http://blogs.bootsnall.com/km Kelly & Marcus Explore the Planet Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:52:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After more than two years of travel, we've come to appreciate some of the many things that make America such a great place to live. We thought we'd share some of them with you on this 231st birthday of the USA. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/km/happy-4th-of-july.html Chetumal, Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Chichen Itza, Merida, Palenque, Ocosingo, San Cristobal de las Casas, Tutla Guitierrez, Oaxaca, Mexico City, Tijuana It was pleasant to find Mexico so clean and modern when coming from Central America. Loads of ancient sites and beautiful beaches. The people of Mexico were particularly ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/km/days-720-751-mexico.html Here's a world map showing where our travels took us for the past 25 months. Countries we visited on this trip (all 39 of them) are in blue and we filled in previously visited places in green. You can click on the image to get a much larger ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/km/trip-map.html Guatemala: Antigua, Panajachel, Chichicastenango, Flores, Tikal Belize: San Ignacio, Xunantunich, Caye Caulker, Orange Walk, Lamanai Colorful festivities, serious shopping, awesome coffee, huge temples, warty birds, and a whole lot of relaxing. All that and we discovered why people say, "Sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite." Really cool temples at Tikal. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/km/days-694-719-guatemala-and-belize.html Nicaragua: Moyogalpa (Isla Ometepe), Granada, Masaya, Matagalpa Honduras: Tegucigalpa, Los Naranjos (Lago de Yojoa), Tela, La Ceiba, Roatan, Copan Ruinas How is it that Marc carries the camera but pertty much every picture in this entry has him in it? At least there are pictures of a few other things too, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/km/days-667-693-nicaragua-honduras.html Puerto Viejo, Cahuita, San Jose, La Fortuna, Monteverde, Liberia Costa Rica was a remarkably pleasant place to travel. Nice folks, good food, and you can actually find all the cool critters on the tourism posters. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/km/days-654-666-costa-rica.html Ecuador: Loja, Cuenca, Guayquil, Baños, Quito Panama: Panamá City, David, Boquete, Bocas del Toro The highlight of Ecuador was definitely the Galapgos. But we enjoyed the short time we spent on the mainland before we caught a flight to Panama. Panama is a pretty small country, so we breezed through ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/km/days-618-625-636-653-ecuador-panama.html Islas Baltra, Plaza Sur, Santa Fe, Española, Floreana, Santa Cruz, Rabida, Santiago, Bartolome, Seymor Norte The Galapagos Islands were simply incredible. Well, not the islands themselves so much, but their incredible critters. The coolest part is that they were fearless of humans. This blog isn't big on text ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/km/days-626-635-galapagos-islands.html Arequipa, Nazca, Huacachina, Pisco, Lima, Huanchaco, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura Lots of desert, ruins, big hairless dogs, and mangos. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/km/days-600-617-lowland-peru.html Puno, Lake Titicaca, Cuzco, Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Aguas Calientes, Machu Picchu The Incas did some pretty nifty stuff despite their short period as an empire. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/km/days-589-599-high-altitude-peru.html