TweetAfter weeks of anticipation it finally happened: my sister got married....
The World is my Jungle Gym
Guatemalan Cowboy
TweetThe Guatemalan population is made up of a diverse meld of people, and there is no greater place to watch the mixing of cultures than in the Chichistenango market. I went into my morning at the famous market with the goal not to buy cheap souvenirs (sorry friends), but to try to capture the people that [...]
Lake Atitlan
TweetStop number 3 on my Central America reunion tour has been Guatemala, which was my favourite country the first time I visited. The truth is that when people used to ask me to list my favourite destinations in the world I would always say Guatemala, but I think I started to forget why. After spending [...]
Bee Landing Area
TweetI spent the past couple of days at a place called Finca Ixobel in Eastern Guatemala. I planned on spending the time relaxing and catching up on work, but, as it is often the case, I got distracted. The area around Finca Ixobel is full of flowers, butterflies, open fields and even some great caves [...]
Tikal from the Grass
TweetWhen people talk of the great pyramids of the world the conversation generally goes straight to the Egyptian pyramids. However, having been to the Great Pyramids of Giza, as well as pyramids on two other continents, I have never been blown away by the pyramids of Giza. I remember the first time I walked into [...]
The Other Side of the Caribbean
TweetAs the morning light begins to strike the cool white sand giving it a warm golden glow there is a peace on the island. Ambient light hanging from lamps over the pale sand-paved streets provides a comfortable contrast to the heavy blue clouds on the horizon. It is gentle, peaceful and possibly even poetic. It [...]
Tikal Centipede
TweetTikal is one of my favourite places in all of Central America. It is here that nature and human history are so locked together that they just crawl all over each other. Coatis chase you down the path of ancient causeways, howler monkeys sign throughout the jungle, a vast variety of birds call out through [...]
Blue Island Supermarket
TweetOn the morning I spent racing around Caye Caulker shooting photos before the sun came up I noticed that there was a theme of the morning: the colour blue. Early in the morning very dark blues made the sea scene look sad and cold but as the light began to life the mood seemed to [...]
Caye Caulker Dawn
TweetI have returned to Caye Caulker after a good time spent away from it and am happy to find that it has remained mostly unchanged. It is still “slow life.” The Caribbean vibe will never change, and although there may be more hotels, more tourists, and more tour providers the general vibe of the island [...]
Becoming Immune to the Travel Experience
TweetAs my eyes attempt to adjust in vein to the fresh new light of the previously dull tone I feel a mild rush of excitement pulsating in the atmosphere surrounding me. I wipe the sleep caked in my still aching eyes, stretch the kink in my neck and twist myself to a position on the [...]
The Tulum Coastline
TweetI was half expecting to hate Tulum. Ok, if I’m being honest, I was full well expecting to hate Tulum. All I imagined before I arrived was a beautiful historical site, one I have studied in textbooks and dreamed of having all to myself, being swarmed by swimwear wearing tourists from the local resorts and docking cruise [...]
