El Salvador.... Land of the machete. After a week of fairly challenging travel through guatemala, the violins were playing hard for us and we thought we were due for a holiday from the grubby backpacker scene. The beaches of El Salvador had been recommended to us as an alternative destination to recharge the batteries. El Salvador is a country that people often pass by due to reports of crime and other unfriendly behavior towards gringos, and It had also just b...

Guatemala We had a very rocky start to Guatemala... We started our trip from Caye Caulker Belize in a boat, very hung over, then a 5 hour bus to Flores in the north of Guatemala. I was sleeping on the bus... Was woken suddenly to be told that we needed to change buses "Now now! Vamos, rapido!" Which means let's go, quickly. Dazed and confused I quickly got up and left my golden passport lying on the seat... Argh! I didn't realize this until later that night. So ...

Belize After saying goodbye to a drenched Mexico, we were happy to be greeted by some sunshine in Belize. Our first and only destination in Belize was a very small island called Caye Caulker which is famous for diving and doing nothing, both activities sounded worth a look. Transport from mexico was on a water taxi for 2 hours, via another nearby island called caye ambergris for the immigration and customs stop. Easily the nicest, easiest and unrobust (I'm maki...

NYC to Mexico - We flew in to Cancun and took a boat straight over to Isla Mujeres, a small island half an hour away from cancun. We had arrived in mexico... The land of the fabulous tacos! We hadn't booked any accommodation and the lessons in espanol needed to kick in. The sun was shining and the water looked amazing. We arrived and hiked about the little town to find accommodation. We found a perfect place right on the beach for about $45 a night. (posada del ...

Alaska to NYC - Leaving Alaska was a bit of an effort. After a sea plane to Juneau, flight to Seattle, overnight flight to NYC on a horrible delta flight, and early morning negotiation with the nyc subway (we jumped on a train to manhattan without a map) we some how fluked our way to our hotel - St Marks hotel in the east village. Early morning arrival meant we had the rest of the day to enjoy NYC, however it was good time to eat and snooze time. This meant we ...