Cambodia’s year-round tropical climate sees temperatures of hot, hotter or scorching. In the dry season, there’s dusty, dry air to contend with and in the rainy season, the varying degrees of humidity can make it very sticky indeed! Spend any amount…
Copper Canyon (Barrancas del Cobre in Spanish) in the Sierra Occidental Mountains in Northwestern Mexico, is a series of six copper-green coloured canyons. The total area of the canyon rivals that of the Grand Canyon in the USA. It stretches…
UPDATE: This post has been updated following receipt of further email clarification from El Chepe themselves. This clarifies what tickets MUST be booked in advance and what can be purchased on the day and on the train itself. There are also…
Valladolid in Yucatan state, Mexico is located in the middle of the Yucatan Peninsula. Recognised as one of Mexico’s 111 Pueblo Magicos or Magical Towns, Valladolid is steeped in Mayan and Colonial Spanish History and quite rightly deserves it’s ‘Pueblo Magico’…
Despite living in Cambodia for over a year we still haven’t posted anything about two of its most important sites. It’s been 10 years since we visited S21 Prison and The Killing Fields in Phnom Penh and my fading memory won’t enable…
Thousands of cenotes (pronounced say-no-tay) dot the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. These are natural sinkholes in limestone bedrock, some are underground, some are open-air and some are a combination of both. Each has its own unique features and no two…
Puerto Morelos, the typical Mexican fishing village in Quintana Roo has lots going for it. One of the main attractions is the second largest barrier reef in the world, the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, which lies just offshore. In 1998 this…
Cuba, the largest Carribean island is famous for many things: white beaches, rum and cigars, music and dancing, history and architecture and old American cars. Since my first brief visit in 2004, tourism in Cuba has boomed, especially in Varadero,…