PANAMA | Sunday, 23 Dec 2012 | Views [624]
Panama city
Day 1
Up at 6am and head to the bus station on the corner for the 45 minute trip to David. The nice but always staring Swiss guy got up to say goodbye which was sweet. He is working on the new part of the panama ... Read more >
PANAMA | Tuesday, 18 Dec 2012 | Views [508]
Boquete
Day 1
I feel like absolute shite. The worst hangover since the thanksgiving incident in Nicaragua! I look at the time and it's almost check out time, so I packed my shit and jumped in the shower.
My water taxi wasn't until ... Read more >
PANAMA | Monday, 17 Dec 2012 | Views [615]
Bocas del toro
Day 1
I woke up early and had a look at my toe, it's pretty nasty!
I hobbled up to the coffee shop to get some food before the shuttle arrives.
Back at the hostel surprise surprise, the three boring German girls ... Read more >
COSTA RICA | Friday, 14 Dec 2012 | Views [439]
Puerto viejo
Day 1
Finally got in at 9pm and of course the $39 quoted for the shuttle is now $45, honestly. He was a very nice driver though and I had some company when we picked up an English couple half way.
I checked ... Read more >
COSTA RICA | Thursday, 13 Dec 2012 | Views [515]
San Jose
Got up this morning and everyone has left the room except for the older Swiss lady. Next comes the awkward moment when the religious person hands the massively non religious person a Jehovah's witness brochure.........awkward! ... Read more >
COSTA RICA | Tuesday, 11 Dec 2012 | Views [501]
La fortuna/arenal
I'm on the bus to la fortuna, it's a bus/boat/bus deal for $20.
We are 1 hr into the ride and an English bloke in his 60s asks the driver to pull over. He is absolutely hurling his guts up beside the bus then ... Read more >
COSTA RICA | Monday, 10 Dec 2012 | Views [681]
Monteverde, costa rica
Day 1
So the adventure has begun again and in true central America style!
Dad and I get to the border and he realizes he's outstayed his visa by about a month so guess who's crossing the border with me! ... Read more >
NICARAGUA | Tuesday, 6 Nov 2012 | Views [639] | Comments [1]
Antigua & Guatemala city
Day 1
Got to panajachel by boat about 2 hours early for my shuttle to Antigua so I tuk tuk'd to the travel agency to see if I could jump an earlier bus. No go so I left my bags with him and went shopping ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Saturday, 3 Nov 2012 | Views [650]
San pedro la laguna, Guatemala
Day 1
I'm en route to the lake. It's another gnarly bus ride but there's only 8 people so it's comfy!
The scenery is beautiful. Looking down into the valleys you see little villages with smoke ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Wednesday, 31 Oct 2012 | Views [705] | Comments [1]
Antigua, Guatemala
As soon as I dumped my bags at the hostel I went to the art markets across the road and I'm in heaven. All the craft I loved so much and wished I got more of in Mexico is here, Guatemala style!
I went a bit ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Monday, 29 Oct 2012 | Views [662]
Lanquin and semuc champey, Guatemala
The 9am bus arrived to pick us up at 9.30. It's the smallest hottest piece of shit I've ever seen! There's 8 of us in here so far and I'm praying no other bastard gets on. The 8 ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Saturday, 27 Oct 2012 | Views [804]
Flores and Tikal, Guatemala
I caught the ferry from caye caulker to Belize city with a nice couple from Brisbane. They are also headed to Tikal so at least between the 3 of us we can work out how to get there!
Turns out we got ... Read more >
BELIZE | Saturday, 27 Oct 2012 | Views [423]
Belize
I got the bus from Tulum to chetumal and decided to keep going to Corazell because the ferry to caye caulker isn't till 3pm tomorrow .
The taxi took me to the market bus station where a giant green chicken bus awaited ... Read more >
MEXICO | Wednesday, 24 Oct 2012 | Views [543]
Tulum
I got the 8.30am bus to Tulum which was only a short 50 minutes away.
I grabbed a cab to playa Esperanza where the girls were staying but when I rocked up the gate was closed. The cabbie got someone's attention and ... Read more >
MEXICO | Monday, 22 Oct 2012 | Views [545]
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Day 1
Landed in cancun and cracked up when I noticed that the huge air traffic tower is a massive corona ad. The name down one side and a giant pic of the beer on the other!
After a huuuge immigration ... Read more >
CUBA | Sunday, 21 Oct 2012 | Views [676]
Cuba
So I managed to get the flight out for 3.30pm and it turns out the crazy high fiving, Mexican, Armador, is coming along. So we packed our shit and walked to the bus station to catch a bus to the airport. Armador is pretty ... Read more >
MEXICO | Saturday, 13 Oct 2012 | Views [449]
Cancun
So what is it with European backpacker chicks getting their gear out in front of anyone who cares to look??! I'm having a conversation with a girl in my room about booking a ticket to Cuba and she's drying her lady bits (very ... Read more >
MEXICO | Friday, 12 Oct 2012 | Views [422]
Merida
Up at dawns crack again after a really good nights sleep at yaxkin hostel. Now I get those people who listen to 'the sounds of the rainforest' while snoozing.... It's nice!
It is absolutely pouring with rain which ... Read more >
MEXICO | Thursday, 11 Oct 2012 | Views [602]
Tuxla and San cristobal
Caught a cab at 6am to the airport after a few drinks last night. Elske even bought me a goodbye present at the local market. It was a cactus fruit which I really wanted to try and it didn't dissapoint.... Read more >
MEXICO | Tuesday, 9 Oct 2012 | Views [415] | Comments [1]
Oaxaca
So I left the shitty most boring hostel in the world in Puebla after no sleep due to 'call me maybe' amongst other treasures being played on loop until 2am . Got a cab to the bus station stood in a long line to get ... Read more >
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