Nick canyoning in Cebu, Philippines
Caracol, in the Belize jungle.
A fairly tough 1 hr, 45 minute drive from St Ignacio, and maybe 1/10th of the way is paved, and the rest is somewhat sketchy; although they are in the (slow) process of building a magnificent new paved road, expecting to be completed in around 5 years….
It will definitely change the experience of visiting these ruins. It’s an adventure now, but it’ll be a cruisey jaunt with a better road, as is Tikal in Guatemala or Chichen Itza in Mexico.
Butterfly swarm in the Belize jungle
Came across this on an epic drive to Caracol Mayan ruins…
The grotto from James Bond’s’Thunderball’
And cannabis for medicinal purposes of course…!!
Russian hosts, and the Windy islands
Cuban cigars..
The four islands comprising the French West Indies, inadvertently four out of five of our destinations after our cruise was canceled :
Martinique has all the French cachet, Guadeloupe is bigger, definitely need a car to get around, more down to earth,
St Barth is very different, hardly know it’s French at all, everyone speaks English, everyone owns a yacht, $US is a second currency, but great tourist souvenirs!
Sint Maarten is different than them all, most shops and bars are run by US or Indian people, great food, $US and Euro are the same currency in effect, notes given in one form and change in the other.. many cigar shops selling Cuban cigars to American tourists.. very rare to hear French spoken at all. It’s like going to Noosa for Melbournians, for many in the US!