After exploring Antigua in Guatemala, our next destination was to be Semuc Champey. We soon discovered the journey between the two isn’t particularly straight forward. The most popular way of getting from Antigua to Semuc Champey is by tourist shuttle,…
Lake Coatepeque is a large volcanic crater lake in the centre of a volcano complex in northwest El Salvador. Known as Lago de Coatepeque or Laguna de Coatepeque in Spanish, this volcano formed 50 – 70k years ago. Two volcanic…
About 30 km south of San Salvador the capital of El Salvador, is the tiny surf town of El Tunco. Once a hidden gem known only amongst Salvadorans, the two street town of Playa El Tunco is now one of…
Andy and I visited the ancient Mayan ruins of Tikal in Guatemala about five years ago which was was several years before I started this blog so as yet I haven’t written about it. Although we’re due to return to…
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…
I first visited Oaxaca on my very first long-haul trip way back in 2004. It was one of my favourite cities in Mexico and I’d hoped to take Andy there and write about it when we were in Mexico again…
Cuba, the largest Caribbean 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,…
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, it’s steeped in Mayan and Colonial Spanish History and quite rightly deserves it’s ‘Pueblo Magico’ title.…
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…