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14 juli 2013 | Door: joanneandgeert

Havana and our welcome home

We spent our last evening near the harbour, waiting for a cannon to be shot. A tradition since the Spanish times which can be seen every day at 21:00, these shots signaled the closing of the city gates. On our last day we bumped into the South ...

Havana - Cuba

8 juli 2013 | Door: joanneandgeert

Varadero

With one week to go we decided to spend a few relaxing days at an all-inclusive resort in Varadero, a very touristy part of Cuba. In order to find a place to stay we rented a scooter for a few hours and, while driving along the beautiful coast, ...

Varadero - Cuba

4 juli 2013 | Door: joanneandgeert

Trinidad

At Casa Bombino it was like having our own apartment: a good sized room, bathroom and kitchen as well as a roof terrace. Thanks to the owner, Alex, we quickly had a list of things we wanted to do and see in and around Trinidad. We loved the city, so ...

Trinidad - Cuba

2 juli 2013 | Door: joanneandgeert

Viñales

In Havana we had booked transport to Viñales not knowing that it was part of a tour. It worked out well as we were planning to go to a rum factory anyway and later went to a lookout point on top of Viñales Valley. After the first night at Casa ...

Viñales - Cuba

30 juni 2013 | Door: joanneandgeert

Havana

As the last days of our travelling approached we got ready to go 50 years back in time to spend our last 2 weeks in Cuba. It started off with a 9 hour (!!) delay at Cancun airport. As compensation for the delay we were given food vouchers which we ...

Havana - Cuba

24 juni 2013 | Door: joanneandgeert

Tulum

The overnight bus from Belize City arrived at 4am and so we spent our first 30min in Tulum standing in front of the Maison Tulum Hotel And Bakery, calling out hoping that someone would wake up and let us in. Finally they did and by 5am we could go ...

Tulum - Mexico

20 juni 2013 | Door: Joanne and Geert

Caye Caulker

Before crossing the border we had already decided not to be in Belize for too long, we'd only go to the island of Caye Caulker to do some diving. It took some getting used to once we were in the country- instead of Spanish, everything was in ...

Caye Caulker - Belize

17 juni 2013 | Door: Joanne and Geert

Tikal

We have seen quite a few Mayan ruins over the last few weeks but felt like we couldn't leave Guatemala without seeing the ruins in Tikal, a Unesco heritage site which is known for its size. We soon discovered that size doesn't matter. On the way ...

Tikal - Guatemala

14 juni 2013 | Door: Joanne and Geert

Semuc Champey

Our hostel in Semuc Champey, Utopia, was in the middle of nowhere, only surrounded by a river and mountains of coffee and cocoa fields. We arrived in Lanquin at 23:30, a town 30 minutes drive from Utopia. As we were taken to the hostel we held on ...

Semuc - Guatemala

10 juni 2013 | Door: Joanne and Geert

Lake Atitlan

It was a scenic but bumpy trip to Lake Atitlan and at a certain stage the shuttle bus had to drive through a river where the bridge had been washed away during a storm 2 years ago and had not been replaced. The towns around Lake Atitlan differ from ...

San Marcos La Laguna - Guatemala

7 juni 2013 | Door: Joanne and Geert

Antigua

On the shuttle bus from Honduras over the border to Guatemala were 2 young Belgian girls who were doing volunteer work in Antigua. Once we arrived in the city they kindly walked us to our hostel, along the way offering advice about shops, ...

Antigua - Guatemala

5 juni 2013 | Door: Joanne and Geert

Copan Ruinas

It is about a 6 hour bus trip from La Ceiba to Copan Ruinas. The bus company offered options where, for slightly more money, you could sit in larger seats which reclined further back than the others and you were given sandwiches, cookies and drinks ...

Copán - Honduras

30 mei 2013 | Door: Joanne and Geert

Utila

We spent the first and second night in Honduras in cities which were not very attractive to tourists, our only objective was to break up the trip to The Bay Islands. People and books warned us about safety issues in Tegucigalpa and La Ceiba and it ...

Utila - Honduras

29 mei 2013 | Door: Joanne and Geert

Matagalpa

A stop in Matagalpa was not part of the plan until deciding where to drop off the hired car. Besides for the lack of road names, driving around this town was slightly more challenging due to the numerous one way streets. Admittedly we broke the law ...

Matagalpa - Nicaragua

26 mei 2013 | Door: Joanne and Geert

Managua to Leon

At the Managua airport, having flown back from the Corn Islands, we decided to cross another thing off of Geert's bucket list.. rent a car and drive around. It is apparently cheapest in Nicaragua and would be a nice change to the many bus rides ...

León - Nicaragua

21 mei 2013 | Door: Joanne and Geert

Corn Islands

The way people speak on this side of the Caribbean may make you think you've arrived in Jamaica. Instead our flight had taken us to Big Corn Island. The airport is nothing more than a short runway and a small building where the baggage gets put on ...

Corn Island - Nicaragua

18 mei 2013 | Door: Joanne and Geert

Granada

Travelling on a chicken bus was one of the things on our bucket list. It was a 1 hour trip from the Nicaraguan border to Granada where we decided to brave it: the cheap, cramped, sweaty and sometimes unreliable form of transport used by the locals. ...

Granada - Nicaragua

15 mei 2013 | Door: Joanne and Geert

La Fortuna

La Fortuna is a neat little town right next to the famous Arenal Volcano. Had it not been for another round of diarrhea for poor old Geert we may have attempted to climb the volcano. Knowing however that there will be more volcanoes to come we ...

Fortuna - Costa Rica

14 mei 2013 | Door: Joanne and Geert

San Jose

Public transport in Central America wouldn't be the same without some kind of hiccup. We have had our fair share so far including to and in San Jose. We've given a theme to this part of the journey.. 'bus accidents'. While driving uphill to the ...

San José - Costa Rica

10 mei 2013 | Door: Joanne and Geert

Cahuita

Getting the exit stamp in Panama, walking about 100m across a high bridge with backpacks and all, and getting the next entry stamp meant we had arrived in Costa Rica. At the Costa Rican border, the mini van which we were on started having ...

Cahuita - Costa Rica

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Havana and our welcome home

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Varadero

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Trinidad

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Viñales

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South and Central America

Havana and our welcome home

Varadero

Trinidad

Viñales

Havana

Tulum

Caye Caulker

Tikal

Semuc Champey

Lake Atitlan

Antigua

Copan Ruinas

Utila

Matagalpa

Managua to Leon

Corn Islands

Granada

La Fortuna

San Jose

Cahuita

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