México y Centroamérica​

Our super cheap 260 Euro flight back to Europe goes from Cancun to Madrid. The two days we still have in Cancun we want to spend on Isla Mujeres to avoid the Cancun tourism a...

El Chiflon was our last excursion of our South Mexico-Guatemala trip. I can't believe it's already been 1 month since we left Tlaxcala - time flew by. With many interesting and...

From the city of Comitan, we take a day trip to the El Chiflon waterfalls. The public Colectivo (minibus) that takes us there is like the expensive tourist shuttle in...

Our return journey to Mexico goes back through San Cristobal. The 12-hour drive with the tourist shuttle from Antigua Guatemala to San Cristobal in Chiapas is tough. It takes...

After our weekend at Lake Atitlan, we return to Antigua. On Tuesday, the children of Nuevo Amanacer perform their traditional Maya dances at the Rainbow Café. Vicky asked us to...

After 4 days of volunteering at Nuevo Amanacer, we are going to the Atitlan Lake for the weekend. The journey there is once again adventurous, but thanks to Vicky's good...

After discarding the plan to do Workaway because most volunteers are looking for a minimum of 1 month, we accidentally come across an advertisement in a café in Antigua from a...

One of the highlights of our trip in Guatemala, or maybe the highlight was our trip to "Semuc Champey". After a nerve-wracking bus ride to Lanquin, partly because the bus driver...

When having breakfast, we plan the further journey. It takes 8 hours from here to Semuc Champey, the famous waterfalls. But since we want to go to our friends in El Salvador...

My morning routine this time consists of a 2nd run to 'El Mirador', this time with a view in morning light, and swimming in the lake. We go to 'Gona doña' for breakfast again,...

Since Belize is very expensive and we want to speak Spanish again, we are going back to Guatemala and staying one more night in Flores. Since we don't want to go back to...

Unfortunately, the day didn't start off so well. While swimming at the lake, where we only had our towel with us, our key was stolen. We contacted Oliver, our host, through the...

Since we are only 1.5 hours away from the border of Belize, we want to make a side trip to Belize. First, we take a tuktuk ride to Santa Elena, then a minibus to the border. It...

At 3 a.m. our tour to Tikal, the most significant Maya city in the world, starts. With many other Europeans, we sit in the minibus on the way to Tikal. Tikal is located about 60...

After a more or less pleasant overnight bus ride, we arrive in Palenque around 8am in the morning. Tropical heat awaits us - the temperature difference compared to San Cristobal...

Since it is not possible to enter Guatemala from Palenque by public transportation, we booked a tour for 600 pesos (about 30 euros) per person. The driver arrives at our...

After breakfast, we take a stroll through the old town for the first time in daylight. Sancris looks colorful, multicultural, and I have never seen so many vegetarian/vegan...

After some time in Tlaxcala, we finally start our journey towards Central America. From Puebla, we fly to Tuxtla Gutierrez, the capital of Chiapas in southern Mexico. In Puebla,...

I had already been in Mexico City after my 26-hour flight from Australia. Due to my jet lag and because the city is just so unbelievably huge, we hadn't really seen much in the...

Another little trip we took from our residence in Tlaxcala was to visit the Santuario de las Luciérnagas (Firefly Sanctuary). July is the high season in the firefly forest, as...

Since we arrived in Tlaxcala, Julio and I have been talking about climbing the famous volcano 'La Malinche' in the region of Tlaxcala, which stands at an altitude of 4,461...