After quite a delay episode 42 of Planet Kapow is now live!
http://www.planetkapow.com/1967
In this video we travel down from Isinlivi to Baños and rides bicycles down to Puyo, then wrap up our time in Ecuador with Erin’s birthday in Cuenca. Next stop, Peru!
Liam sent me a link to this great clip of a guy called Ronnie in Botswana playing some ridiculously cool guitar (like the technique too). Love the tune!
More of this guys’ cool music: http://www.youtube.com/user/Bokete7
After a short poke around El Salvador we headed north to Honduras.
All I new about Honduras was from the stories & photos of my mate Alex who years ago had spent months up on the island of Roatan, and they were some great photos and images.
We crossed the border at Ocotepeque and luckily scored a ride in the back of a nice family’s truck. Then a sprint up the main drag of Ocotepeque got us on the last bus north to Santa Rosa de Copan.
The countryside the whole way up was beautiful and seemed a lot more mountainous than what we had seen in El Salvador.
We spent a night in Santa Rosa de Copan and immediately got a good impression from the place.
The next morning we bused it north to La Entrada then back down south to Copan, to check out the ruins, find some hot water, then after a few days we headed north again up to La Ceiba for some white water rafting on the river Cangrejal.
Come read Lachlan’s retelling of our first Honduran adventure, check out some impressive Mayan engravings in Copan and then extreme it down the river.
Yes, this is Planet Kapow episode 28!
This episode we get off our asses and do some hiking in the mountains around Nebaj and I show some kids how to do armpit farts. After our cultural exchange we head south the Lake Atitlan and take a 5 day spanish course at the San Pedro Spanish School.
Warning: This episode contains some rather stunning scenery.
Come read Lachlan’s post and sit back, relax, and spend the next 5 minutes watching episode 26 of Planet Kapow:
http://www.planetkapow.com/1697
I also have some pictures and a write up from the time up in the mountains: http://adamteale.com/1617/
Hanging out on a Guatemalan farm then cruising the Rio Dulce, then relaxing in the natural hot waterfall of El Paraiso to then swimming in the amazing natural water wonderland that is Semuc Champey. And MORE!
Come have a read and watch the ep!
And now it’s time for a video about our adventure through Cuba. This ep takes us from Havana, through Viñales, Santa Clara and Trinidad.
Head on over the Planet Kapow and check out the video, and see what Lachie has to say about the place.
The final episode of our Mexican leg on our way to the bottom of South America. Yes, there’s still quite a ways to go! And yes once you feast your eyes on this latest ep you might somehow realise that we are slightly behind on the episodes too!
But, you will really enjoy this one I promise.
We visit Tulum, spend xmas there, and spend a good few minutes talking about our favourite memories of our Mexican experience. Then, we head to Cancun…
As per usual head on over to Planet Kapow, sit back, have a read, and take in all that is our final Mexican PK episode.
Cuba, you’re next!
Ruins. Lotsa ruins. But amazing ruins!
THIS. IS. PALENQUE!!!!!!
After the a rather chilled tie in San Cristobal de las Casas we headed north on an overnight bus to Palenque. After Egypt I would say this place is one of the most impressive ancient sites I have seen.
To top off a trip to Palenque we headed north and swam in the blue sinkholes (ceynotes) of Cuzuma. The clarity of the water was amazing, and they fact that these sinkholes exist with swimmable conditions is beyond cool.
Read the adventure, and come experience the awe that is episode 20 of Planet Kapow:
http://www.planetkapow.com/1626
After nearly 3 months the girls have made it to Mexico to complete our ultimate Planet Kapow Voltron!
Come meet the girls, read Lachlan’s piece and see what we got up in episode 18 of Planet Kapow.
