Started off in Antigua and left early to go to Rio Dulce. Took ferry to our hotel, delightful cabins on the riverside. Swimming pool, super outdoor dining area, swim up bar. A bit more luxury than I am used to and a lovely change from some of our accommodation. Sun 27.04. Took boat trip along river. Went up river to Lake Izabel to see Castello San Felipe, a fort built in 1530 to stop pirates, who came up the river from the Carribean, from sailing to the lake and...

din Antigua, Guatemala yesterday. It is a delightful colonial town with cobbled streets and wonderful old buildings. Started my trip through Central America in San Jose, Costa Rica. All I can say about San Jose is that it is large, unattractive and dirty. The one saving grace was an exhibition of cows. Fibre glass animals, not real ones! Various companies and multi-nationals had donated these cows and they had been decorated by various artists, school groups, c...

Arrived yesterday in San Jose, Costa Rica. We leave tomorrow for an ovelrand trip to Cancun in Mexico. Looking forward to seeing new places and people. Take care out there.

Just arrived in Santa Cruz and depart tomorrow for Quito then Costa Rica on Tuesday. The Galapagos Islands have been everything and more than I ever dreamed of or anticipated. Isabela was very special and I did fear that taking another eight days to see the rest of the islands might be an anticlimax. Nothing could be further from the truth. Over the last eight days I have travelled to most of the inhabited islands here. I have seen sealions and seals and their ba...

Well, here I am at the end of a month on Isabela , the largest of the islands in the Galapagos. Having said that it consists of one very small town where I am staying and a village up in the hills. A total population of 2000, all of whom seem to know each other or be related. The people here are so kind and friendly. Nothing is too much troube for them. You need Coke in a bar and they have run out. No problem, they take a Sprite or Fanta or whatever off their she...