My 6 week tour kicked off with a shaky start to say the least. The maximum tour group was 16, ours was 3 (ironically the other 2 were a couple of Northern beaches guys I´d met in Cartagena). Not quite the crowd I had hoped for, but I was determined to make the best of things, unfortunately James and Steve had other ideas and spent the next couple of days trying to get out of the tour with a full refund. They were told in no uncertain terms that numbers weren...

In the style we were becoming accustomed to we went to a beach resort with a pool for one night that was linked with Anne and JA´s hotel. All we had to do was jump in the taxi the hotel had organised and enjoy the rest. Well that was the plan, as we were dropped at a wharf at 10 with no sign of a boat that had been due to leave at 10. We were a bit bemused as two previous parties from the hotel had left just before us and there was no sign of them either. ...