Nothing kills the fun of travel faster than ill-suited accommodation. You can try to accept the inapt residence during short(er) travels, however, you cannot ignore it when traveling long-term. Are you also a female who travels solo (perhaps searching for a retirement paradise) we are no longer talking about fun but…
The Caribbean coastline along Mexican Yucatán Peninsula is home to some of the best beaches in the world known as Riviera Maya. It is the purest, the softest, the whitest sand washed ashore by warm turquoise waters of the ocean that makes that miles and miles long coastline so special and puts…
As usual, the ferry to Chetumal departed right on time. One hour late. Conveniently, all immigration procedures (exit stamp, currency exchange) were conducted in the terminal. Disappointingly, this was the most expensive border crossing in Central America (or perhaps the world?). To exit Belize costs 20 USD paid in either…
“I fell in love with San Pedro … Tropical the island breeze All of nature wild and free This is where I long to be La Isla Bonita And when the samba played The sun would set so high Ring through my ears and sting my eyes Your Spanish lullaby” I did not fall in love…
Flip-flops? Check. Sunglasses? Check. Bathing suit? Nah, not yet. I arrived late afternoon. Warm, but not that warm. Happy hour time. It took almost 9 hours to travel from Flores to Caye Caulker in Belize. First two, three hours on the bus, then at least one Guatemala/Belize border crossing with…
Flores was my last stopover in Guatemala on the way to Belize. Following the chillingly disastrous stay in Cobán, I didn’t have any expectations or even hope for slightest improvements regarding the town and/or the weather. But, ah, how mistaken I was. To both. After five hours uneventful and boring 12 USD…
Even the good things can at times turn into less good if you get too much of them. Sometimes you need to get a break from things, even nice things like traveling, find a home base somewhere in the world and refocus on regular stuff regular people do at home like laundry…
15 hours on a shuttle, a stopover, and four borders later I finally arrived in Antigua or rather Antigua Guatemala which is the official name of the city that has been my destination ever since Costa Rica. It was in Costa Rica some two months earlier that I met a…
Playa El Tunco is perhaps the most popular destination in El Salvador, a paradise for backpackers and for surfers. It is a small village on the Pacific coast where the waves break the way they must to attract surfers from all over the world. Some come for months (retired surfers), some…
The shuttle is my preferred means of transportation in Central America. Not because of its comfort but because of the door-to-door service that shuttle companies offer. They pick you up at your hotel (as long as it is in town) and then drop you off at your new destination (as…
