrounding fruit, granola, yoghurt and honey, we headed off to Coban – two hours away – with Lisa and Ben. We went out for chinese lunch, and then dropped off [...]
Danli, Honduras
In the afternoon, we went to Parque National Celaque, which was quite a nice place to go hiking. There was a long 7 hour trail to the top of the highest mountain in Honduras, but that just sounded like too much work! Actually, it was getting dark, so we just went for a two hour [...]
Douglas da Silva, Belize
We spent the night at a nice campsite in a little town in the Pine Ridge Area. It was quite funny, because it was a logging area and there were dirt roads heading everywhere just like there are in Canada’s logging areas. In the morning we’re going to see a 1,000ft waterfall before heading to [...]
Esquipulas, Guatemala
We were unable to get an early start this morning as planned, and thus did not make it across to Honduras. We awoke this morning to discover that all of our gear that was strapped to the roof of the truck had been stolen in the night. That includes our 2 fold-up camping chairs, a [...]
Esteli, Nicaragua
We spent about 3 hours at the border between Honduras and Nicaragua, but since we got stuck there over lunch time, we were sitting doing nothing from noon till 1pm. We proceeded to the nearby town of Esteli where we stopped for the night. We didn’t clue into the fact that we were crossing the [...]
Francisco’s Citrus Farm, Belize
The morning after the big storm, all of our gear was thoroughly soaked, including all the carpets in the truck etc. (you get the picture). We packed up and headed inland towards Cisco’s citrus farm where he said we could hang out and spend time at the waterfall on the property. The farm was about [...]
Gracias, Honduras
Today we crossed over from Guatamala to Honduras. What an ordeal! And what a ton of money! We do not plan to spend any real time in Honduras, as we would rather get to Costa Rica and spend a bunch of time hanging out there. The border crossing was a bit of a zoo. After [...]
Honey Lake, Belize
It took about 2.5 hours to cross the Belize border. All the border officials were really friendly, and it was great to hear English for the first time in over a month. Vehicle insurance is mandatory in Belize, and we were easily able to purchase the necessary insurance at the border. We headed south and [...]
Lago de Izabel, Guatemala
We left our gorgeous lake this morning and headed south towards some hot springs that we have read about which are located near the largest lake in Guatemala, Lago de Izabal. We had to stop along the way to get our exhaust reconnected (2 bolts sheared off – it wasn’t anything major), although one of [...]
Lago Peten Itza, Guatemala
We crossed into Guatemala this morning after going to see 1,000ft falls this morning in Belize (not all that exciting, as the fog set in just as we arrived and it was hard to see the water!). The border crossing was a breeze, and before we knew it, we were heading into the Guatemalan interior. [...]
Las Cuevas Research Station, Belize
Las Cuevas Biological Research Station is in the southwestern region of Belize and is accessible by a two hour long drive along unpaved roads which require a 4 wheel drive vehicle. The research station is not open for visitors, but we managed to see the place because we got hold of a masters student who [...]
Mmm, the Belize saga …
Well, we got packed up and proceeded to the Southern Mexican border to cross over into Belize. The usual confusion with the language complicated matters again, and R&R had to pay more money for obtaining a multiple entry visa which they will need on their way back. The trouble with these ‘officials’ is that whatever [...]
Northern Yucatan, Mexico
We camped overnight north of Merida on a beach near the area where it is believed that the huge meteor hit Mexico causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. Since we still had one day to kill before picking up Noreen in Cancun, we headed to another bird sanctuary for the night, but we didn’t see [...]
Placencia, Belize
In the morning, we went to Cisco and Jackie’s house to say goodbye and to thank them for their generosity in letting us camp so many nights at the marina. They invited us into their home and we had breakfast together. Jackie offered to do our laundry (because most of our stuff was wet and [...]
Semuc Champey, Guatemala
We went to the hot springs this morning (the hot waterfall) only to discover that it wasn’t all that hot! It rained alot last night, and so although the falls were hot, the river below the falls was quite cold because a cold river joined it right beneath the falls. Quite disappointed and intent on [...]
Snorkeling at San Pedro, Belize
We set off early in the morning and caught the first water taxi across to an island about 1 1/2 hours offshore. We spent the whole day there checking out the little town (San Pedro) and snorkeling in the water offshore. We picked up our snorkeling gear a few hours before our snorkel trip started [...]