MEXICO – EARLY DAYS

19th August: I’ve never liked snakes at the best of times, and this one’s looking particularly menacing. It’s not yet nine o’clock in the morning and here I am, balancing a mug of tea whilst leafing Mike and Terri Church’s Traveler’s Guide To Mexican Camping, attempting to digest the curious American camping jargon, such as hookups, plug-ins, […]

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BELIZE

Hey, Mon! 16th August: Undoubtedly, Belize is a curios outpost: one of the greatest culture shocks we’ve encountered on this journey. Latin America has all of a sudden vanished. Entering immigration you can surely be forgiven for thinking you’ve arrived at some US backwater, what with the American accents and dark, officious-looking uniforms. Prince Harry […]

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INTO THE GREEN HEART OF GUATEMALA

Lago de Atitlan Of Lago de Atitlan Aldous Huxley once wrote: “Lake Como, it seems to me, touches on the limit of permissibly picturesque, but Atitlan is Como with the additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a good thing.” What can I add to this? Having spent the past […]

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VILLA DE LEYVA: HEROES AND ECCENTRICS

Founded in 1572, Villa de Leyva is one of those places you roll into, breathe a sigh of relief, hang up the car keys and pull out the hammock. You plan on staying only a couple of nights, and then…”Ooh! Now where did I put those car keys?”…and by the time you’ve found them suddenly […]

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