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Total stay in Guatemala: 25 May - 27 June Guatemala was definitely worth visiting and we could stay here even longer, but it was time to move on. We definitely have to come back and explore more. The country was cheap, easy to travel and Guatemalans are very polite, helpful, open-minded, relaxed and religious people. More than 50% of the population is Mayan, which almost represents the entire indigenous population here. Unfortunately they have always been kept in a secondary role by the ruling elite...

Total stay in Belize: 1 - 25 May Fast Facts Capital : Belize City Population : 314 275 Known for : Diving in the second largest reef in the world, that Madonna song "La Isla Bonita" Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize Flag Arriving Belize 1 May Boarder-crossing from Mexico to Belize was pretty straight forward. Between those countries, we passed through the Corozal Commercial Tax-Free Zone. We've heard that Belize City wasn't an attractive place to stay, thus we drove...

We overstayed in Belize. (The Belize blog will come soon). Per-Ove got an ear infection and need to recover 100% in order to dive in world famous spots. Tomorrow we are traveling by bus to Guatemala (this wasn't on our itinerary) for a couple of weeks, to see the great Tikal and few other places and then most likely Costa Rica. Cruise 20-27 April On the 20th April we flew from Cancun to Puerto Rico and embarked SeaDream 1 boat. The Norwegian yacht takes only 100 passengers. It's luxurious...

We are now in Belize, Caye Caulker Island being lazy after a week of cruising in the Caribbean… We will come back to that, but first let’s summarize Mexico. More than 4 months in to the journey, we feel like we have been doing this for ages. We miss our friends and family, but time flies fast – there is so much to see and to do and in between you need time to relax – right?. We love that routine! Until now we have been traveling 'mid range', but we have realized that we have to go down one...

Total stay: 20 Februay - 25 March Fast Facts Capital : Havana (La Habana) Population : 2 168 000 Area : 3 007 sq km Known for : Che, Sigars, Fidel Castro, Rum, Veteran Cars Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana Time in Havana, Cuba Flag After 5 weeks in Cuba, we’ve arrived in Mexico, Yucatán Peninsula, Playa del Carmen. We stayed here for about a week , waiting for our camera to be repaired. Then we took a bus to Tulum to explore the nearby Maya ruins and temples. To be honest it felt good...

Kingston 14-20 Feb Population: 700 000 Kingston is totally different from the other places we’ve seen during our travelling in Jamaica. We weren’t hustled to anywhere near the degree as we were in Negril and some in Treasure Beach. Prices here are lower, the people are nicer and there is a huge ethnical mix. During our stay here we’ve been to a coffee farm in Blue Mountains and Bob Marley museum and also preparing for the stay in Cuba (buying €, snacks and other necessities). We’ve stayed in Uptown...

We’re now in Habana and the Internet availability here in scarce. They are either out of internet access cards or the computer is busy, but we’ve managed to find a hotel where we could connect with our laptop. The speed is low, thus the pictures and video-clips from Cuba must wait until we’ll arrive in Mexico (Cancun) or Belize, sometime after 21st March, But first, let’s go back where we’ve left: Total stay: 7 - 14 February Fast Facts Capital: Castries Population: 160 000 Area: 616 sq km Known for...

Fast facts Capital: Kingston Population: 2,7 million Area: 11 391 sq km Known for: coffee, chocolate, reggae, rasta, chill and smoke Negril 18th - 24th January We've arrived in Montego Bay on the 18th January and drove straight to Negril (west coast – 1,5 hr drive) so that Aneta could shake of her illness (she got sick in Caracas just before departure - could be food poisoning...). We were lucky to have this simple eatery hut next to where we stayed, serving great local Jamaican food to a reasonable...

It's time to relax a bit in the sun so we head of to Isla Margarita and Los Roques. Isla Margarita First we stayed for a couple of days at the most popular beach of Playa Agua. We then headed off to the small fishing village of Playa Zaragoza - a less touristic place with a more tranquil environment and only one posada. The Posada Atlantic have nice rooms and great staff. Located on the beach streaching a few kilometers and along it where plenty small houses painted in strong colors. Los Roques...

First of all happy new year (or Feliz Año as they say here). We did another celebration with Mabel's family at their uncles house sending up more fireworks and drinking good Whiskey. The kids went crazy about the fireworks (yes - also the adults became kids at this time). A couple of days later we took off to the Angel Falls which is the world's highest waterfall (979 m). It was discovered by accident in 1937 when Jimmy Angel was out flying looking for gold and made a landing on the top of...

Finally we reached Venezuela and it’s great to get to the first stop confirming that our long awaited trip has started. We spent the night in Caracas and the day after we took a five hour drive to Mabel’s family in central of the Venezuela, home to the petroleum business, El Tigre. Here we celebrated Christmas Eve with tons of good food, drinks and fireworks in a great company. A true fiesta. We even got to learn some Merengue helping us from the cold north to loosen up a bit. For now it’s just relaxing...

Finaly we got the travel blog up and running for our world trip starting the 23rd December this year. We'll do some bloggings and upload pictures to Flickr to give you some impulses. Notice that each set at Flickr can be viewed as a slide show in your browser. Stay tuned for more updates ;-) Ciao!