Author: Kerry

South Africa – Langebaan part 1

1st February to 14th February 2026 A kite instructor we met while in Portugal spoke very enthusiastically about this place. February, he insisted, is when you need to be there. So just like that,...

New York

Three days in the Big Apple on our way to the UK – 9th to 11th January 2026. The cheapest way to get back to the UK after being in Mexico was via New...

Mexico – Yucatan Peninsular

Continuing our travels round the world in our 60’s From: 7th December 2025 to 5th January 2026 The bus journey from Belize to Mexico was delayed at the border in Chetumal, so we had...

Island of Caye Caulker in Belize

22nd November to 6th December 2025 7 months into our ‘over 60s gap year’ Another early start catching the bus to Belize at 6.45 am. We arrived at the San Pedro Belize Express water...

Guatemala – Isla de Flores

15th to 22nd November 2025 The bus to sleepy little Flores in the north of Guatemala left at 4.30 am and arrived at 5pm. I have kind of got used to these long bus...

Guatemala – Antigua

8th to 15th November ..and another flower festival We received many recommendations from people we met while travelling to visit Guatemala.  So we caught a flight to Guat City from Costa Rica, then a...

Costa Rica

Central America 30th October to 8th November 2025 We were thrilled flying into San Jose seeing the vast forests spread out beneath us. The plan was to spend a couple of days in the...

Ecuador – Quito

Two days in the capital of Ecuador while travelling the globe in our gap year. We got the overnight bus again from Manta to Quito, arriving at 7am and were met by a taxi...

Ecuador – Santa Marionita

Hopping from one country to the next on our gap year travels. We caught a sleeper bus from Mancora in Peru to the little town of Santa Marionita in Ecuador – along with 45...