Belize is small, very small: about the size of Hesse, with only around 450,000 inhabitants. It is also very different: English is spoken as…
Category: Central America
The end of our trip through Mexico: the Yucatan Peninsula
From the deep jungle of the Mayan ruins of Calakmul we drive to the beaches on the untouristy north/west side of the Yucatan Peninsula.…
Friends or just acquaintances?
Many people envy us, our journey and our freedom. But that also has its price. Friends, for example, are always and recently increasingly a…
From the Mexican Pacific coast to the water-rich province of Chiapas
After an exciting drive on the not yet completed new highway from Oaxaca to the Pacific coast, we reach Puerto Escondido just before sunset...…
From the mega-metropolis of Mexico City to the indigenous Oaxaca
With the intense impressions of the “Dias de los Muertos” we drive towards Mexico City... with 22 million inhabitants, one of the largest metropolitan…
The colonial highlands of Mexico and a unique experience: “Dias de los Muertos”
Our decision to leave Baja California a few days earlier turned out to be absolutely right: Hurricane Norma is causing severe devastation and ferry…
Baja California – dream beaches, cactus wonderland and extreme heat
Almost every overlander passes through the peninsula, which stretches over 1,700 km from north to south, on the way along the Pan-Americana. Many even…