Havana: our final destination. We knew we were facing an interesting few days the minute we set foot on the plane; an old Soviet passenger plane with emergency signs in Russian and dry ice blasted into the cabin to leave an eiree low lying mist throughout the flight. When we landed, the plane burst into applause for their survival of the flight. It did have a few advantages despite the poor safety measures, namely an almost unlimited supply of rum the airline gav...

Off the beach, this town could almost be described as authentically Mexican with its slow pace and large tree-covered plazas, were it not so close to one of Mexico´s prime tourist attractions: Chichen Itza. We didn´t see too much of the town anyway; Duncan was ill and the hotel room had cable TV. The next day, I went to Chichen Itza alone, and although the ruins were probably more impressive than at Tikal, it was spoiled somewhat by the sheer number of tour g...

Compared to our other days traveling, this can almost be considered a success by us arriving at our destination on the correct day. It was, however, a day spent on a cramped sweaty minibus with one of the most disgusting men for our driver: a fat, malicious beast of a man, with grey hair fashioined into something between a mullet and a mohawk. Rather than stop for us all to take a break, he would pull over once in a while, not let any of us out, and buy snacks fo...

Another day wasted by buses. I would storm out of Guatemala in anger if I wouldn`t get delayed along the way. This incident involved our bus breaking down and us having to wait until two in the morning for another bus to pick us up. I eventually slept standing up in the isle of a bumpy bus crammed upright by other passengers. We slept in the next day and were forced to delay our visit to the Tikal ruins for the next day. We booked a trip at three in the morning...

It´s an unusual feeling entering Antigua for the first time. It´s certainly different from other Central American towns, though apart from being more touristy, there´s a far bigger difference: there are no stray dogs. On this trip we´ve seen some of the most hideous examples of what people choose to keep as pets. Scrawny, flea-infested vermin, some with udders dragging along the floor behind them, are strangly not to be seen in Antigua, though in a town with ...