Leaving amazing Mexico was a lot easier to do when the next stop turned out so beautiful. Caye Caulker in Belize’s Mesoamerican Barrier Reef is white sand, aqua and brilliant blue water teeming with nurse sharks, eagle rays and sting rays, parrotfish, stunning coral gardens, green turtles and all manner…
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tranquility in Tulum
/ 07/02/2013Tulum was our final stop in Mexico, a peaceful time spent cycling everywhere to swim in the Grand Cenote, tour the ruins of the Mayan city of Tulum perched on the cliff tops above the postcard perfect beach, laze in hammocks, swim in the aqua heaven of the waves and…
cenotes, Chichen Itza and going coco loco at Coco Bongo
/ 07/02/2013The trip from Merida to Playa del Carmen was a study in contrasts, the fruits of various human endeavors and stamina. We got an early start so we could get the jump on the hordes of cruise ship day trippers at Chichen Itza. Rafael, our guide spends the rest of…
oh oh Oaxaca
/ 29/01/2013Oaxaca is an old city, complete with cobblestone streets, glorious churches built over ancient Mayan temples by the Spanish, numerous mescalarias, awesome rabbit warren markets, hordes of tourists and hawkers and nightclubs that give you hangovers. Casa Arnel was our base…lovely setting but what hotel doesn’t put room numbers on…
south of the border
/ 23/01/2013After the relaxed pace of my previous few weeks, cruising through the streets from airport to hotel in Mexico City was a challenge to take everything in. Despite a population hovering around 26 million, it actually didn’t feel crowded to me, the wide streets, footpaths, parks and urban sprawl seem…