Day 209 After some nice paninis at Barlito’s it was time to say goodbye to Isla Mujeres. It was a lovely, but very windy day and the ferry that was taking us to Cancun‘s Playa de Tortugas port was shaking heavily. From the jetty it … Read More →
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Yucatan beach times: Playa del Carmen and Isla Mujeres
Day 205 We packed our stuff and boarded an ADO coach and headed for Playa del Carmen which lies just 1.5 hours to the north. “Playa” is a resort city just south of Cancun on the coast of the Caribbean Sea. There was one long … Read More →
Yucatan Peninsula: Maya ruins in Tulum, Snorkeling with turtles and Cenote Scuba Diving and Coba ruins
Day 202 We had breakfast at our hostel which was Mama’s Home. Next we hopped on a taxi and went out to visit the archeological Tulum, a pre-Columbian Maya site. The ruins are situated on 12-meter tall cliffs, along the east coast of the Yucatán … Read More →
The Belize Barrier Reef: Scuba diving, snorkeling and relaxing in the sun
Day 198 Our itinerary took us from Flores in Guatemala to the next country, Belize. Belize’s abundance of terrestrial and marine species, and its diversity of ecosystems give it a key place within the globally significant Mesoamerican Biological Corridor. We found ourselves in the Caribbean. … Read More →
Guatemala: Fancy border crossing, Flores and more Mayan temples at Tikal
Day 196 What we had ahead of us: 11 hours on the bus to Flores in Guatemala. The trip was sort of tedious, but the actual border crossing from Mexico to Guatemala was definitely one of the most unusual ones. We drove to the middle … Read More →
Mexican rain forest: Agua Azul, Misol-Ha, and jungle ruins of Palenque
Day 195 We embarked on yet another fancy coach trip: 5 hours to Palenque. This time we even had scheduled some stops on the way to visit a number of great places. Late in the morning we arrived at Agua Azul. This place was one … Read More →
Chiapas: Exploring San Christobal de las Casas and speed boating Sumidero Canyon
Day 192 What an awful bus ride this was. Eleven hours on winding roads, sometimes even on the wrong hand side! This was definitely not the happy sleeping cruise I hoped to experience Early in the morning we arrived safe and soundly at the bus … Read More →
Oaxaca: Santa Maria del Tule, Hierve el Agua, Mitla Ruins and Monte Albán
Day 189 I am really glad to be able to take a deep breath again after dealing with all the smog in Distrito Federal. You guess right! We finally left the Mexican capital city. It was time. In the morning we took a 1st class … Read More →
Mexico City: Lucha Libre, Xochimilco, Teotihuacan, Zocalo and Aztec Stadium
Day 184 United Airlines did a good job: So we finally arrived in Mexico, actually Mexico City or Distrito Federal as the country’s capitol is commonly referred to. We stayed at Hostel Amigo right in the center of town. On our ride from the airport … Read More →
In Ecuador: Exploring Quito, standing on the equator and climbing Cotopaxi volcano
Day 212 Early in the morning our trip to Quito in Ecuador commenced. In Cancun we boarded an American Airlines flight to… to Miami! There we had minor troubles with Bettina’s and my US visas which are–to our surprise–apparently still valid for another 10 years. … Read More →