We emptied our black and grey tanks and filled up with water at Yax Ha, filled our diesel tank in Chetumal before leaving and heading to the Belizean/Mexican border where we cleared customs on the Mexican side, handed our tourist visa over and had our passports stamped out. Next we had to get the vehicle
While Catherine had a full slate of things to accomplish while back in Canada moving her mother, Stewart went back to Chabihau for most of that time, visiting Stephen while camping in the vacant yard opposite the house, which belonged to the property. Stewart used this time to have a crown replaced on his tooth
We left El Cuyo early afternoon and where not sure if we would make it to Cancun in one day or stop on the way for a night somewhere. As it turns out we arrived in Cancun around 4:30pm after a slow drive on the secondary highways, to this point we had not totally decided
After we left Kabah, we continued onto Merida where we had some laundry done then went to Chadraui, this is a supermarket chain in Mexico. We stocked up on groceries, which included a Turkey for Christmas day. We had previously talked with Dave who runs an Air-B&B in Progreso but also has room for a
After we had our engine oil and filter changed in Campeche, we headed east to Edzna, this had been recommended by some of the locals. But first we took a detour to the Far East 😊 Edzna is another Archeological site with more Maya ruins. This is the first time we have seen round buildings and
From Chabihau we continued in an easterly direction, travelling along the coast until we reached Dzilam de Bravo which was as far as we could drive before having to head inland for awhile, our destination would be Rio Lagartos. While driving to Rio Lagartos we passed a sign for a Cenote located on a farm/horse
After visiting Yaxchilan, we headed back north towards Palenque mid afternoon, where we stayed for two nights. We arrive late just as the sun was setting, staying at Maya Bell Campground. After a busy day we decided that we would just have dinner in their restaurant before retiring. Next morning, we walked to the Palenque
We left San Cristobal continuing in an easterly direction to Tonina as we had been told there was an Mayan archeological site which does not receive many visitors but was worth seeing. We set off from San Cristobal around noon allowing ourselves lots of time the get to Tonina. We were only about one tenth
We spent 8 days in Bahia San Agustin taking it easy, walking the beach and catching up on the blog. From here we travelled into La Crucecita for a couple of days to first meet up with fellow overlanders Marcus & Julie from Tuck’s Truck. Stewart had contacted them shortly after they arrived in Montevideo
From Oaxaca City we did not go far initially, we only travelled about 15kms/10 miles to Santa Maria del Tule where Stewart spent a week at Overlander Oasis while Catherine went back to Calgary to take care of some business, see our children and her mother in Edmonton. We had arranged to have our