David here... As we are now home and have sorted out the photos, here are a selection from Mexico... read more

Suzanne here... We noticed an immediate change in the landscape as we drove from New Mexico to Arizona. Arizona seemed a bit greener, although there was quite a lot of evidence for forest fires in the first few miles. We totally failed to find the first two campgrounds we were looking for. The map didn't seem to match up with the landscape and they were not signposted. The first time we shrugged it off, the second time we started to get worried. We headed for the last one on our list. Time was getting on so we really needed to find somewhere to stop. Luckily Fool's Hollow Lake was well signposted. Camping was $17, more than the $10 in New Mexico. Then we saw our pitch - huge and shady and overlooking the lake. There were ... read more

David here... We left Mexico and arrived into the Texan heat at Houston with no problems. We picked up our hire car (a Nissan Versa) and drove to the La Quinta Inn just off the highway and checked into a room that included air-con, a fridge, cable TV, a huge King size bed and a reclining chair (which Suzanne quickly baggsied). This was luxury and we immediately felt at home. After freshening up we headed out to the local Walmart and bought some camping gear in readiness for our road trip through 5 states, though it would not be until we hit New Mexico that we could start camping as the heat in Texas was just too much, at over 100 deg. during the day and it not cooling down much at night. We stopped off ... read more

David here... We got up early and both had showers and a quick breakfast of cereal and juice before jumping into a collectivo and making it to the bus station for our 09:00 bus to the coastal town of Zihuatanejo (pronounced see-what-a-nay-ho, yes the place mentioned in The Shawshank Redemption). The bus journey took 5 hours, so it gave us time to enjoy the films Reign of Fire, Sister Act and Jump In (a made for TV Disney film about skipping), all in Spanish of course, though we could follow what was happening. We arrived at 14:00 and immediately booked our tickets to Mexico City before leaving the bus station, crossing over the main road and jumping into a collectivo right into the centre of town. Our first choice hostel, Angelas Hotel, had a room free ... read more

David here... We got up especially early (06:30am) as the bus from Guadalajara to Zacatecas takes 5 hours and we wanted to get there early enough so we could get into our chosen hostel. We got to the bus stop to the bus terminal and jumped onto a bus after both of us checking with the driver that he did in fact go to the bus station. After about 40 minutes we ended up on a random street in Beunos Aires, we think...nowhere near the bus terminal. We asked the driver again and he just said in Spanish that he did not understand. We were quite angry at this as we´d both specifically asked him, so angry in fact that I think he realised he had made a big boo-boo and gave us our money back, ... read more