Leaving Belize was a bit of a circus, we had to catch 2 buses and managed to get on the wrong one in Belize City that instead of taking us up and over the border into Mexico left us in a town 20 km before the border. We managed to find another bus to the border then we had to walk through the Belize exit and the Mexican entry with our packs on - a sizable distance. If we'd caught the right bus it would have taken us right through. You get that when you don...

The Mexican Pacific Coast,Puerto Escondido and Zipolite.Thursday 24th we moved on to Peurto Escondido - an eight hour bus ride. We arrived right on dusk and walked down a steep cobbled street to find the hostel, where we had booked dormitory beds over the Internet, had messed up our booking, BUT they could offer us a private room at a cheaper price. Fantastic! Third floor again but a beautiful room with sea views and a balcony big enough for chairs. We loved the ...

We took a bus from Mexico City to Acapulco which took around 5 hours. The bus itself was quite modern but the road not so with what seemed like millions of speed bumps which our driver had a penchant for hitting way too fast.  We booked into the Hotel California - pretty much a run down dump, like in the Eagles song "Welcome to the Hotel California......" It was in the old, seedy side of town. Our room was up three flights of stairs, which has become a bit of a...

When our hostel airport pickup driver dropped us at the Zocola (Central Square) and showed us the street we needed to walk down to our hostel our senses were reeling. We had spent all night on planes and in airports (Honolulu to Dallas Fort Worth then to Mexico City) and both had the beginnings of the flu and then we were hit by a wall of noisy, colourful, seething humanity. Drums, music, shouting, spruiking and laughing all at once. Our hostel and in particular ...

Close Shave, a very close shave. As mentioned we were heading south from San Diego to Tijuana, Mexico for a day trip. Motoring along with the flow of the traffic (fast) in a far left lane of 8 on a highway which was very busy, we spotted a sign proclaiming 'last car park before the border' and here is the rub, our hire agreement strictly prevents taking the vehicle out of the good old US of A!!! This produces a series of mad and highly dangerous lane chan...