We waited for our bus to Antigua for half an hour until it finally showed up. For a ten hour bus ride we were travelling on a huge, airconditioned 1st class coach. Two levels with bathrooms downstairs. Our last bus trip with air con was freezing and we didnt have the appropriate atire, so this trip we came prepared with our sleeping bags. Finally snuggled up on our fully reclinable seats we set off on our journey ready for a long sleep. One hour into the ride I ...

We departed Belize in pursuit of Guatemala with Flores being our first stop. The five hour bus trip involved four passengers including ourselves and a whole lot of hot air, sticky seats and an endless amount of sweat. Our bus driver seemed to be on his own schedule (soon we find out that this is the norm), stopping every so often from his insane driving skills to wee on the side of the road, talk to towns folk or buy the paper. The fine chap actually made us feel...

The bus from Orange Walk to Belize City was an experience of it own.....imagine an old school bus stuffed with as many people as possible and than add heat and and body sweat. Yep, it was pleasant. However we got there in the end and enjoyed the local bus experience. It was (as they often use here) UNBELIZABLE!!! Hahaha....we think this hilarious. So Belize City, not nice. Went straight through without a glance backwards. Glad we avoided it in the end as we plan...

If you remeber me mentioning our bus to Belize, Orange Walk was at 12:30 at night.....so full of excitement and not a pinch of nerves we arrived in the middle of nowhere in Orange Walk at 5am. Thats a lie, to say the least we jumped at every small noise on our walk to the hotel. Dont worry mothers, we arrived safe and sound and in the end with no need to panic. Orange Walk is a fairly safe town with a friendly community. After getting a few hours of zzzzz we w...

We made it to Tulum in the comforts of the air conditioned bus and made our way to the hostel. Awesome hostel!! Clean rooms, amazing vibe, lush gardens with plenty of swinging hammocks and a couple of dogs and a kitten wandering around to keep you company. Another plus was the free bike hire to get around the town. Pretty much everyhting is a fair while from the beach and the bike ride there was around 6 km and under the Mexican sun it can be a little full on, h...