Eventually, we made our way to Belize! Once crossing the border, everything changed immediately - different language (English), race (we look even more pale now), Reggae music everywhere and tourist stuff 5 times more expensive than in Guatemala.
We decided not to stay in Belize City and took the water taxi from there to Caye Caulker […]
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Betti and I are still enjoying Guatemala, longer than we had actually planned. In the south of Guatemala, travelling by chicken bus was really easy. We hopped on one of the buses (actually people dragged us to there). When changing the bus we didnt have to ask anybody nor wait at all. People inmediately screamed […]
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On our trip to Guatemala we first passed Panajachel which is a very nice but touristy town next to Lago Atitlan and 3 volcanos. More info with the photos.
Taking the chicken bus, we made our way to Quetzaltenango or as for the locals just Xela. Very impressive was not only our visit in the small neighbour […]
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We have already made it to Guatemala - the driver sort of scared me, telling me I couldnt leave the country without my tourist ticket (that I lost in Mexico City…). I think he knew somebody at the border, at least thats what he told me, so I only ended up paying 24 Dollars to […]
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After leaving the capital, we spent 2 nights in Oaxaca. A lot of people had told us that this was their favorite place in Mexico. It took us 6 hours to get there, passing by a lot of huge cactus along the road and enjoying being the only foreigners on the bus.
The center of Oaxaca […]
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Yeah, we made our way to Mexico. Not as quick as I had hoped though - I had to take a connection flight in Atlanta, but due to some thunderstorm we had had to go in circles for 1.5 hours before getting clearance to land. Comment of our pilot after the third circle: “That runs […]
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Hi Leute,
Eventually, I managed to set up my travel blog, as always last minute! Tuesday morning I am heading out to Mexico City where I will start my 3-months-trip all across Central America.
I will try to provide updates as often as possible, depending on the availability of Central American internet cafes. If you […]
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