The scene before me was impossible to take in. The movement of a yellow truck caught my attention and gave me something small, something manageable to focus on. Continue reading
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The Day of the Dead is full of life in Guatemala
The crowd waits in anticipation. The team spreads out along their rope, shouting orders to each other. This is the moment they have spent the past months working towards. Continue reading
The final act
For some time we’ve been wondering how we should end this incredible journey. We weighed up all sorts of ideas and options, but only one thing seemed right: Continue reading
It had to happen, in the end
It could have been Sydney: the sky was gloriously sunny, the water below was sparkling and I was riding a grand bridge sandwiched between the two. But it wasn’t Sydney, it was San Francisco and I could barely see it through my tears. Continue reading
Our Odyssey Overland American Style
After 18 months of living in South and Central America, we have crossed into the United States of America.
We were prepared for some reverse culture shock as we moved into a country more like our own: paying higher prices for everything, “pumping” our own “gas”, putting the toilet paper into the toilet again and communicating in our mother tongue. But as reassuringly familiar as some things are, there are still aspects of American life that are as confounding as entering a foreign culture. Continue reading
Feelin’ hot hot hot in Baja
After six weeks of enjoying the Mexican mainland, we hopped on the overnight ferry to the Baja California peninsula and into a very different Mexico.
Baja is a desert: its rugged beauty captivated us and the heat knocked us over. We had hoped that we would sneak our visit in before the full strength for summer hit, but the heat had come early. Continue reading
The wonders of the Mexico’s ancients
We loved our time in Mexico City. It is bursting with museums and galleries, of which our visit to the National Anthropology Museum (NAM) was a highlight. Continue reading
Guatemala – the heart of the Maya
I had thought that Mayan culture was history. For me, the word conjured up images of grand but ruined temples and tombs, overgrown with jungle. Mayan rituals? A thing of the past and surely the Mayan language was wiped out by the Spanish centuries ago.
I could not have been more wrong. Continue reading
Eyes on the Prize – Spotting Wildlife in Costa Rica
We were told that Costa Rica is all about nature; but with 26% of its land protected as national parks and reserves, it was difficult to pick exactly where to go.
Entering into southern Costa Rica from Panama, we started with the Osa Peninsula and a visit to Corcovado National Park. According to National Geographic, this small peninsula constitutes 2.5% of the world’s biodiversity, so it seemed like a safe bet for some wildlife spotting. Continue reading
Crossing Over
Panama represents a crossroads for many but consider the irony: you cannot cross between North and South America on land, yet ships can pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through land. How can this be? Continue reading
Our Odyssey Overland 