We headed out onto the river today, checking out the start of the nearby lake before heading downriver towards the Caribbean town of Livingston. Actually the first stop was at a river side service station to get some petrol, but that wasn’t particularly interesting. Upriver to the start of the lake we slowly moved around […]
Day 24 : Travel to Rio Dulce
A travel day again. We got the van again and had a slightly cramped journey on to the rather dodgy town of Rio Dolce. I’ve noticed on this trip that there are a number of judder bars/speed bumps (delete as appropriate for your country) along the way, consistent through the three countries we have so […]
Day 23 : Tikal
We needed to get up early to give us time to get to Tikal and get into position for sunrise. We would be viewing from Temple 4, the largest temple at Tikal at the west of the site, perfectly placed to watch the sun rise over the jungle and protruding temple tops. Our guide and […]
Day 22 : Trek Stop and travelling to Flores
The plan had been for many of the group to go tubing down the nearby river this morning. In the end only three people went; Josh, Tash and Joe. Keryn and I had decided to have another lazy morning and most of the rest of the group slept in, either because they’d been up really […]
Day 21 : Trek Stop
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
Cancún to Antigua (13 September – 28 September 2008) Mayan Sun with GAP Adventures