Wednesday, August 24, 2011

A couple places we're going to visit...


This makes me get excited all over again! Above is the beach at Tulum, near Cancun in Mexico. We'll spend at least a week between Cancun and Cozumel and probably our last week as well, when we're all worn out from riding buses and experiencing different cultures. An unplanned week on the beach sounds like a nice way to wrap things up.
This (above) is Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. Part of the time we're going to relax in the hotel pictured and for a week we're going to live with a local family and take Spanish language classes.
This is the Tranquility Bay Resort in Belize where we'll be living it up and relaxing for several days and taking a Caribbean vacation from our vacation. This resort is located near a beautiful marine reserve and there is lots of snorkeling/ scuba/ fish and turtle viewing.

We are also going to spend a week or more in Merida, Mexico and Antigua, Guatemala, as well as hopefully a couple weeks in El Salvador. Not sure where yet!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Sabbatical "Practice" Trip

We've finally set a date, bought airline tickets and made (some) hotel reservations for our first international family trip. It is a nine week trip to Central America, including Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and possibly El Salvador.

I've been searching the web for information on families traveling in Central America but haven't found much yet.

We're going to be blogging through the trip and so it's about time to get this blog up and going again!