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Category Archives: Mexico
Chetumal, border town.
We have arrived in Chetumal, a border town with Belize. We will be taking the ferry here to Caye Caulker, a small island in Belize. Chetumal is described by most guide books as a town where there isn’t much to … Continue reading
Discovering cenotes and Mayan ruins
Yesterday we hired a car and drove to a recommended cenote, Cenote Christalino. A cenote is a deep natural pit, or sinkhole, characteristic of Mexico, resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath. It was a lovely … Continue reading
Where are the mosquitoes?
It has been a week since we left the UK and we are starting to get our heads around our new way of life. The first few days we were jet lagged and tried to do way too much in … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 on the go, family gap year, RTW, RTW with children, RTW with kids
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We need to learn some Spanish. Pronto.
We have arrived in wonderful, sunny, colourful Mexico. We are all knackered and a bit jetlagged after a 20-hour door-to-door trip but everything went very smoothly and the children were very well-behaved so couldn’t have gone better. The apartment we … Continue reading