Mexico, Part 3

For the last 2 weeks of our trip, we headed back up north to Mexico, where we would spend a few days in Puerto Vallarta, followed by 10 days in Baja California and finally a few days back in Mexico City from where we would fly back to Vienna. Puerto Vallarta We got to Puerto … More Mexico, Part 3

Panama

As Julian’s ripped passport was no issue to get into and leaving Costa Rica (despite the delays we had leaving Nicaragua), we expected no troubles when entering Panama. However, the border agent said straight away that we were not allowed into Panama – prompting us to instantly look up embassy numbers. After half an hour … More Panama

Costa Rica

Earlier on the trip, when we crossed from Honduras into Nicaragua, the Honduran border agent ripped one of the stamp pages in Julian’s passport. Whilst it seemed like no problem to get into Nicaragua, it certainly was more problematic to exit the county. It took a good hour for various people to look at the … More Costa Rica

Guatemala

After a short taxi ride and walking across the first of many very confusing border crossings in Central America, we took a colectivo to Flores where we successfully squeezed 3 people + luggage in a tuktuk to get to our hostel. It was pouring down that afternoon & evening (for the first time since Mexico … More Guatemala

Cuba

Happy New Year! Sorry for the delay here – we’ve been quite busy as we’ve been travelling with a friend recently and we were also on a 10-day tour from Guatemala to Nicaragua, so we didn’t really have a lot of downtime to sort through photos and continue writing this post. After travelling through Mexico … More Cuba

Mexico, Part I

In case you’re not quite aware of the distances here – we basically spent an entire day flying from Cusco to Mexico City (via Lima), as just the flight from Lima to Mexico City takes about 6.5 hours. We must have picked up a cold or something similar on the last day in Cusco and … More Mexico, Part I

Cusco

We arrived in Cusco on a rainy evening after a 30 hour bus ride, so we passed out instantly once we got dropped off at the hostel. The next day, we went on a walking tour around Cusco and saw much of the mixed architecture (buildings built by the Spanish on top of original Inca … More Cusco