Walked up Volcano Pacaya this morning and wow! It's safe to say I totally underestimated how tough the volcano walk would be! I'd much rather run a half marathon any time lol!! I'm not very good when it comes to steep hills! While I was walking up I was thinking thank goodness I'm not doing the Inca Trail up to Machu Picchu next week otherwise I would just die! Lol! The train is definitely a safer option for me :p It was totally worth it though! The views were j...

FINALLY in Guatemala! Left for the airport at 6am. Got there and checked in no problem. Had some breakfast before going through security. The airport was really small! There were no flight info once we got past security so it was all on announcement! Thankfully I was with the others otherwise I would probably have missed my flight lol! The flight to Mexico City was smooth. When we were getting ready to land the view of Mexico City was just full of skyscrapers an...

Our very final day in Mexico! (I hope it's for real this time! :p) Visited two villages just outside San Cristobal this morning; Zinacantan and San Juan Chamula. Went with the Belgian, Fanny. In Zinacantan we went into this place where they make typical Mayan clothes and textiles. Saw this woman weaving something, not sure what it was meant to be lol! They gave out some kind of alcohol in shot glasses which wasn't very nice after a few sips! Then went to anoth...

What. A. Day. You wouldn't believe this! Still in Mexico unfortunately. Left at 8.30am and didn't get back to San Cristobal until 6pm having achieved nothing! It took us about 3 hours to get to the Mexico-Guatemala border. Went by minibus. Paid our departure tax and got stamped out no problem. Drove on for about 10 minutes reaching the Guatemala border where the minibus dropped us off and left to head back into Mexico. We then found out that the Guatemala immig...

Last day in Mexico today. Had a nice lie in until half 8. I know many of you may be thinking "What?! You call that a lie in?!" Usually wake up around 6/7am every day. Spent today exploring San Cristobal. A beautiful place full of culture. Visited two churches which were at the top of many many steps! Decided to ditch the map and just wander about and get lost. More fun that way for sure (because I'm hopeless with maps :p)! And my sense of direction is definitel...