Mexico to Brazil

gennaio - agosto 2024

We are currently travelling from Mexico City through Central America and South America to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil by August Leggi altro

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Michael and Helen Cook Mexico to Brazil
- Mostra viaggio
- Aggiungi alla lista dei desideriRimuovi dalla lista dei desideri
- Condividi
- Giorno 37–41
- 6 feb 2024
- Pernottamenti: 4
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitudine: 6 m
- Belize Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary 17.7815, -88.531717°46’53” N 88°31’54” W
Crooked Tree
7–11 feb 2024, Belize ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
From Caye Caulker we got the ferry then public bus (£2 pound for two hours) to Crooked Tree. Getting to the bus was a challenge as the place the internet said was wrong we were then sent somewhere else and then a third location before we found the bus, wandering around Belize City with our rucksacks in the heat not too much fun. At least we had allowed an hour so didn’t miss the twice a day bus.

This is a birding destination and we are having a few relaxing days. We are out first thing in the morning (6-9 ish) and out again at dusk (4-6.30) but not much in between.

Crooked Tree is a lagoon in Belize which is great for birds and wildlife. We have added about 25 new birds here. It was founded by Scots who came here to cut down all the hardwood for timber. Now it is a protected nature sanctuary.

Our lodge is very basic (and cheap) and we have some wildlife in our rooms (Geckos who eat the mosquitos) but the location is great - right on the lagoon.

We have one more day here before moving to San Ignacio and then Guatemala.Leggi altro
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Michael and Helen Cook Mexico to Brazil
- Mostra viaggio
- Aggiungi alla lista dei desideriRimuovi dalla lista dei desideri
- Condividi
- Giorno 41
- 10 feb 2024, 09:16
- 🌬 27 °C
- Altitudine: Livello del mare
- Belize Memorial Park 17.491547, -88.1820317°29’30” N 88°10’55” W
Belize City - more Street Art
10 febbraio 2024, Belize ⋅ 🌬 27 °C
We have four hours in Belize City between buses. We quickly left the (do not linger) south side where the bus station is located and headed over the swing bridge to the north side visiting the lighthouse and seeing loads of amazing street artLeggi altro
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Michael and Helen Cook Mexico to Brazil
- Mostra viaggio
- Aggiungi alla lista dei desideriRimuovi dalla lista dei desideri
- Condividi
- Giorno 41
- 10 feb 2024, 09:35
- 🌬 27 °C
- Altitudine: 9 m
- Belize Museum of Belize 17.498045, -88.18361717°29’53” N 88°11’1” W
Museum of Belize
10 febbraio 2024, Belize ⋅ 🌬 27 °C
We took 90 minutes at the Belize Museum formerly a prison. An exhibition on the history of slavery in Belize was sobering. An exhibition of renowned Belizean artist Pen Cayetano was uplifting
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Michael and Helen Cook Mexico to Brazil
- Mostra viaggio
- Aggiungi alla lista dei desideriRimuovi dalla lista dei desideri
- Condividi
- Giorno 41–46
- 10 feb 2024
- Pernottamenti: 5
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Altitudine: 42 m
- Belize Hawkesworth Bridge 17.156845, -89.0681317°9’25” N 89°4’5” W
San Ignacio
11–16 feb 2024, Belize ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Including tonight we have spent 5 nights in San Ignacio. This is a town very close to the border with Guatemala in the Cayo district of Belize.

The town itself is fairly basic but it has been a great base to explore the region. It was Valentine’s Day today and they certainly go to town on that with roses and teddies everywhere. It is also the local elections and they take the approach of fairly negative campaigning. There are political flags everywhere along with banners slagging off the other party.

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Michael and Helen Cook Mexico to Brazil
- Mostra viaggio
- Aggiungi alla lista dei desideriRimuovi dalla lista dei desideri
- Condividi
- Giorno 43
- 12 feb 2024, 11:00
- ☀️ 32 °C
- Altitudine: 68 m
- Belize San Ignacio 17.156496, -89.07060217°9’23” N 89°4’14” W
Chocolate
12 febbraio 2024, Belize ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Today we learned about chocolate!

The roots of the company we visited are Maya, for whom chocolate was an important part of rituals and celebrations and very different from the palm oil/sugar rich product we are used to from home. We learned about the process of fermentation and roasting before making traditional Maya hot chocolate drink from the roast beans. These are ground to a paste, mixed with hot water and a little honey and chilli and cinnamon. They have been making chocolate this way since 1000 BC!

The farming cooperative exports beans to Europe. For me, part of travelling is learning about other cultures and traditions and the impact of our actions at home on others. We asked what we, as western consumers, could do to have the most positive impact on the cacao farmers. The answer was to eat chocolate with a high cocoa chocolate, 70% or more.

Did you know, the name of the company ‘Green and Black’s’ was inspired by Maya chocolate - in Maya tradition they knew where to plant a cacao tree if they found Black soil they planted a cacao bean and if in one week they had a Green shoot appear then it was the spot.Leggi altro
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Michael and Helen Cook Mexico to Brazil
- Mostra viaggio
- Aggiungi alla lista dei desideriRimuovi dalla lista dei desideri
- Condividi
- Giorno 43
- 12 feb 2024, 20:04
- ☁️ 25 °C
- Altitudine: 640 m
- Belize Hidden Valley Falls 17.059864, -88.84799217°3’36” N 88°50’53” W
Mountain Pine Ridge
12 febbraio 2024, Belize ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
We had an amazing day birding to Mountain Pine Ridge. This was a full day (6am to 6pm) that we could only access by 4x4 with a guide.

In the morning we added 9 raptor lifers (most in a 15 minute magical spell of raptor watching) and in the afternoon 6 hummingbird lifers.

We visited the highest waterfall in Central America at 1600 feet and a beautiful swimming location too.

If birding is your thing check my blog for more info

https://wildscot.blog/2024/02/13/birding-mounta…Leggi altro
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Michael and Helen Cook Mexico to Brazil
- Mostra viaggio
- Aggiungi alla lista dei desideriRimuovi dalla lista dei desideri
- Condividi
- Giorno 44
- 13 feb 2024, 14:35
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitudine: 101 m
- Belize Cayo District 17.129025, -88.85026617°7’44” N 88°51’1” W
Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave
13 febbraio 2024, Belize ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Today we did something a bit different, we went caving in the Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) Cave. (None of the photos are mine, as cameras are banned following accidents with the archeological site, but they are representative).

It was a 45 min hike (we saw a small Coral Snake) with three river crossings (up to shoulder depth) then we swam into the cave for about 500m before caving a further 1.5km in. At times it was wide open cathedral size caverns at others it was a very tight squeeze to get through.

As well as the stunning cave formations we saw fascinating archeological remains. Between 750 and 900 AD the Maya would visit the cave to leave offerings (pots of food initially) to the gods of the underworld. As the climate grew harsher and more crops failed this led to multiple human sacrifices being left (at least 18 in the cave) These have now been covered in calcium deposits as the water levels have changed over time.

Altogether we were in the cave for about 3 hours.Leggi altro
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Michael and Helen Cook Mexico to Brazil
- Mostra viaggio
- Aggiungi alla lista dei desideriRimuovi dalla lista dei desideri
- Condividi
- Giorno 45
- 14 feb 2024, 10:53
- ☁️ 25 °C
- Altitudine: 192 m
- Belize Xunantunich 17.089014, -89.14169317°5’20” N 89°8’30” W
Xunantunich Ruins
14 febbraio 2024, Belize ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
We took the public bus for 30
Minutes and then a small hand cranked ferry across the Mopan river and then walked a mile up hill to the Xunantunich ruins.

Unusually you could climb to the top here at 40m the second highest building in Belize and enjoy the view into Guatemala where we head tomorrow.

We saw a few birds and Spider Monkeys too in the forest around which was nice.Leggi altro
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Michael and Helen Cook Mexico to Brazil
- Mostra viaggio
- Aggiungi alla lista dei desideriRimuovi dalla lista dei desideri
- Condividi
- Giorno 46
- 15 feb 2024, 07:08
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitudine: 86 m
- Guatemala Raudales de Garbutt 17.057877, -89.15133717°3’28” N 89°9’5” W
Goodbye Belize…
15 febbraio 2024, Guatemala ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
So we are about to leave Belize. Very brief (23 seconds) highlights video attached.

My (Michael) highlights were diving the blue hole and outer reefs, birding from the boat at crooked tree and raptor watch at mountain pine ridge and caving ATM. All amazing experiences.

Helen’s highlights - slightly cheating by saying Caye Caulker, where we were for a week - nice chilled vibe and great time snorkelling and diving. Then, like Michael, the boat trip at Crooked Tree and the ATM caves.

It has been a nice break to be in an English speaking country and to move on less often. We head to Guatemala in a couple of hours and will be in Spanish speaking countries for the rest of our trip. With that in mind we have booked a Spanish school and home stay for a week.

We have heard that this border (Belize-Guatemala) can be challenging due to territorial dispute between the two countries so here is hoping we get through quickly.Leggi altro
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Michael and Helen Cook Mexico to Brazil
- Mostra viaggio
- Aggiungi alla lista dei desideriRimuovi dalla lista dei desideri
- Condividi
- Giorno 47
- 16 feb 2024, 07:54
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitudine: 252 m
- Guatemala El Peten Airport 17.22398, -89.61563917°13’26” N 89°36’56” W
Tikal
16 febbraio 2024, Guatemala ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We had an early start (4am) today our first in Guatemala in order to get the bus up to Tikal.

So far we have seen a lot of ruins but Tikal has gone straight to number 1 for the trip. A city of over 2.400 buildings enhabited from 800 BC to 800 AD and then abandoned. As the city grew they cut down more forest until the rains stopped and the crops failed. The people had to leave. The jungle then came back and now it is ruins surrounded by jungle full of wildlife.

It would be a fantastic place to bird but we were looking around the ruins in a big group. But walking through the jungle between ruins seeing Howler and Spider Monkeys (and hearing them) along with parrots and even a Potoo (first for trip). There were loads of Coati too which were fun to see.

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