Orangewalk & San Antonio

We headed off on the bikes to a town called San Antonio Rio Hondo, just outside Orangewalk. San Antonio is a beautiful town on the Rio Hondo (Hondo River) with a small population close to the Mexican border. We couchsurfed here with an awesome host, Kevin, and we got to meet his beautiful cousins and family. We took a day trip in to Orangewalk and stumbled upon The Annual Sugar Cane Farmers Association Fair. Here we met with locals, farmers and families, drank cheap Caribbean Rum cocktails. We gave our camera to a young boy who became a budding photographer by the end of the day! Here are some of our favourite pics.




Rio Hondo

Caribbean Rum cocktails- AUD$0.50!



Our budding photographer is in the purple shirt. We were taken in by their family and given food, entertainment and beer in their tent.


Talking sugar cane farming with one of the association's administrators.

Our couchsurfing host, Kevin.

Negotiating the cost of some cane stalks to make wine.




A cenote (sinkhole) in San Antonio. Our host, Kevin and his friends actually dived in here to learn more about it and discover it's depth a couple of days after we left. The cenote was pitch black after 30 feet and they made it down to the bottom at 130 feet. The bottom was really acidic and burnt their face and eyes. They didn't find any life either, but quite an adventure.

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We are an Australian couple who love to travel as much as we can. Our first backpacking adventure began in 2007 when we travelled through Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and southern China for 3 months before settling in Beijing for 6 months to teach English. Beijing proved a great base to earn enough money to continue travelling as Cameron managed to get to South Korea and Japan for 2 months, before we both went to Canada at the end of 2008. We then worked and travelled in Canada and the US for about 8 months before heading home to finish university. After graduating university, Cameron as a secondary English and Social Science teacher and Cassie as a human services worker, we worked for two years before heading off for our next adventure. This time, we left Australia on Christmas day 2012 and travelled through Europe for 4 months before heading for Central America. We initially intended to travel in Central America for 3 months but ended up staying for eleven. This trip has seen us travel through over 20 countries in 12 months and we are not intending to stop just yet!

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