Barcelo La Aurora La Ceiba

Hard to believe that it has been three years since I took a leap of faith in traveling alone to Mexico. The first two weeks in Oaxaca were difficult and challenging since I was inadequate with the language. I was fortunate to live with an incredible, down-to-earth family. My host mom is a teacher, and helped me a lot with my fast pace academics. I was also very fortuitous to attend ...

... for a few early drinks at La Pacha and are the only people there. Its an amazing building on the sea front the lack of tourists make it empty. I&#8217;m not sure it&#8217;s the real Pacha but if not it&#8217;s a damn good copy. We head back to the house for home made thai curry. Yummy!<br><br>The next day we get a lift to the jungle river lodge and spend our morning jumping off high rocks into rapids and then taking the ...

... te na vsakem koraku, vse se ti zdi nevarno in hoteli so dragi glede na to, da ne ponujajo nic. Na recepciji dobis kljuc sobe in pilota:))) Soba ozka, dolga, brez okna, kopalnica v prafaktorjih. Tusi tukaj delajo res tako, kot da bi jih nekdo zamasil in potem naredil pet lukenj, da malo ven sprica. Vsaj voda je bila topla. <br><br>Zjutraj naju je cakal taksist od prejsnjega dne ze pred hotelom, da slucajno ne bi sla s kom drugim do pristanisca, kjer je ladja do otok Roatan.

... it back we had steak, mashed potatoes and some fresh salsa waiting for us. Another night of Guifiti, Salvas and dancing to the Reggaeton and by now I was told to sit behind the bar and help. I don't know how we are ever going to leave here; it was such an awesome day once again! <br><br>Wed June 10<br><br>A completely relaxing day. Some cereal for a late breakfast followed by a long swim in the water. More soup, rice and fresh corn tortillas for lunch and then chilling ...

Couple of hours south is the prettily situated town in a lush green valley, stopping off point for the archeologocal site of Three Zapotes, 15km out of town. Had breakfast & saw the 3.4m (the biggest) Olmec head in the plaza & still the rain had not let up, so abandoned plans for the trek to the site.

... referring to the death of the 760. There should be a picture. It was impressively totaled I'm told. Orson or Nick mebbe, I'll unearth emails if you like. I rolled that car well over 100 KPH. I exist because it was a Volvo.<br>

From Placencia you can get to Honduras by boat on the Gulf Cruza. It leaves on Fridays and costs $50. The boat is a large motor boat for passengers only and, according to Lonely Planet, it leaves at 9:30 and arrives at Puerto Cortez, Honduras at 2 pm. 4 and 1/2 hours. So imagine my surprise when the captain said it's a 2 hour crossing! Add it to the list of LP inaccuracies, I thought. However, the captain went on to ...

... and his mates told him, then he seemed like he was off to get his gun. The carnival was fortunately patrolled by a couple of hundred police with machine guns though and there was no trouble. Other than the carnival we took it easy in Ceiba. We spent one day at a Mall, hanging out as you do. We swam in the Caribbean which at Ceiba is not too warm and looks like any other sea as theres a dark sand beach, nice but off-limits after dark We ...

The following morning we decided to drive around town and see a few additional sights before leaving Taxco. Michael was still not feeling 100% so Geraldine volunteered to be driver for the day. With a tourist map in hand we followed the road signs leading up to the church known as Barrio de los Guadalupe. The map did not show that the road was 15 feet wide with parked cars on both sides and two way traffic. We were in a bit of trouble with ...

It would be safe to say that the government of the state of Veracruz defines the word "road" as "a thin strip of asphault connecting a series of deep pot-holes". Veracruz has the WORST roads in the entire country of Mexico! Even with oversized off-road tires, I am regularly having to put air in them to replace that knocked out by the impact of ...