My bag survived the cross-country bandit bus to Flores. My bag survived being strapped to the top of the chicken-van winding up unpaved roads to Beli…

Our last day full day in Central America was spent doing nothing -- no buses, no traveling, no searching, no activities, no sites -- nothing but…

At first glance, this place looks pretty touristy and lame. First of all, it's called "Herbal Tribe". I mean, why don't you just put up a sign that s…

On the north side of the island, about a block west of the seaside graveyard, there's a lady that sells barbecue out of her backyard. You have to cat…

The next day, we woke up early to catch the bus to Belize City. Atousa, however, managed to get us a free ride there instead, without even trying. So…

Edith's Guesthouse is one of the cheapest places to stay in Caye Caulker, and at $20US for double, it's a good deal. The room was kept very clean, so…

I was so happy with the first Cayo trip, I convinced Atousa to stay another day so I could go on another day trip. With my limited options, the most …

San Ignacio is a little strip mall of a town that serves as a base for adventure tours into the jungles Belizean Cayo district. The town itself is no…

The marathon overnight bus ride took forever and a day. We took the economy class bus, the cheapest one. Several people told us not to take the bus a…

Our original plan was to spend some time in Guatemala City before getting a night bus to Tikal, but there were cheap shuttle-night bus combos ($17) f…

Antigua is chock full of gringo bars, but this one felt like home. They have cheep drinks during happy hour and decent prices throughout the day. Pub…

We took it easy the next day in Antigua, exploring the city's ruins and sidestreets. Antigua used to be the capital of Guatemala before it was hit …

We arrived in Antigua the night of August 3, walked around for a bit and found a hotel for $5 each for a nice, clean double with private bathroo…

We took a morning flight out to Guatemala City from San Jose. Bye bye, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Savador, sorry to miss you this time around. Be su…

We did the first zipline trip in the morning. You're harnessed in and shoot down a series of increasingly longer and higher lines. For some, you migh…

The bus got into San Jose after dark. All the other tourists when off to either places that were reserved, or a hostel being hawked for $12 per perso…

This place was pretty much the only thing in town still open after our minibus rolled into town at 8PM from popping a flat in the hills. Luckily, it …

We got some coffee and lunch and waited for our shuttle to Monteverde. The shuttle is $20-$30ish and includes the "jeep-boat-jeep" transfer that is a…

Early the next morning, I went out by myself to La Fortuna Waterfall. I consulted a map on the table outself Cabinas El Boohoo, which I now know was …

We started out very early from Cahuita and caught a series of buses all the way north to Costa Rica. If anyone's planning the same trip, you take the…

We caught the next bus north to Cahuita, a little surf town on the Carribean coast of Costa Rica. We got there early in the afternoon and got a room …

Our "taxi" was basically a guy in a truck lined with pink fuzzy sunsheilds, emblems from other toyotas, and a giant crack in the windsheild, the cent…

In the morning we walked around some more before catching a water taxi to the mainland at Almirante. There is a direct boat to Changuinola, but …

In the morning, we caught a cab to the Miraflores Locks. Once again, the book was wrong. We got there an hour before it opened. The cabbie was very…

In the afternoon, we cabbed to the domestic airport to catch a $70 flight to Bocas Del Toro. The airport is very small with only two terminals and pl…

We set our stuff down and take a self-guided walk around San Felipe aka Casco Viejo. It's the old part of town that used to be the center of everythi…

We get into Panama City in the early afternoon and decide to take the hour long bus ride into town. It's super crowded, of course, but no live chicke…

In the morning, the plane stops in San Salvador, a lovely city that nonetheless may be destined to be best known as a Taca hub. The descent in i…

The night starts off when I hitched a ride with my friend Yelp-Celebrity-Ed to SFO. The whole time he complains about having to pee. By the time we g…