South Africa – the Garden Route
Continuing our adventures in South Africa on our gap year… 3rd to 11th March 2026 The Garden Route officially starts in Mossel Bay, and is a well documented and oft travelled part of South...
Author: Kerry
South Africa – Langebaan – part 2
15th February to 2nd March 2026 We are still in Langebaan having a great time kiting and exploring the area and all that South Africa has to offer. However there is no wind now...
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...
