SPAIN | Saturday, 19 Jul 2008 | Views [67] | Comments [1]
Arrived in Barcelona on Thursday. It is a beautiful city. Have been walking around looking at the beautiful buildings. Today visited Barcelona Cathedral and visited La Segrada Familia {but didnt pay 10 euros to get in} and looked at it from outside.... Read more >
MEXICO | Thursday, 5 Jun 2008 | Views [44]
Wow what can I say about Taxco the silver capital of Mexico but that its absolutely beautiful!! The city is on the side of a very steep hillside. The Spanish first came here and when silver was discovered Taxco became the main silver export. The mining ... Read more >
MEXICO | Sunday, 1 Jun 2008 | Views [42]
Palenque has some ruins about 20 mins drive from the town centre which are amazing!! They are in the middle of the forest and are absolutely stunning. I went this morning when it was still raining (so there werent too many tourists) and was amazed at ... Read more >
MEXICO | Saturday, 31 May 2008 | Views [40]
The first Spanish landed on the shores here in the early 1500´s and were allowed to stay temporarily by the Maya leader. When the Spanish took no notice of this the whole crew were killed. It wasnt until 20 years later after the Maya leader died and ... Read more >
MEXICO | Friday, 30 May 2008 | Views [40]
Merida is a Mayan city where people walk slower and there are lots of plazas scattered around. It is however quite a busy city and the traffic can be quite dangerous sometimes!! Its easy to find your way around as all the streets are numbered with even ... Read more >
MEXICO | Thursday, 29 May 2008 | Views [38]
Chichen Itza is located about 4 hours west of Cancun and are famous ruins. There is a famous time ruin there. It has 4 sides with steps and there is a temple on top of that. The area is extremely touristy and there are people trying to sell you all ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 27 May 2008 | Views [46]
Isla Mujeres is a 25 minute ferry ride away from Cancun. The beaches are very beautiful with white sand and with the gorgeous blue sea in the Caribbean. The only thing is, is that it has caught the Cancun disease and it is very expensive here compared ... Read more >
MEXICO | Monday, 26 May 2008 | Views [42]
Tulum is absolutely beautiful. Tulum is on the Caribbean Coast. Im staying in a hostel in the town which offers a free shuttle bus to the beach which is 3km away. The beach is like a postcard with very fine white sand and the water is beautiful!! ... Read more >
BELIZE | Saturday, 24 May 2008 | Views [62]
Caye Caulker is a tiny little island about 45 mins by boat from Belize City. There are no cars here but then you dont really need one as you can walk around the island quite easily. The streets here are all sand and the houses are mostly built from ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Thursday, 22 May 2008 | Views [74]
Flores is one of many little gorgeous little towns on the edge of a lake. There are many cobbled little lanes here off main streets and some of the houses here are very colourful. Today I visited a Maya ancient ruin site called Tekal which is located ... Read more >
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