Tag: fun

  • Markets, hot sauce and caving in San Ignacio

    Markets, hot sauce and caving in San Ignacio

    It’s been an interesting couple of days here in San Ignacio! I had a pretty relaxed day yesterday, first exploring the San Ignacio Saturday market. It was extremely lively and diverse, with merchants from all backgrounds and walks of life. I strolled around for a while and got a delicious breakfast that included the local…

  • Monkeys near Monkey River and onward to San Ignacio

    Monkeys near Monkey River and onward to San Ignacio

    My hostel in Placencia filled up the last two nights that I was there, making for a busier time for the rest of my stay! On Wednesday night, 6 of us ventured down to a beach bar to watch the Garifuna drummers. This performance was a lot longer and more diverse than the drummers I…

  • A final evening in Caye Caulker and a journey of many forms of transportation to Placencia

    A final evening in Caye Caulker and a journey of many forms of transportation to Placencia

    After publishing my last post, I enjoyed a final evening in Caye Caulker. I spent the early evening hanging out while waiting for my friend from Holland, Ife, to finish her night dive. Apparently the diving off Caye Caulker was super amazing so I’ll have to look into it the next time I travel there!…

  • Lima Today, Vancouver Tomorrow, Peru Forever

    Lima Today, Vancouver Tomorrow, Peru Forever

    I’m sitting at the Lima airport currently reflecting on what an amazing adventure the last four weeks have been. Yesterday Kristy and I flew in to Lima and rode to our hostel in the super nice district of Barranco. It’s the Lima equivalent to Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant and it is beautiful. Kristy was unfortunately feeling…

  • Unbelievable Beauty at Rainbow Mountain and the Red Valley

    Unbelievable Beauty at Rainbow Mountain and the Red Valley

    Kristy and I have spent the last 4 weeks travelling around Peru, and I could honestly spend another 4 weeks seeing everything that we haven’t seen yet. We have been in Cusco for the last 2 weeks and loving everything this pocket of the country has to offer. However, our return ticket to Canada is…

  • Magical Morning at Machu Picchu

    Magical Morning at Machu Picchu

    In case you didn’t read my last post, we had quite the adventure getting up to Machu Picchu, but we made it! It was overwhelming beautiful and magical. While we were waiting to get in it was quite cloudy and foggy, but cleared up quite quickly! Originally there was still come cloud cover but we…