This Just Happened
We’re often asked, “Where are you now?” This page is our answer.
Here you’ll find our most recent travel stories — the unexpected turns, unforgettable meals, and curious rules we’ve discovered along the way. Whether we’re deep in the jungle or lost in a market, we’re documenting it here, one post at a time.
Road Trip Food
Today was a long day in the car. 520 kilometers. In my mind that is five hours, maybe five and a half if you stop for a sit-down meal on the way. So when Google told us nine hours and two minutes, I was skeptical. Google didn't lie. Luckily there are street vendors at...
Weird skies, Monkey Island, and a Shaman
Up early today for our morning boat tour. And our first stop, the Shaman for our soul cleansing. Picked up right from the hotel beach We each take turns getting hit with leafy branches, then encompassed with smoke to finally having an egg tapping us on our head, chest...
Chocolate
Jason and I are both Capricorns; is this why we are both chocoholics? Maybe. Or maybe it is because we are both really, really smart, we have great taste and, well, chocolate kind of speaks for itself. Welcome to the land of chocolate! When we discovered that we could...
We don’t need stones to build things
Time to leave the rolling hills and jungle of Chiapas state behind and onwards to Tabasco. We are heading to the ancient Mayan city of Joy Chan located just outside of Comalcalco. Yup, thanks a monkey sign Like we have overpasses for wildlife to cross the highway,...
Keep digging? Or stop deforestation. That is the question.
Wow. What a day. Again. It started with a sketchy car ride up to our first adventure in the Palenque Archaeological Park. It is impressive how some of these vehicles can pass any type of inspection. Or maybe they just don't. Anyway, we made it - even after we stopped...
The Big Shakedown
In 5 hours we should be in our next national park, Palenque. It’s going to take us a good hour to get down the access road to the main highway, so we’re on a keen lookout for more wildlife. Success! We see a fox, more turkeys, a tarantula, then either an aardvark…or...
Why are we alone???
...we mean that in the most incredulous voice imaginable. We had one of the best days, we saw some amazing Mayan structures and visited the most awesome site of Calakmul. We were basically alone as we climbed, explored, wandered and marveled at the crazy impressive...
Turn right before Belize
I’m getting used to this breakfast included thing. Today, waffles with banana and chocolate syrup. And the view - that’s included too I could get used to that view overlooking the Bacalar Lagoon, aka the Seven Colours Lagoon. Named for the underwater cenotes which...
Aye Aye Capitan
A four hour drive takes us from the beach town of Playa del Carmen to the beach town of Bacalar, right along the Beliz border. The drive was very uneventful. We weren't driven off the road, we weren't navigating crazy traffic patterns, and we didn't have to figure out...