Three Days in Puerto Escondido

After Mexico City and Day of the Dead in Oaxaca, I was keen to swap the cities for smaller places. My vague plan for the next two weeks was town and beach hopping along Oaxaca’s…

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A Day Trip to Hierve El Agua

On my one and only venture out of Oaxaca City before Day of the Dead, I went to Hierve El Agua, a set of petrified waterfalls. I went with a friend from my hostel independently.…

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Celebrating Day of the Dead in Oaxaca

After Mexico City, I headed south to my second city in Mexico, Oaxaca. Oaxaca is the capital city of the Oaxaca region and I’d heard many good things about it, especially as a place to…

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Five Days in Mexico City

After Bacalar (four days next to idyllic turquoise water – love love love!), I flew to Mexico City.  I hadn’t been to a big big city for a long time (think the last one was…

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Bacalar – The Lake of Seven Colours

After nearly a week on Caye Caulker, it was time to leave Central America and enter Mexico, my last country of the trip – yikes! Ever since I’d heard about the turquoise crystal clear waters…

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How to get to Chetumal from Caye Caulker

Caye Caulker is an island in Belize, just 130km from Belize City. It’s often a first or last stop for those travelling Central America with Mexico being the previous or next destination respectively. Chetumal is…

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Going Slow on Caye Caulker

Welcome to Caye Caulker and the go slow and hammock life! Caye Caulker is a Caribbean island off the coast of Belize’s mainland. For me it was a good last stop in Central America before…

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Tikal – Guatemala’s Most Famous Ruins

My next and final stop in Guatemala, after Semuc Champey, was to the famous ruins of the ancient Mayan city, Tikal, tucked away in the jungle of north Guatemala. In its day, Tikal was a…

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