This is a glorious camp site. Right on the waters edge of a calm green Caribbean Sea. Coconut palms and a slightly undulating but nicely grassed area. There are old ships cannons embedded in the knee high stone wall on one side of the area. Testament to tumultuous times in…
Waking up with roosters crowing and all manner of bird noises and everything around us, wet. It rained last night but I don’t remember much, as I crashed. This camp has been blasted out of the jungle and the digger used to fashion a road…er track, is rusting away nearby. This…
Right now we are seated on the American Airlines flight 158 at Miami Int. ready to depart for Cancun, Mexico. It’s 2.30pm, the flight departs at 2.50pm and there has been no feedback from the luggage crew to say our box with the fridge repair kit, has been declined to…
A little rain on the roof this morning and temperatures are cooler. Around 23degC. Being Sunday and with much less wind, there are no kite surfers to interrupt our lazy morning. By 10am we had breakfasted and were packing up our gear ready to head into Cancun airport for the…
It wasn’t long after we emerged from our mobile residence this morning that a car pulled up beside us telling us that they needed the spaces we were parked on. It’s a smooth flat surface that is obviously prone to flooding. They hold Kite surfing school that requires quite a…
It looked like three brothers were running this cenote business. Whether they owned the land or just set up shop around the hole, is unknown. It is an amazing cenote though. The cavern is huge and there are stalagmites and stalactites throughout. The water is chrystal clear with a slight…
First up, Happy Birthday to Deirdre, my eldest daughter. Hope you have a great day Dee…:). it’s wont be long before you have caught me up..:) Today we are changing camps. It’s been a brilliant place to stay but it’s time for a change of scenery. It wasn’t long after…
The day has dawned. Another one out of the box. Warm, sunny and a wind of about 5 knots from the NE. By 12.30pm it’s 30.4deg C and rising, with 73% relative humidity. We have a great camp site, about 600m from town and 100m from the beach, with…
It was great to wake in an air conditioned room and have a warm shower. After a hearty breakfast it was down to business calling possible suppliers for a new fridge, or parts for the old one. From our homework done last night and discussions over the last week or…
Today we are staying put. A day of rest. Our german companions Heike & Peter are moving out but before they departed we had a great chat with them about their travels up through South America. Giving us some invaluable tips of where to go and where not to, too.…
