Another water taxi took the five of us from San Pedro to Belize City. Really only the size of a large town by European standards, 'Belize' as it is known by locals seemed cramped, dirty, and unsafe. It is the kind of place where corner shops sell through a metal grill rather than trust their customers to enter the shop. Not the sort of place to be after dark. That said, a friendly taxi driver assured us that most of the crime is 'wanna'be gangstaz' fighting eac...

ADO busses in Mexico are well organized, comfortable, on time and cheap. They put the UK to shame! Matt and I caught the early bus from Tulum to Chetumal so we could get the Water Taxi across to San Pedro on Ambergris Caye, Belize. Having not heard great things about Chetumal and having no idea how to get from the ADO station to the port we decided to jump in a cab. Taxi's in Mexico seem to work on an involuntary cab share scheme but it was quite a surprise w...