RONNIE & Michelle
Careering OffAfter over 30 years working, Ronnie & Michelle have decided to take the gap year (or two!) that we missed out on at the usual time. We have had stressful careers in Technology and Finance until now including start-ups and self-employment.
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The kids – Cameron & Daniel – have fled the nest to pursue their own adventures in life, leaving only the cats Tiger and Lexey to tie us down.
Following a health shock and seeing what has happened to many people we know around our age, we decided not to wait until we are in our 60’s and retired before resuming our love of travel and seeing the world. We are in the fortunate position of being able to pause working for a while.
It’s now time to career-off.
THE BLOG
The Edge of Europe – The Outer Hebrides
We didn't get very far the first day. We stopped for fish and chips after only 3 miles (5km). We then drove about 80 miles (130km) to Pitlochry where we wild camped in a car park near the town centre. It was really handy for walking to an outdoor (Covid-safe!) pub....
Scotland staycation
Since our travelling has been stalled by COVID-19, we decided to take a staycation in Scotland. We have decided to treat it just like our foreign travels, hence the blog posts etc. We're hiring a campervan and heading to the West Coast and islands for 10 days. We're...
Mayan Encounter Purple poem
We had our final group farewell dinner in Playa del Carmen. Consistent with tradition, Ronnie wrote a Purple poem and recited it for the group. Group drinks - Amad missing as he was the photographer Encountering Mayans A Purple poem by Ronnie In Antigua the group was...
Mexico – Tulum and Cenotes
From Caye Caulker we took a powerful speedboat back to the mainland, for the border crossing into Mexico. Goodbye Belize Immigration It was a strange border experience. We got off the boat, went through a building with the usual passport and customs formalities, then...
Caye Caulker and Reef Snorkeling
We took (yet another) bus and a ferry to Caye Caulker, a Caribbean island paradise. There are no cars on the island, only golf buggies and bikes. Arriving at the dock Briefing from Tati our CEO (Chief Experience Officer) The island...
Exploring Caves in Belize
We took a bus journey to San Ignacio, crossing the border into Belize. It was very strange after being in Spanish-speaking countries in South and Central America for seven weeks to suddenly being somewhere that the official language is English. We went cave tubing,...
Tikal Mayan Pyramid complex
We headed by bus to Flores, the base town for reaching the Mayan pyramid site of Tikal. Tikal is perhaps the most majestic Mayan pyramid site, and is laid out following the Pleiades constellation in the same way that the Egyptian pyramids at Giza are laid out...
Rio Dulce
We met our new G Adventures group and CEO in Antigua. After a group dinner, we took a long bus journey to Rio Dulce. Rio Dulce is a large, navigable river, flowing 43km from Lake Izabal into the Caribbean sea. We crossed the second biggest bridge in Central America,...
Antigua and more Volcanoes
Instead of the local bus, this time we took a shuttle bus to Antigua which is a very colourful colonial town. Church There are many churches in Antigua, some of them still in ruins after one of the many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. We took a trip to hike near...
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