Lo again, Much has happened since our last post and we now find ourselves in Antigua, Guatemala, after stops in El Remate and Río Dulce along the way. The border crossing from Belize proved very expensive: a taxi from the border town to the border $5; Belize departure tax $18.75 each; Guatemala entry tax $1.50 each; minibus to El Remate $15 each; money lost in using border money changers instead of banks (pretty much the only way you can do it) $5. To be hon...

Hi all, We are now coming to you from country number 2 - Belize! The border crossing was pretty straight forward, probably because it was all in English - language may make the next few a bit trickier. First stop, Belize City. As soon as we stepped off the bus we were swamped by taxi driver/travel agents, tramps asking for a dollar, hustlers offering to walk you to your hotel (or just down the road) in exchange for a "well-deserved" tip. All very intim...

Hello, Since our last entry we've left Oaxaca and have been to Merida and Chichen Itza. Now we're in Tulum.Bus from Oaxaca to Merida took about 3 weeks, and they always insist on showing crappy films. Had to change buses in Villahermosa, we arrived there about 1.5 hours late but it didn't matter because the bus we needed to get was also about 1.5 hours late. Nick smells of wee.Merida is very touristy, everyone there is trying to sell you some kin...

Hey up folks, Since our last blog we've been to Papantla & Veracruz, and we're now in Oaxaca. Papantla is quite a scary place - too small & local - but we had a nice trip to El Tajín (despite completely useless instructions from everyone for catching the bus there). We'll put photos up soon. Papantla & Veracruz were a lot hotter than Mexico City. We got sunburnt on the beach in Veracruz (but we didn't sit on any jellyfish). Veracruz is a very nic...

Ahoy hoy, This will be our last blog from Mexico City as we've decided to head off to Papantla a few days earlier to spend some extra time on the Caribbean beaches of Veracruz. We've had a hectic few days since the last post, for a start the Mexican Lucha Libre turned into easily the best night here so far. Some spectacular wrestling (Simsy's first live sporting event), followed by some mask shopping (Rog decided against buying the clown mask), and then back to...