life outside the viewfinder

Crossing into Belize our first stop was at San Ignacio where we had hoped to do caving at the highly-recommended Actun Tunichil Muknal. Alas, this was where the peril of travelling in the rainy off-season reared its ugly head as heavy rains flooded across bridges and left us stuck in town.

Having done two killer 12 hour bus rides by now,we had one final push from Antigua to Flores so that we could get to visit Tikal – one of the largest archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian Mayan civilisation and a designated UNESCO World Heritage site.

With no time passing at all, we reached Antigua which was the break point between both parts of the trip and a welcome break from the constant unpacking and repacking by staying in this UNESCO World Heritage site for three nights.

Unable to find a Fuji X100 camera in London, primarily because of the terrible tsunami bringing production in Japan to a halt, I randomly found one at Heathrow airport on my way to Naperville on business and so took it through its paces whilst I was out there.

Watching in awe as Atlantis takes off for STS-135 – the final shuttle mission.