Experience the most unique vacation ever! Swan Villas Belize is now open.

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Traveling through Mexico to Central America? We make side trips.

Now who could pass up an opportunity to see some of the most impressive and ancient ruins in all of Mexico, we sure couldn’t ! So come along with us as we explore Palenque. Tagged: Mexico ruins, palenque

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Strong dollars goes further in Central America now more than ever.

Need more proof? Read this recent report.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/strong-dollar-makes-world-travel-cheaper-for-americans/ar-BBhyuAi?srcref=rss Tagged: strong dollar makes central america very affordable, US Dollar exchange rate

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Central America travel in your 2015 dreams?

Making travel plans for Central America in 2015. We offer consulting. No matter what your means of travel are, overlanding, backpacking, biking, hiking or cycling. We can tell you the best places to stay, must things to do, and certainly make your Central American vacation an adventure you’ll never forget. Tagged: adventure, antigua guatemala shopping […]

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Get the pages before you go!

If you’re overlanding thru Central America or even beyond, make sure you get extra pages in your passport before you go. Many of the countries we’ve passed through will put a stamp in your passport indicating that you’ve bought a vehicle into the country, in addition to the stamp for yourself, and these stamps take […]

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We’re back in the USA ! But wait, there’s more.

We made it back safe and sound, no issues, no worries, but do we have some stories to tell you. We’ll be settling down in a few days and bring you up to speed on our adventure driving through Mexico. Stay tuned, and thanks for following.

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Flores Guatemala. The last Mayan hold out.

Flores Guatemala This quaint quiet island city in the middle of Lake Peten is certainly worth checking out. Only a half day drive from Placencia Belize, we recommend making a weekend out of it.  It was here on the island of Flores that the last independent state of the Maya civilization held out against the […]

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“Belizean Jungle” Ranger for a Day.

Ranger for a day, huh? It sounded easy enough for me, just like when I was a kid. Thinking we’d show up, put on a ranger hat, walk a little through the rainforest and return back to base camp, we’d be done before lunch we thought. Nope, nadda, nyet, what were we thinking? We soon […]

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We survived Belize’s most dangerous highway.

On Belizean maps, this road is called Coastal Highway. We refer to it as “The Axle Buster, Shock Knocker, and Hellway Road”. Its 33 miles of thrills and chills from start to finish. Why it’s called Coastal Highway we don’t understand. It’s nowhere near Belize’s coast line, and you certainly can’t do highway speed. Rental […]

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On the road again.

Hello friends, family and followers. We’ve had limited internet and are spending many hours on the road these last few days heading north to the USA. We’ll be home for the holidays. Not to worry if you haven’t seen many updates, but they are coming. So please stay tuned we’ll have a lot to tell […]

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Candelaria Caves, the entrance to the underworld.

The Candelaria caves is a large natural cave system in the municipalities of Chisec and  Raxruha in Guatemala.  This impressive cave system is sacred to the Q’eqchi Maya, and stretches continuously for some 29km (18 miles). The main gallery, Tzul Tacca, is almost 60m (200 ft.) high, 30m (100 ft.) wide, and 200m (650 ft.) long, and […]

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Lunch at crater lake.

Lunch at Coatepeque. Lake Coatepeque (Lago de Coatepeque) is a large crater lake in the east part of the Coatepeque Caldera, not far from Santa Ana, El Salvador. There are hot springs near the lake margins. At 26 square kilometers (10 sq mi), it is one of the largest lakes in El Salvador. In the […]

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Land Rover Club El Salvador. Land Rover camaraderie knows no borders.

Land Rover Club El Salvador Land Rovers owners are a special breed. I know of no other marquee where complete strangers will wave at each other when passing in traffic, or will stop to talk or help a driver of the same brand. When parking at a supermarket we’ll search for other Land Rovers and […]

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You can’t make it this far without problems.

I looked down at my odometer just after crossing the border into Nicaragua and made a mental note to myself that we had now clocked up over 10,000 miles since we left Augusta Georgia back in April. Now if I were back home I could easily rack up 15,000 miles or more commuting around town […]

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Joya De Cerén, the Pompeii of the Americas.

Joya De Cerén El Salvador should not be missed. UNESCO says this about this site. Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic farming community that, like Pompeii in Italy, it was buried under an eruption of the Laguna Caldera volcano c. AD 600. In fact, it is nicknamed “The Pompeii of the Americas”.  Because of the […]

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Border crossings! Not all fun and games

Most, if not all of the borders we cross have not been pleasant experiences. Sometimes we are mobbed by kids wanting to help out, money exchangers, beggars, waiting in long lines of vehicles and people. Some of the buildings such as customs, immigration and inspections are not clearly marked, and then there are copies needing […]

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Eye of the water ” tranquillo and soothing”

Eye of the Water, tranquillo and soothing It looked like we had walked onto a movie set. An aqua blue pool of fresh flowing water, with palapa roofed huts all around, I was speechless. Sparsely decorated with just enough chairs and hammocks, parrots and howler monkeys heard off in the distance, and a still quietness, […]

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Ometepe, 10 things you need to know before you go.

Ometepe, 10 things you need to know before you go.   1. Past Indian inhabitants regarded it as their promised land and a sacred island. 2. Chorotega, Nahuatl and Mayans left a multitude of pre-Columbian artifacts spread all over the island. 3. Ometepe is considered one of the great rock art areas of the world […]

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Jesus, give me strength to reach the top!

One of the first things we noticed when exploring San Juan del Sur, was the giant statue of Jesus that sits high on the hill overlooking the city. As soon as we saw it, we knew we’d be in for a physical challenge. Can we drive to it, can we walk, oh what do we […]

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Ometepe Island

Isla de Ometepe We put the trucks on a ferry today for an hour ride across Lake Nicaragua to Ometepe. Not sure what it’s about? Isla de Ometepe is made of twin volcanoes that rise dramatically from Lake Nicaragua. Lava flows created a base that joins them. Local legend would have you believe that the […]

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