Antigua! What a spot! When entering the city our bus driver asked us to close our eyes and imagine what it would have been like for those Spanish settlers in the 1600s and due to preservation and the lovely rustic feel to the town I found myself transported back. At one time it was the capital city, until due to repeated earthquakes the capital was moved. The town is a UNESCO site with lots of charm. Mayan workers sell their goods and horses and carts are Av...

I arrived in Guatemala City late on a Sunday night. The streets were deserted apart from the occasional gunman outside of buildings. Immediately I began to think back over all the cautionary anecdotes I had heard over the last few months and clutched my rucksack closer. We stayed in a lovely hostel quezxalroo with a very cheery hostel owner who made our short stay in Guatemala City fun and informative. On our first day we took a bicycle tour around the city, ...

I'll always remember the first time I ever read about the Taj Mahal. It was in the "people and places" Children's encyclopedia World Book collection. The idea of such an amazing palace for a tomb seemed like something from a fairy tail. To go to see the Taj had been my primary reason for adding India to the travel itinerary and one I don't regret. I was so excited to see the taj, which is in the city of Agra. Agra itself was disappointingly littered and overrun ...