Hey all Well here we are on the final leg of our trip - shopping up a storm in ultra cool NY!! We love this city! Such a great place to end or travels and a necessary stop allowing us time to stock up on suits etc., for the interviews back in London. The credit card is getting a hammering at the moment as our frustrations of wearing the same clothes for the past year are taken out on the shops on 5th Avenue! The sales are on which is great but it's als...

BuenosThe last five days have been spent on the beautiful island of Caye Caulker, Belize.  Such a laid back place with a real caribbean feel to it that makes it seem out of place compared to the rest of Central America.We were lucky enough to get 3 straight days of diving in and saw lots of sharks, turtles, amazing coral and a variety of tropical fish.  Definitely a place we would like to come back to for some more diving and relaxing!We also spent new ...

Greetings from Belize! Just arrived in Belize City. Seems like a whole different part of Central America - english speaking and lots of dark skinned african caribbeans! Yesterday we spent the day exploring the Tikal ruins in Guatemala. Definitely the most impressive Mayan ruins - a huge site surrounded by jungle and an early morning start (ie there by 6.15am) allowed us to wander around the site and watch various types of monkeys and try and spot some of the 30...

Feliz Navidad! As mentioned we spent our Xmas Day in San Cristobal. Pretty low key actually and didn't really feel like Xmas even though there were lots of Xmas decorations and the like around the town. To make it even more foreign we went along to the Bull Fight on Xmas afternoon. Whilst interesting to witness the tradition and the manner in which the matadors are respected by the crowd it wasn't particularly easy to watch. Just doesn't seem like mu...

Feliz Navidades Todos,Hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas wherever you are! We are in San Cristobal which is a beautiful colonial town. This morning we were greeted by a local who obviously wanted to practice his English on us and said ´Happy Birthday to you!´ Shane replied to him ´Feliz Navidad´ to which he replied ´thank you, thank you very much´....very funny!We have been here for the last week and done a couple of...