On Thursday we arrived in Luxor and we are stayed at a great hotel - this really has the standard of a 5 star and a lovely pool and we were very happy. Luxor is a nice town with 2 big temples in the centre and a lot of tourists. It is amazing to see all these people visiting the sights and all of them including us hot and sweaty but it is worth it. The afternoon we spent in the swimming pool and in the evening we went into town and had a nice dinner. At night, the egyptians are [View Full Entry]

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We set out at 5 am to get to Heathrow for our flight to Cairo Egypt, so far so good. Em's bag did not arrive and she was unable to enjoy the swimming pool in the hotel as her bikini was in the bag with all other clothes and the camera. On the next day, Em kitted out in Frankie's clothes; we started with the famous Step pyramid and then proceeded to the pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. All really impressive and the pyramids are a lot higher than we thought. All sites are full of Egyptians, who hassle the [View Full Entry]

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We finally managed to take a trip that did not involve good old Italy or Austria. As much as we love going home, it was exciting to go to a new place for a change. We decided to visit friends in Galway and explore the Irish coast over Easter. Galway airport is tiny and there are no queues and everybody is easygoing. As we arrived late, we just stayed at home and had a great time with our friends. On Saturday, we went for a horse back ride but frankly speaking it was more a walk - no trotting or cantering [View Full Entry]

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Em and Frankie went to Austria to have some fun and of course watch the EURO 2008! As Austria crashed out so early, Em was free to support any team and Frankie was still hoping for Italia. It was the first time for us to use the new Terminal 5 and the decision was made not to check anything in and travel light. Departing from T5 involves a lot of travelling up and down and many flash shops but everything went well. We had tickets to see the quarterfinal Croatia against Turkey and we decided to visit Schoenbrunn before the match. [View Full Entry]

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Nearly 12 months gone and not a single trip for Em and Frankie, who are spending all their time working and staying in London again. Really missing seeing new places and was really pleased that I was sent to Poland on a short business trip. It's a bit sad getting exciting about a business trip, but I have never been to Poland and here we go. Em on her own arrived without local currency and only one cash card at the airport and then couldn’t get any cash. The taxi was pre-booked but not pre-paid and after a bit of haggling, [View Full Entry]

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From Tulum we took a bus to Cancun and yes the hotel zone looks as built up as we imagined! As Cancun does not really interest us we headed straight to the ferry to get to Isla Mujeres. Although Isla Mujeres is very close to Cancun and rather developed, it is still really nice and small. There are no high rise hotels and the beaches are all still public. There are quite a lot of umbrealls and sun chairs to rent and the beaches are not as empty as some otheres, but still far from Rimini or the Costa Brava. [View Full Entry]

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We have been over a week in Mexico already and the end of our trip is near! We first spent a few days in Palenque as Em couldn´t cross through Belize without a Visa. Not always good to have an Austrian passport! Anyway, we visited the ruins in Palenque but we decided not to bore you with more pics of Maya ruins. However, we saw this fantastic green snake when we were going from ruin to ruin. FRom Palenque we went straight to Tulum on the sea and we have been here since. It is very nice and laid back [View Full Entry]

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THis week has gone so quickly and we are actually already in Mexico (just arrived yesterday night!). Our English teaching job was based in a wonderful nation park with 3 Maya sites: Yaxha, Nakum and Naranja. We were based in Yax-ha to teach a bunch of care takers English. The guys were really lovely and highly motivated but for some of themit was very difficult to grasp the basic of a new language. We even had a student who didn´t know how to read and write and the students didn´t have a book or copies to follow....Hence, we did a [View Full Entry]

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On our first weekend in Peten we visited the famous Maya ruins of Tikal. As we haven´t uploaded any pics yet and are always behind with the blog, here we go. Tikal were our first ruins and hence we were really impressed (in hindsight there are better ones to visit, but hey there was no way of knowing)! We took a minibus on Saturday afternoon to get there after 3:00 pm as this meant that the ticket of Saturday will be valid on Sunday too. As staying in Tikal is pricey we only could afford a hammock space, but this [View Full Entry]

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Last week we arrived in Guatemala and we relaxed a couple of days in Rio Dulce. There is a very magic place called El Paraiso. It is a hot waterfall that plunges into a cold riverpool and there is a lot more to it than it looks. If you swim underneath the waterfall - the falls are boiling hot and you need to dive - there is a natural steam room and it is really amazing. From there we took a chicken bus to Flores El Peten and Lake Peten is really beautiful. We are going to stay in San [View Full Entry]

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