On my last day in Playa I had one last trip to the beach (just in case there'd be no sunshine in Arizona...) and then caught a bus to the airport in Cancun. The flight left on time and I had a great view of the Cancun hotel zone from the window. I was sitting next to an English couple so I think they must have sat us all together so they could keep an eye on us. It was good to get back to Phoenix and see Luba, Terry and Sean but at the same time I miss my adventuring [View Full Entry]

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My journey from Belize to Mexico turned out to be pretty awful. The bus decided to show up at 11.30am, an hour late, and despite having paid a first class price it turned out to be a cramped little minibus with no air-conditioning so not very pleasant with the sun beating down on us. Still, it "only" took four and a half hours to get to Chetumal in Mexico and I chatted with a guy from Birmingham and a Dutch couple on the way. At the border we had to wait outside in the heat while everyone on the bus came [View Full Entry]

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Well I managed to survive my week of Spanish lessons though I'm sure my Spanish is just as bad as it always was! At times I thought my teacher was going to despair. Ah well, no doubt I've learnt something useful from them. I spent my first two nights with the school at Chiqui's house where I was joined by a young French couple. This made the mealtimes slightly less embarassing but they didn't speak much English or Spanish so there wasn't much conversation going on there! For the other five nights I was staying in a guesthouse where I was [View Full Entry]

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It feels like weeks since I last updated this (this is possibly because it has been weeks). I´m afraid I´ve been having far too much of a good time. Thought it was about time I rambled on some more about my adventures though, and I´ve finally got around to uploading some photos to go with my other entries so take a look if you feel so inclined. I only ended up spending a couple of days in Granada before I decided I wanted to sit on buses all day again and so I set off for San Jose in Costa Rica. [View Full Entry]

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Roatan was absolutely fantastic - easily the highlight of my trip so far. I would have stayed for longer than I did if it weren´t so expensive and it also felt like cheating a bit because it really wasn´t like the rest of Latin America! There are so many expats and tourists there that it had a completely different culture and most people there spoke English so it was very easy! The island was really laid back and there were loads of young people there giving it a great atmosphere. It was sunny most of the time I was there and [View Full Entry]

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Though I nearly managed to miss my plane because I was waiting at the wrong gate, I made it to Guatemala City on Wednesday. I wasn´t too impressed - it seemed like a bit of a dump! I also reckon that Guatemala City has the loudest buses in the world and unfortunately they seemed to like driving past my window all night. On Thursday morning I´d barely set foot out of my hostel when I was shepherded onto a bus going to Chiquimula by a man who seemed to be in a hurry. Sadly I still had to wait over an [View Full Entry]

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Mexico City is wonderful! I was expecting it to be crowded, dirty and dangerous but I´ve been pleasantly surprised. (Well, maybe it´s crowded, dirty etc. in other parts of the city but not where I´ve been!) I´ve been here for six days now and have managed to change my flight to Guatemala so I´m flying there tomorrow. Despite all my whining about how "expensive" things are in Mexico, I think I´ll miss this city! I´ve been passing the time wandering through parks and visiting monuments and museums so I should be very cultured now. I´ve been to the Museo Nacional de [View Full Entry]

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I only left the US five days ago but already it seems like that was ages ago! It was sad to leave Phoenix - I´ll miss Luba, Terry and Sean but at least I know I´ll probably be going back there before I go home. I also miss the guaranteed comfortable bed every night, air conditioning and clean water! On the bus into Mexico I was the only non-Mexican. I know this because when we got to the border at Nogales, the bus proceeded to drive straight through customs with no one worrying about getting their passports stamped. When I eventually [View Full Entry]

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I've just seen a bit of cloud in the sky so I've had to come inside in case it gets a bit chilly - the weather forecast says it's going to average only 35 degrees (Celsius) here today and since being here I've become accustomed to the 40s... it's such a hard life! It's been nice being back in Phoenix and seeing my relatives Luba, Terry and Sean. Nothing here has changed much so it all feels very familiar - like being at my second home! There are now four cats here, Sweepy and Tigger who were here before and Pepper [View Full Entry]

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