Hello, We have come to the end of our travels with an extremely enjoyable last 10 days in Cuba. As we were leaving the airport, we caught our first glimpse of the numerous "yank tanks" that chug along the Cuban roads. We found it incredible that there were so many of these 1950s American cars still around and it is testament to the Cuban people's ability and determination to fix and repair things. Our hotel, Tropicoco, was situated right on the beach and, alt...

Hello, We had a great day in San Cristobal at the market where we made several purchases and enjoyed the beautiful town with a couple of cervezas! The next day we had an unpleasant long and winding bus journey back to Palenque, from where we would catch a bus to Flores in Guatemala the next day. Our eventful journey began with a small mini van ride to the mexican border. The actual crossing of the border involved a 45minute long-boat journey down a crocodile inf...

Hello, We have been thrown back into the developing world with it's cheap prices, general chaos and a plethora of smells ranging from the delicious aromas of local cuisine to others which are altogether much more unsavoury! We arrived in Cancun on the 20th April after our ridiculous 8hr journey from Miami. As we landed and took of from Mexico city, where we made our connection, we noticed the whole area as far as we could see was covered in what we took for fog ...