I've fucked about with the timelines here. I actually dived the local reef at Caye Caulker before I went to the Blue Hole then I went to Esmerelda after we'd spent a couple of days in San Pedro on Ambergris Caye pretty much just sprawling by the pool. Esmerelda and Tackle Box are San Pedro's [...]
I've wanted to dive the Great Blue Hole pretty much as soon as I got into scuba diving and learned that this particular sink hole was a thing that existed. Then people started telling me it was a shit dive and not worth the really quite hefty price tag (honestly, try not to choke when [...]
Caye Caulker is the kind of place where pretty much as soon as you rock up you feel chilled as fuck. Even as we hauled our backpacks through the village in the heat we knew we were going to like it here. We were staying at little bit out of the centre, we booked a [...]
It pissed rain pretty much all morning. The nightly storm started late in the night, the thunder startling me awake at fuck knows what hour so obviously I had to lie awake fretting that the boat wouldn't go if the weather was still too bad. It was Friday, the boats don't go at the weekend, [...]
We were just popping through this south eastern corner of Guatemala to get to the boat to Belize but it's definitely worth a look. The done thing in Rio Dulce is to stay in one of the eco-lodges that line the river but they're only accessible by boat. You can usually get there for free [...]
As we headed into La Esperanza on a four bus mission our ears popped as we wound our way into the hills. The climate here, at least at this time of year, is fucking glorious quite frankly. Lovely, hot mornings, getting a bit cooler in the afternoons as the cloud moves in, perhaps a spot [...]
It stopped raining as we left Jungle River Lodge to wait for the bus and started up again just as we approached the entrance to D&D Brewery in Los Naranjos so thanks for that, weather gods. Remind me to sacrifice a goat or two for you later on. Lago de Yojoa and the area around [...]
We ummed and ahhed about whether we should head the half hour out of La Ceiba or not to spend a couple of days by the Rio Cangrejal. It's pricey. There's only really one backpacker friendly accommodation and even that's US$18.95 for a dorm bed, then once you're there there's no kitchen so unless you [...]
Roatan was amazing but fuck me, it was expensive. We fled to Utila which is more aimed at backpackers rather than American tourists more my age with a bit more disposable income. I mean, it's not dirt cheap but it's nice to be paying L45 for a bottle of Salva Vida at a bar rather [...]
Oh Roatan, you utter fucking budget murderer, you. My bank account is currently cowering in a corner, battered beyond all recognition. I think it might be weeping. We timed our trip to this glorious albeit expensive Caribbean island to coincide with when Karen who we met on the Antarctica cruise would be there. Oh, did [...]
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