Day 824 (01/07/09) Having loved our time in Miami it was now time to leave so we got a taxi to the airport and made our way to the final stop of our entire trip. What better place to end it than NYC? The flight was a little longer than we had expected and unfortunately they didn't have a movie for us to watch (damn you American Airlines), but we arrived none the less into JFK airport safe and sound. We navigated the simple subway system successfully and a couple of trains later (pretty tricky with our growing number of bags) [View Full Entry]

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Day 820 (28/06/09) After saying our goodbyes to Kate and Danny and making an early transfer to the airport in Mexico we got on our flight to Miami. Just a couple of hours later with customs and formalities over with we jumped in a cab and before we knew it we were installed in our hostel in Miami just off Ocean Drive. With the afternoon still ours to squander we used the local looping bus to visit the supermarket and stock up for the next couple of days. It's been a while since we were in such a well-stocked supermarket and [View Full Entry]

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Day 815 (23.06.09) With the comfort of our homely setting of Kate and Danny's flat it was hard to tear ourselves away but after a nice brekkie we left the apartment to find out what Mexico City had to offer us. Jumping on the tube we made our way south(ish) to the Coyoacan area home to some historical, cultural and horticultural sites. We started off with the large park in Coyoacan which is not only a great place to stroll but is also the nursery for a lot of the Botanical parks and gardens in the city. Not long after stepping [View Full Entry]

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Day 810 (18.06.09) to Day 814 (22.06.09) We left El Tunco early and after several chicken buses and a couple of cycle taxis across an easy border crossing back into Guatemala, we eventually reached Antigua. We'd started our Central American journey here a few weeks ago and it was nice to complete the circle and return to somewhere familiar. The journey had taken us all day so all we really had energy for was to grab a quick bite to eat and make the most of some 2 for 1 cocktails at a local bar. It's amazing how much a fresh [View Full Entry]

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Day 800 (08.06.09) and Day 801 (09.06.09) From Roatan we were making our way all the way over from the Caribbean coast to the Pacific coast and some relaxing beach time in El Salvador. You may have noticed a fair bit of relaxing time in the past couple of blogs, sorry if that makes them a little boring to read! We had planned to travel the northern part of Central America in our usual style by taking in as many places as we could in the time that we had. And we started in just that way until we reached Flores [View Full Entry]

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Day 795 (03.06.09) to Day 799 (07.06.09) From a choice of two Caribbean islands, which should we go for? It doesn't sound like it should be a difficult decision really does it? And yet it's one we pondered over for some time before finally making a decision an hour or so before we caught the ferry. We had heard that some cheap diving could be had in the Bay Islands of Honduras, and before we made our way back to England and it's murkier, colder waters that we were sure not to want to dive into we wanted to squeeze in [View Full Entry]

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Day 794 (02.06.09) With our time at Nutria Marina up were shown off by Bex at the bus stop and made our way on our hot and stuffy bus to a service station about 5 mins down the road. We had heard rumours that the recent earthquake in Honduras had done some damage further south and that a bridge was possibly broken en route - we had been told that our route was still possible despite this though so we pushed on. To our joy we were to change buses here for a posher air conditioned set of wheels with DVDs [View Full Entry]

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Day 787 (26.5.09) - Day 793 (1.6.09) We settled in quickly at Nutria Marina due to it's lovely surroundings and the great welcome by Bex the Manager and dog Fitz, we felt right at home already. Nutria Marina is a couple of minutes in a boat from Rio Dulce itself and is tucked away enough to have a secluded feel, yet with its great food, drinks and proximity to town you have access to everything else you may need. With a dock to swim from, free internet, water, kayaks, movies, free scheduled boats into town and awesome staff it’s got everything [View Full Entry]

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Day 784 (23.05.09) We'd made our way to Flores the previous day so that we could visit the Mayan ruins at Tikal. The Mayan people settled in the area around 700BC and began to build stone ceremonial structures around 200 years later. The ruins of thousands of buildings and temples that remained were rediscovered in the depths of the Guatemalan jungle in 1848 and have since been explored, semi-restored and opened to visitors. There were several bus times available to get us from Flores to the park but we'd been told that if we paid extra we could get the ealry [View Full Entry]

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Day 780 (19.05.09) Bus day ... not something you ever really look forward to! However in Guatemala you have two choices of transport, first the chicken buses (cheap local option which requires a strong grip on the hand rail of the seat in front and normally a few changes) or secondly the tourist minibus (bit more expensive but a plusher minibus that delivers you door to door). Not fancying the former of the two choices today as it would involve about 5 buses and a taxi to get us to our destination, we opted for travel in the slightly cramped comfort [View Full Entry]

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