Well, we have had a hectic couple of weeks for us here in Guatemala. First though, a little about getting here. We made a pretty routine exit from Panama City, making our way to the airport from where we were to catch a flight to Guatemala. We went through all the usual stuff - taxi to the airport, check-in, security, wasting time waiting for boarding. We were all set for another routine flight, queuing to board the plane, when we noticed something interesting ab...

Hi All,Well I guess all our loyal readers (yes our parents and grandparents so what? He he) are eager to hear about the next adventure of our trip- our sailing trip from Cartagena, Colombia all the way to the coast of Panama. We had tentatively organized two places on a boat through a local hostel in Cartagena, days earlier. However when we started the process of confirming our trip, we found out that the captain had done some damage to his yacht on his last voy...

Well since we last spoke Ryan and I have almost completed a super whirl wind tour of Colombia, believe it or not! Our first stop in the country was the southern city of Cali. Some people say everyone seems to get happier when they cross the border into Colombia everyone seems happier (locals and bachpakcers alike) and I think we can vouch for that! Everyone we have met here has been happy, friendly and very proud of their county. We also noticed the heat and humi...

Hi again,Well, from where we last left off we have over the past couple of weeks almost completed our whirlwind visit to a new country, Ecuador! After our last night in Lima, Peru (a ghastly, bleak city not worth mentioning really except for the ridiculous American ex-pat presence there - clustered on one strip in the capital we saw KFC, Starbucks, Chilli's, McDonalds, Dominos, Pizza Hut and Gloria Jeans, just to name a few - very bizarre!) we jumped on yet anoth...

Hi All!Well as we mentioned last time, our latest destination has been Cuzco, Peru and the surrounding area. We arrived, very very tired at 7 am on a Sunday morning after an over night bus ride which involved listening to the driver's choice in bad Peruvian music ALL night! It was nice however to see the city when it was nice and quiet from the back of the cab as we headed to our hostel. A quick word on Cusco- it was initially a royal city in Incan times and is s...