Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 1875

So I forgot to mention in the last blog about my costa rican experience with the fucken banks there. So when I first arrived I had to try and track down an ATM well theres hundred of banks all over the city but none of them worked. So that night I thought I was gonna go hungry until this guy from Melbourne staying in my dorm whom was also traveling the world bought me dinner and a beer. I didnt even catch his name, nice guy. Next day I went inside a bank only to be told that ATM´s dont accept all cards and it depends on the bank weather they take only visa or master card. That was lame. Also on my first night at the Hostel Pangea in San Jose I met this older ... read more

We then headed back to Guatemala our new home it feels and it was good to be back. We made it to Rio Dulce in one day from Placencia, stopping in Livingston en route; realising there’s nothing there and finding digs in Rio Dulce instead, lake Izabal! We have found a very nice place to stay to celebrate Michelle’s Birthday (30 Nov). It’s a bit luxurious and pricey compared to what we usually pay but still only about 11 quid! The website is www.tortugal.com if you wanted to have a look. We have our own little bungalow and Michelle is well chuffed as it’s very nice and all romantic, so a perfect place to spend a birthday! It’s been great, free kayaks, stunning views, swimming and chilling. We visited a little place called Finca El Paraiso, ... read more

Saturday December 2nd 2006 www.WeBeSailing.com Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - Turtle cove marina The Turk & Caicos Islands, a British dependent territory comprising eight islands and some 40 cays. Lie at the southeastern end of the Bahamas. The Islands are generally flat, with rolling hills, with the highest elevation found on Grand Turk at 250 feet. Legend purports the Islands were named from the scarlet dome of the barrel-shaped Turks Head cactus which reminds one of a Turkish fez and the word “cayos” for small islands. The Islands aptly proclaimed, “Beautiful by Nature”, are the land fall islands of Christopher Columbus’ first voyage in search of the Far East in 1492. This is our fifth day here, the weather has greatly improved and our skin is back to an Island color Mon!!!. We have met up ... read more

Voila maintenant trois jours que nous sommes au Costa Rica, un pays qui differe totalement du reste de l'amerique centrale. Tout d'abord, les gens y sont nettement plus eduques, nous nous sommes meme surpris a faire des blagues intellectuelles durant une soiree accompagnee de trois Ticos. Le pays est aussi beaucoup plus riche, les gens ont une auto, les routes sont generalement pavees et les maisons possedent des vitres, une premiere depuis le debut de notre voyage. De plus, le Costa Rica est un des seuls pays dans le monde a ne pas avoir d'armee et une certaine rivalite sevit entre ce pays et le Nicaragua. Il y a plusieurs annees, le Nicaragua a essaye d'envahir le pays et l'armee s'est fait repousser par des paysans armees seulement de machettes et de pierres. Chapeau! Notre premiere ... read more

The road to Belize was an an eventful one. I left Isla Mujeres with Marito and stayed a night in Playa Del Carmen and basically partied till 6am in Playa Del Carmen with Marito. Barely an hour later I took the 7am bus to Chetumal where I had to take another connecting bus across the border to Belize city. In short I arrived in Belize City at 6.45pm missing the last boat that I needed to reach Caye Caulker. Belize City was not a really safe looking town and I was really not interested in staying there for a night. As luck would have it, I managed to get a private boat that happened to leave at 7pm and arrived unscathed in Caye Caulker at 8.30pm. Checked into a small hotel for a night and the ... read more