Travels · Central America
Mexico to as far south
as we could get
Two months overland — from the beaches of Cancún down through the Yucatán and on through Central America, mostly by bus and mostly in Spanish.
Getting There
Departing Gatwick for a quick hop to CDG on Easyjet was simple enough. One might be inclined to think that this would be the most uncomfortable 2 hours in the next 4 months but I can assure you otherwise. Arriving at CDG on schedule, I had a couple of hours to transfer to meet up with my high-school friend and get on the next flight, Aeromexico CDG to MEX on a Boeing 787-9, an aircraft I'd never flown. Check-in was a faff - Aeromexico told me I needed to have an onward journey booked out of Mexico, so it took me an hour of discussing options before I found a website to book a bus across the border... in Spanish (a taste of the future). That finished, I sped-ran security and made the plane. Food was awful. Seats okay and the 787 almost too quiet. 12 hours later we landed in Mexico city, cleared customs for our connection, and devoured tacos from the first airside restaurant we found. We ambled to our next departure gate for our final leg MEX to CAN on Aeromexico. It was a 737-MAX 9 that was pretty new, but our eyes indolent now from a lack of sleep, snapped shut as we sat down. 4 hours later we descended into the dreamy beach world of Cancun. Getting out of the airport quickly and before I could say the words 'it's too hot', 15 taxi dudes tried to escort us away so we got the bus. We enjoyed the next 2 nights with what Cancun does best aside from beaches... all-inclusives. I'm also realising now I should probably try writing this 'blog' in Spanish for my own practice.
Cancún & the Yucatán
[ Coming soon — Tulum, the cenotes, and the road south. ]
Belize
[ Coming soon. ]
Guatemala
[ Coming soon. ]
El Salvador
[ Coming soon. ]
Nicaragua
[ Coming soon. ]