http://www.steveislost.com A year in the life of me, for you (www.steveislost.com) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:23:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It was time to leave the island and Belize, but instead of making one long day of travel I decided to stop at the town of San Ignacio. San Ignacio is another pretty basic town except that it is a hub for adventure tours. There are a lot ... http://www.steveislost.com/blog/canoe-races-san-ignacio-belize.html Fresh off the boat. Kayaking out to the reef. Nice pristine waters are a major plus in my book. These are the places where I don´t mind the ocean. Second longest barrier reef in the world. Although it was nice, still not as good as the Red ... http://www.steveislost.com/blog/photos-caye-caulker-belize.html So this is where I got stuck. Caye Caulker is about a 45 minute water taxi ride north of Belize city. Now, I was actually really looking forward to this part of my trip from even the beginning. Now, I know I have not been to enthused ... http://www.steveislost.com/blog/screw-the-orphans-caye-time-for-steve-caye-caulker-belize.html The main access path running through town. My buddy Coco Art shot. Sorry, another damn sunset. It could be worse I could of shot a market or a church or some rocks. The rest of the islands walkways. Kind of a pain in the ass. Wildlife. Best when fried or worn on ... http://www.steveislost.com/blog/photos-placencia-belize.html Remember the town of Boquete in Panama? It was that top five retirement towns in the AARP magazine. Well, Placencia is the beach side version of the same thing. After a nice bus ride through the country side in another retired American school bus picking up and ... http://www.steveislost.com/blog/beach-time-placencia-belize.html The run to Belize was a bit longer at two hours plus it wasn´t exactly the mirror calm seas that is conducive to the Caribbean. One of the midday storms roled in and we were hit by wind and rain. The water was a bit choppy but we ... http://www.steveislost.com/blog/looking-forward-to-it-welcome-to-belize-punto-gorda.html Heading to my next stop involved a hour and a half ferry ride across the bay. I was looking forward to visiting the town of Livingstone which was a heavy Garifuna (Black-Caribes who were transplanted from the island of St. Vincent back in the colonial days.) The atmosphere ... http://www.steveislost.com/blog/flashback-livingstone-guatemala.html But don't worry be happy... . . . Cuz everthing is gonna be alright... http://www.steveislost.com/blog/uhhh-ohhhh-stuck-in-belize.html What a painless border crossing. I am very enthused about this CA-4 agreement. One stop at the immigration to let them know I am jumping ship and off I go to Guatemala. Painless. Even changing money at the border was painless, I think I got more ... http://www.steveislost.com/blog/hola-guatemala-puerto-barrios.html Although it was possible to make it across to Guatemala in one day, it would have been a five bus plus one country change, way too much chance of some screw up and being inconvenienced, so I decided to take a stop at the port town of Puerto Cortez. ... http://www.steveislost.com/blog/puerto-cortez-honduras-one-last-stop.html