After leaving the chilled relaxing ways of El Tunco beach it was up early again to catch the bus to Copan, Honduras, entering country number 5 of the trip. The shuttle bus was due in at 6am, and finally got there 7:15am…. We have now become numb to late running buses, and as long as they turn up at some point, we are happy. This journey to Honduras was to be a strange one, in that even though El Salvador boarders Honduras, we headed back into Guatemala to get to Honduras from there, as it would be quicker? I’m always happy when bus routes are amended to be quicker; however after our border crossing incident mentioned previously, we didn’t really fancy crossing two borders in the matter of hours! Turns out however that the bodge job ... read more

Next stop on our whirlwind tour of Central America was Antigua. This was supposed to be the better option compared with Guatemala City, as rumour had it, that place was crazy. On the journey down to Antigua, we drove through a town that seemed to resemble the inside of a car exhaust….Hot, sweaty, full of smoke and fumes… this it turned out, was Guatemala City! Looks like we may have made the correct decision. Upon arrival in Antigua, it was clear that that was indeed the correct choice, as it was a far cry from the rough and tumble of Guatemala City. Cobbled streets, great little buildings, and surrounded by Volcanos. These were the qualities of the town that awaited us, and it was just what the doctor ordered. We spent a little time finding a ... read more

Well, we are certainly making headway through the countries now, and have arrived in Guatemala. We got here again via Maya walk, Belize, who took us as far as the border, and then introduced us to the guys from Maya walk Guatemala, who took us from the boarder to the ruins of Tikal. Tikal was another huge Mayan city that is amazingly preserved, and is one of the most renowned sites in Central America. We had a guide with us from Maya Walk, who was again really helpful, and informative, and gave us plenty of facts and information about the ruins, which we couldn’t have got from our guide book. About 20 mins into our tour however, my trusty Havaianas Flip flops decided the climbing of ruins was too much strain for them, and inconveniently snapped ... read more

Caye Caulker Weh I deh? No I haven’t turned off the auto spell check, but as we arrived in Belize, Spanish was no longer required (just as we were getting the hang of it….. ) and English was back, although with a bit of a twist, namely Creole. So, we left Mexico by getting our familiar ADO bus, so Spanish dubbed movies and air con were again on the agenda, until finally arriving at Chetumal, Mexico which was our gateway to Belize. From here, we bought our tickets for the Belize express boat. This took us as far as San Pedro, Caye Ambergris, and from there we went through Belize’s ‘border control, and customs’. Inverted commas are valid here as it was basically a really quick check of the passport, and ‘Have you got any food ... read more

Next stop on the trip is Merida which is situated in the Yucatan peninsula in the east of Mexico. The main draw for Merida (for us anyway), is that it’s a good access point to indulge in tours to Mayan ruins, and in this case arguably probably the most well know one in Mexico being Chichen Itza. Those of you familiar with the recent programme in the UK ‘An Idiot abroad’, will have seen this New Wonder of the world, and also witnessed one Carl Pilkington slate some aspects of the attraction for certain reasons….some of which, I’m sad to say, I actually agree with, which is a massive surprise, but more of that in a moment. On arrival in Merida, we decided to take our usual walk around town to check out what’s going on, ... read more