“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…
León or Granada? Pick a side. Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the prettiest of them all? Whoever keeps asking these questions must have alternative motives. (Like bringing tourists into town?) For there is no contest. None. At least not regarding colonial architecture, preservation, restoration, maintenance, charm, beauty, cleanness and…
Don’t let the (often) humble exterior of typical colonial houses fool you. Only one chance to make a first impression does not apply here. What you see is what you get does not apply here either. For the real secrets of these amazing structures are hiding behind their walls. Colonial houses are not only architectural…
Masaya a.k.a. “The Cradle of Nicaraguan Folklore“, “The heart of Nicaraguan handicrafts“, “The National Artisan Market“, ‘a must-visit handicraft market” is only 14 km from Granada, and as a matter of course, a perfect day trip destination. 14 kilometers is also short enough for a test ride on a chicken bus which…
