We last treated Big Bertha to new tyres in Johannesburg, South Africa, in September 2022. We have covered 62,587km since then and we were running almost on F1 racing slicks. Our wheels have 20 inch rims, which are almost unheard of in the Americas and we use military tyres – so it’s not a case of pulling into the nearest […]
Leaving the heat behind us at the El Chiflon waterfalls, we climbed up above 2,000m to visit San Cristobal, a very nice town and similar to Antigua in Guatemala. It was a bit of a fight to get into the campsite, so we camped here for 5 nights, chilled (literally) and took an excellent walking tour around the town. Daniel, […]
Mexico! What a fantastic introduction you have given us! Crossing from Guatemala at La Mesilla, a very quiet border, we were slightly apprehensive. Mexico has a reputation, but everyone at the border was very friendly and the ensuing police checkpoints have been a breeze. But it was a bit of a squeeze to get through the markets either side of […]
We get asked all the time about the statistics behind our journey. When we started, we made a budgetary estimate as to how much our adventure would cost us and this has been pretty much on target. Budding adventurers may find this very useful in formulating their own plans. These stats do not include our ‘background’ costs such as purchasing […]
We skipped Guatemala City, the capital of Guatemala. I say ‘skipped’ but it still took a couple of hours to drive through it on the main roads on the way to Antigua. But after a long days drive we finally arrived at the VagaMundo Camp in Antigua and found Ursula waiting for us (we met at Tikal). The camp was […]
The small town of Cubulco in Guatamala has an annual festival held each year in late July. Francine discovered this on the day before the penultimate day of the festival whilst on our way to Semuc Champey. Many towns have festivals. But this one features an aerial dance that we really wanted to see and so we made a rather […]
Tikal was an important Mayan city in the north of Guatemala, near the Belize border. We passed without visiting in our hurry to get to Belize, but on our way back we could not miss this world renowned monument. What’s more, there is a lovely campsite there with plenty of wildlife. After the rain, the Coatis appeared en masse to […]
Belize was always on our itinerary, but after a ‘Whoopsie’ in Honduras, we arrived sooner than expected. The Mennonite community in Spanish Village, Belize, is a large farming community with all that goes with that, including engineering capability – of which we took advantage. The Mennonites pretty much feed Belize with the majority of meat and vegetables being produced by […]
We had a “whoopsie” in Honduras and, as a result, after consulting with our overlanding friends, Neil and Pat, we decided to head directly to Belize for a repair at the Mennonite community in Spanish Village. More about that in our Belize post.. From Copan in Honduras we headed directly to the Guatemalan border, crossing with relative ease. We then […]
It was hard work getting into Honduras (visas) and so we thought we would have a bit of a look around instead of crossing directly into El Salvador in a day (as many travellers choose to do). From the border we headed up to the capital Tegucigalpa and visited the cathedral (the Father very kindly let us stay in the […]