Leaving San Pedro was extremely hard, none of us wanted to go at all as we´d had such a wicked time there. But as it was pretty expensive we decided it was for the best to move on so on Tuesday morning we headed for the boat with tears in our eyes. The scenery from the boat as you wizz down between the Cayes and the coast is amazing, dense forest vegetation on the mainland side, the trees hugging the shore line. The country seems so untouched, we were traveling for miles without seeing a house at all, giving an amazing [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everybody! From Panama City, we flew to Flores, Guatemala, a town on an island surrounded by the waters of Lake Peten Itza. It once had huge Mayan pyramids, but they were destroyed by the Spaniards in the 1600's. Today, the town has many buildings painted in bright colors. The town only has one paved roads. The other one lane roads may have once been paved, but today they are only dirt and sand. The town was extremely dusty. All of the merchandise in shops was completely covered with dust. Our hotel sat on the lake and we enjoyed watching the [View Full Entry]

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So we went to the zoo on Saturday. It was an adventure, and definitely worth doing. We had to take an hour bus ride there, and third world bus rides are pretty ridiculous. This one involved having to rush the bus, because they don't actually sell tickets. Then, about ten minutes in, they made everyone randomly unload and reload onto a different bus. After that, Deidre spent most of the ride sitting on a bucket. We also didn't know that school buses could go that fast; it was impressive. The zoo itself was amazing. Rather than a bunch of individual cages, [View Full Entry]

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So, this is our first blog entry. Sarah and I are headed to Belize for 13 days. We've both recently graduated and decided we deserved a few days in the sun. We haven't actually left yet, it is more just to test it out. Our flight leaves at 2359 on 19 March, and gets into Belize City at 1150 on the 20th. We're going to spend a few days in Belize City, visiting the zoo and some museums. After that, we'll be heading up north to see some mayan ruins, and then to a little island off the coast to do [View Full Entry]

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We just wanted to let everyone know that we made it. It was a pretty easy trip. We both slept through the first flight and our lay over. Getting ready to board our flight from Houston to Belize, we ran into our friends Sam and Bree, who are here on vacation too. We rearranged our schedule a little so we can meet up with them later in the vacation and spend some time together. We went and toured a 200 yr old cathedral and visited an art museum. We're about to head to dinner, since we're both starving, but we just [View Full Entry]

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after the last night in our cabana in Mexico, which we spent with a scorpion, a giant spider and a small, but scary guy in a shell, we headed to Belize. Whereas we had found the Mexico a well developed country, Belize is a completely different story. Most of the travel we spent in post-american school buses with millions of locals carrying bags, fruits & vegs, other food, bicycles, cement, bricks, buckets, etc... and stopping everywhere, every 5 minutes. It was actually quite fun, since the belizeans are really open-hearted and helpful, though the space available for legs was definitely t [View Full Entry]

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We got to experience our first border crossing going from Mexico to Belize on Wednesday (17th). We had two options, to take a taxi to the Mexican border, do the formalities, walk across the bridge into Belize and take a taxi to the immigration building and then get a bus to Belize City which sounded like a lot of hassle, or get a direct bus to Belize City that would stop at the Mexican border, wait for us, drive us over the bridge to the Belize immirgation building, wait for us and then continue onto Belize City. No prizes for guessing [View Full Entry]

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What a great day I had in Belize City. After leaving the Internet Cafe on my way to the hotel, and plans of going to San Pedro for the day, I met Elvis! I have to say, Elvis is the only Belizean man (so far)) that approached me and wanted to help me, and was not after anything else. How blessed I am to have met him! Elvis found me with a puzzled look on my face on a street corner, as I am looking around for a garbage to dispose of my uneaten Johnny Cake (somewhat of a heavy english [View Full Entry]

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Last night, while still in Orangewalk, the beach started calling my name. I had initially booked my stay at Hotel de la Fuente for 3 days, but I can't picture myself here any longer, now that I did the Lamanai River Tour (my only objective) the day after I got to Orangewalk. A dog has obviously eaten the rooster that has been on my trail, as he was the one who woke me at an early hour. (1st note to self, invest in earplugs) The kind people at Fuente granted me a refund once I explained my calling! Either way I [View Full Entry]

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Cestou s klienty na Cancunske letiste jsem s hruzou zjistil, ze podel hlavni cesty z Tulumu do Cancunu rostou dalsi a dalsi obchodni centra a betonove hruzy, skupuji se ve velkem pozemky a mistni majske obyvatelstvo pomalu prestava mit na to, aby mohli zit tam, kde doposud zili. Kam az tohle pujde je pri soucasne krizi otazkou. Dalsi otazkou zustava co se stane pri te navstevnosti s nadhernym karibskym pobrezim. Dost mozne je to, ze to dopadne jako v Acapulcu, ktere byvalo kdysi rajem s nadhenou vodou a dnes uz je voda ponekud kalnejsi...uvidime. Jiste je to, ze jihovychodni pobrezi Yucatanu [View Full Entry]

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