One of the highlights of Central America for me last summer was diving the Blue Hole (link to my post). The Today Show broadcast Monday from Belize and you can see the footage on the msnbc site.
Author: Scott
Going Coastal back to California
Last week we packed up our new Mazda hatchback and started the trip back to Palm Springs from Oregon. Our plan was to take the coast route as much as possible. The first two nights we camped outside of Florence and the weather was perfect during the day but a bit nippy at night in […]
Crater Lake National Park
Oregon has many beautiful places but only one national park – Crater Lake. Last week we packed up my parents RV and headed South for this special place. Camping with my parents is not exactly roughing it. We had all the comforts of home except for unlimited water to bathe a very dirty Lucy who […]
Back in the Estados Unidos de Norte América
We walked across the border yesterday morning after an all night bus ride from Veracruz to Matamoros. The US Border agent asked me all kinds of questions I had difficulties answering correctly. “How long have you been out of the country?” – “ugh… 8 months … no wait I left May 8th.” – “Where do […]
Wrapping up Mexico
Yesterday we left Oaxaca on a relatively short bus hop over to Veracruz. The scenery coming down the mountains was pretty spectacular. At one point the area reminded me of Yosemite with massive granite mountains and valleys except there were huge 6-8 foot tall cacti. We are getting ready to leave Veracruz on a 2:30p […]
Really, Really Old Stuff
Jaime and I have been getting our culture on for the past two days. Yesterday was a trip to Monte Alban ruins and today we went to the Centro Cultural Santo Domingo. The older gringos staying in our B&B love to discuss Oaxacan culture in excruciating detail. One lady was a bit taken a back […]
Oaxaca, Mexico
We are here in Oaxaca, Mexico after a 12 hour overnight bus ride from San Cristobal de las Casas. Not too much to report as we are still a bit fried and just had a couple of hours to wander around as our room was being prepared. Looks like a nice place. http://lasbugambilias.com/ Holy crap!!! […]
Back in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico
We left Antigua, Guatemala at 4:30am yesterday and arrived in San Cristóbal around 4p yesterday. Jaime had a rough time of it but is recovering nicely here at the Sol y Luna B&B. Great place to relax and enjoy the orchid gardens. Here’s some quick snaps –
Island Time and really old stuff
Looks like Cpt. Jim and Island Time are almost back in Port “Uglyville” (his new nickname for Port Isabel). We have been following his progress on a website his friend set up that tracks a GPS transponder on board. He was not too excited about leaving the clear blue waters of the Caribbean for Texas. Who […]