Keryn and I were part of the group heading out to the Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) cave this morning. The name means Cave of the Stone Sepulchre and inside can be found remnants of ancient Mayan rituals and sacrifices. We were picked up at the Trek Stop and after a few stops to sort out […]
Day 20 : Caye Caulker
There is not much to say about this day. We had a very lazy morning, not really doing anything other than relax and pack up our bags. We were all at the jetty for the 1pm water taxi back to Belize City, a trip that was only notable for the group of what appeared to […]
Day 19 : Caye Caulker
Our sailboat trip wasn’t starting till 10am so most of us had a slow start to the day with breakfast at the Happy Lobster. Today was our 5th wedding anniversary and a day on the water sounded like a nice way to spend it. The food was OK, if a little slow coming, and for […]
Day 18 : Travelling to Belize
As a group we walked to the nearer of the two local ADO bus stations at a time too early in the morning. We had a lot of travelling to do today, about 11 hours in total, taking in a couple of buses, a bit more walking and a water taxi. It all went well. […]
Day 17 : Playa del Carmen
The mornings just seemed to be getting earlier and earlier. We had to be over at the Blue Angel dive shop on Cozumel so Keryn could do a refresher dive at 8am. Unfortunately there was no 7am ferry so we had to get the 6am departure so we were walking down from the hotel around […]
Day 16 : Playa del Carmen
We had to check out before 6am to ensure we got to the dive shop before 7am. Again we got the local bus and were a few minutes early for our trip. There were four other people out for the trip; two Mexican lads and a Mexican woman and her daughter who would have been […]
Part II : Day 15 : Cancun
With plenty of time to get up to Cancun we slept in and mucked around this morning. We got the bus up to Cancun leaving just before 1pm. The hotel in Cancun, the Kin Mayab, was in the downtown area rather than the hotel district and luckily was just opposite the ADO bus station. After […]
Part II: Mayan Sun
Canc?n to Antigua (13 September – 28 September 2008) Mayan Sun with GAP Adventures
Day 14 : Playa del Carmen and Isla Cozumel
We had planned to book a dive trip this morning before heading out to Isla Cozumel via the downtown ferry. Ben and Lisa joined us as we walked into the town, stopping for food and to pop into dive shops so Keryn could figure out what she needed to do to go diving. After the […]
Day 13 : Chich?n Itz?
Our journey today took us by bus to Chich?n Itz?, one of the seven newly crowned wonders of the modern world (or something like that). Chich?n Itz? is famous for its large Mayan ruins and is mostly known for the large El Castillo Pyramid at its centre. For a couple of hours in the middle […]
Day 12 : M?rida
Most of the group headed out this morning for a cenote visit. The Yucat?n Peninsula is pretty much devoid of rivers and streams. In Mayan times the only fresh water to be found was in the natural limestone reservoirs that occur in their thousands in the area, the cenote. We would be swimming in some […]
Day 11 : The road to M?rida
It was our last long driving day of this section of our journey (the Central America part is a combination of three tours with GAP Adventures and a week to ourselves in Costa Rica). Everyone was at Don Mucho’s at 8am to take taxis to the bus station. Only one van arrived and it wasn’t […]