findingourway

Apologies. Emily is having a terrible with technology day. You know its bad when Lexie has to fix the camera. We thought we had wrote and published this blog a long time ago so it came as a surprise to see it without words. We'll try and recall what happened... Mitla. hats Monte alban.... read more

A change in country meant a change in roads, which travel sickness prone Emily more than welcomed. Her biggest issue with Guatemala having been "why do they bloody love speed bumps in this country?!". This was actually a mystery as it would have taken serious skills to manouver around pot holes and traffic with any kind of speed involved. It did teach us one thing, the reason why everyone crams into the front of the bus; despite lots of space in the back. So first stop was San Cristobal de las Casas. The best thing was certainly not the free breakfast of tubby custardesque yogurt, butter mistaken for cream, very sugary bread and some stale cornflakes. It didn't even fill the hole. A contender however, could be the Museum of Mayan Medicine, where you leave having ... read more

Lanquin - had to sleep in the loft the first night which was accessed via a dubious ladder, rather uncomfortable and we had our food stolen by birds, great fun. Then Lexie got ill from all the real food we were eating and Emily stood on her kindle. One a more positive note we had our Mayan tarot read by Maria, the most wonderful person ever. Eventually, when Lexie was feeling human again we visited the Semuc caves. This required swimming and wading for a couple of hours, whilst having to hold candles in the air, and watch people threw themselves from heights into horrifyingly small rocky pools. Emerging from the freezing caves for a hike in the rain we continued to freeze to death. Worth it though, the pools were very pretty. As a consequence ... read more

Discovered that the pretty, little, cobbled town of Copan not only had sunshine, blue skies and Mayan ruins but also had a large selection of divine cheeses. Full of dairy, we set out to explore Copan. Had no idea where we were heading, we jumped in a tuktuk. Cobbled streets, tiny wheels and dubious driving skills complete with no suspension is interesting on the tummy. Picked up our mayan history the budget travellers way, by eavesdropping on tour guides. We enjoyed ourselves rather a lot in the cooling tunnels and tombs, in hindsight perhaps being rather too jovial for the situation. This was further clarified when exiting the temple the door mysteriously slammed shut and locked, preventing our return. Don't think the mayan spirits were impressed. Bit embarrasing Had a fabulous day out visiting Macaw Mountain, ... read more

Got on the first really crowded bus that came from the airport and ended up in Matagalpa, the chocolate and coffee king of Nicaragua. Due to the elections, not much was open which resulted in not being let into the chocolate castle and going to Germany. Selva Negra is named after the black forest in Germany and has clearly been run by germanic precision for several generations. An extreme contrast to the rest of Nicaragua. As we were in a group we hitch hiked home on the back of a truck to escape a deported american terrorist with columbian friends and a fondness for cockfighting and 20 beers before 4pm. Next stop Esteli´. Home of custom leather, fantastic cheese and beautiful nature reserves. Having discovered a cafe with WHOLEMEAL bread, camembert, hummus, gouda, yogurt cheese and ... read more