Black Dog, Blue Sea: The Pictures
Mexico
Doing our happy dance as we leave for the airport in Sydney
Mayan-style decor in the courtyard of our Tulum hostel
Dive Tulum - shonkiest outfit in town
The Mayan site of Tulum has been beautifully restored
The beach below the ruins, full of tourists escaping the fierce midday sun, including me
Friendly skellingtons - street decoration in Tulum
The world's most macabre ferris wheel
Belize
Caye Caulker's main street at rush hour
A busy Caulker commuter
An unlucky vessel down by the Split
'Drinking is fun.' Tell it like it is
The old fella having a nap in the shade
Costa Rica
Dan enjoying his morning coffee, which in Costa Rica actually entails a barista!
A coral snake slithering away
Monteverde - Land of Rainbows
Enjoying the panorama from the town viewpoint
Enjoying the view from our bedroom windows
The quickest way to Arenal was across the lake.
The luxurious hot springs resort made up for the lack of lava
On the river cruise to Tortuguero - Happy Peter!
Bienvenidos!
Turn your back for five minutes and the jungle will reclaim any infrastructure
Local Tortuguero cutie-pie
Wildlife spotting on our canal tour
Panama
Walking into Panama
Bienvenidos!
One of our more comfortable bus journeys along the digestive tract of the country
We had no idea Panama City had such an impressive skyline
My favourite building in downtown Panama City
Cafe Coca Cola, the only establishment in the world allowed to use the Coke name thanks to the thirst of the labourers working on the canal.
A colourful indigenous resident of the city
A container ship approaching the southern terminus of the Panama Canal
The impressive double locks in action
Dad at his most animated - the excitement of the canal was almost too much
A gentle reminder not to swim here
The older side of Panama City, trying survive amongst the new architecture
Such character in that face!
Get ahead - Get a hat! From Ecuador!
The Black Dragonfly
Colombia
Stunning architecture in Cartagena
Captain Dave, reporting for duty
Hiking in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Kogi children
Smoke rises from the huts of a remote Kogi village
Black humour
Leafcutter ants utilising a man-made structure to cross the river
La Cuidad Perdida
Post-hike celebration silliness
Cartagena by night
Dad & Dave, gelateria, Cartagena
Exhibit at the Museo del Oro Zenu (Gold Museum), Cartagena
Venezuela
The second best steak I ever had
Hideous political graffiti in an otherwise beautiful mountain town
My muleteer at Alto de la Cruz, high above Merida
Disused cable cars at Lomo Redondo teleferico station
Sparse lodgings chez Pedro
Just one of many bus stations I passed through on my journey across Venezuela
The Puente Angostura bridge across the Orinoco River, Ciudad Bolivar
The closest I was getting to Angel Falls on this trip
Kukenan Tepui
Fernando, our straight-out-of-a-nightclub Roraima guide
On the trail to Kukenan (left) and Roraima (right)
Crossing a stream en route to Roraima
The Guianas
The West Indies
Entering Guyana through the back door
The 'road' to Georgetown
Cuffy, Guyanese revolutionary hero
St George's Cathedral, Georgetown
Local scallyways
A curious beastie in the park
'Having problems with bees'
Pork delivery service
A night on the Parbo, Suriname
Tooth art
Dawn view from my hammock, Kourou
Penal Colony cell block, Île Royale
Cuba
He's back!
Brian Lara, 501 n.o.
Local celebrity speaks out, Port of Spain
Tour of the Pitch Lake, Trinidad
LIAT hopping
Getting into the regional delicacies, Grenada
Council worker on Union Island, the Grenadines
I'm gonna get myself connected
Caribbean heaven in the Tobago Cayes
Vincymas warm up party on St Vincent
Backstage at Vincymas
Petit Piton from Gros Piton, St. Lucia
Elegant decay in Santiago de Cuba
Delicious old architecture abounds in Cuba ...
... where music is a way of life
Cine Cuba
Making temporary birthday friends, 40 today
El Fidel is everywhere
The sounds of son at Casa de la Trova
Jiving grandma
Just another random beautiful building, Santiago de Cuba
Ay, mojito!
Mucki
Cubano con bicicleto