Central America Travel Blogs

  On to country number 2: Belize. What a difference. Despite the fact that we are in LATIN America, Belize is an English speaking country. What? Yes, you heard me right, English speaking. Spain never had any particular interest in Belize, so the English who were very well represented in th…

My last day in Panama city would be a relaxing one...no sightseeing or anything. I had only one goal ; to get a little bit of colour before I go back to UK...well that did`nt happen , as it was pouring down all day, typically ! I checked in to the same hostel as the last time, simply because it was…

Note: Left my camera in LA and won't be able to upload photos until I get back next week. Check out some of Dave's photos from the trip here:www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/12062-----Before the trip, Dave and I meticulously packed up our surfboards. We smothered the boards with bubble wrap, padded t…

OK, this is a bit of a behemoth.  I thought I'd write a summary of the country as I found it now I'm leaving it.  Although life is full of shades of grey, the old B&W best of/worst of format will suffice for this resumé.  Sorry it is huge, I have tried to break it up though to m…

Carsten and I picked our backpacks up at the hostel and provisionary refreshed us on the street…changed shirts and stuff. Then we went to the ferry which was supposed to leave at 12:30pm. We got there in time and decided to seat on the deck this time. No brash music-videos up there, yay! Settling…

we landed in Managua at 10:15 but only for a short time before leaving again to the corn islands at 11. the only way to fly to the corn islands is from Managua and there is only one company that flies there. the plane is so small that they have to weigh you before you are allowed to get on. i was a…

Uuuuuuuuuuh, I can't believe it was already Sunday and time to go home.  I set my alarm to make sure I made it up and downstairs to say bye to Mike and Michelle before they left at 9:30am.  Silvina and I came downstairs and had breakfast with them and chatted for a bit and it was time for…

Well lets just say i am back from hell!!! aka "JACO" what a dump i mean seriously i mean the place is a absolute dump!!! It was a cross between Falaraki and Luton!!! but without the sunburnt english barmy army, no instead it was the American barmy army, and truckloads of rubbish and cheap ladys…

Nim Li Punit, "Big Hat" is a Classic Period (400 AD to 700 AD) Maya site in the Toledo District of Belize, located at Latitude 16.31 North by Longitude 88.78 West) 22 miles north of Punta Gorda and 1 mile east of the Southern Highway. The elevation at Nim Li Punit is about 206 feet above sea …

  COME AWAY TO BELIZE • Jerry Jeff Walker   (CHORUS) They say your heart never leaves Once you've been down to Belize!

Cuello, I would make this a 4 star recommended site if it were not on private land. Permission can only be gotten during regular business hours of the distillery.This is a historically significant site. It is great that the large excavation has been left open for viewing. Cuello is classified a…

This day was pretty uneventful.  Sarah and I made the sad drive from Arenal to San Jose, which took about three hours, dropped off the rental car, and headed to the airport to catch our respective flights.  I had a connection in Guatemala City, Guatemala and talked…

3 days in LA before heading to a week long TB meet up in Belize. Then back to LA and up to Big Bear with Wendy for a few days, before going to Las Vegas for the weekend and a mini TB meet up. Yeehaaw... let the party begin.. I'll be on my way today.. :o))

So Anders, Ariel and I went through downtown Guatemala while we were waiting for the bus to Rio Dulce.  We came across the market in the centre of this metropolitan city and there was this guy who had just milked a goat and had given the glass of foamy warm goat milk to a woman in ni…

I've added these few pics about my country so everybody could see a little about my homeland, enjoy!