Close to the famous Tikal ruins in Guatemala lie the lesser-known Mayan site of Yaxhá. Despite being only 30km as the quetzal flies from its famous neighbour, the drive is a little longer. As a result far fewer tourists make the journey to explore these amazing ruins.
This is the one. This is the post where we finally extract ourselves from the seemingly inescapable vortex of Santa María del Tule. Don’t get too excited. We only drove a few kilometres down the road.
After a somewhat snap decision to leave Belize, we found ourselves back in Mexico sooner than we had planned.
Photo Friday—Monk
Photo Friday—Hungry cat
To visit an historical site in New Zealand often means a visit to a Māori pā site which will involve standing in a grassy field, or on a headland, looking at a ditch which marks an old fence line, perhaps another which denotes a storage area. Don’t get me wrong it’s always interesting, standing there in a spot where history was made. Even a grassy field can be enough to bring that history to life in your mind. But New Zealand (like the name suggests, good branding decision there guys) is a pretty new country. We don’t have stone structures from […]
Photo Friday—Huiñay Huayna (Wiñay Wayna)
The sun was setting and the tuk-tuk drivers were swarming… welcome to Phnom Penh.
This time last year we were in South East Asia. The year has gone pretty fast, think I’m about ready for another break…