There’s a lot of life in the streets and in the people. The countries share a Latin culture, but each one has their own spice
(Click here for the article in English) Traducido por Diego Fleita Salento es uno de los lugares más hermosos que vi en toda Colombia. Tal vez estés pensando como yo y diciendo bah, palmeras altas, ¿qué es lo que importa? Pero es increíble. Si fueran palmeras altas en medio de una ciudad...
He was a heavy-set man with a shaved head that disguised his receding hairline. He was wearing a plain white t-shirt and baggy, faded blue jeans. In the dim light of the hostel courtyard, he sat in a rocking chair with a modest pour of a young Flor de Caña rum on the coffee table in front...
Nicaragua is my favourite country in Central America and one of my favourite in all of Latin America. Despite my feelings about the country, I could never really put into words exactly what it is about the country that hits me in the right spot. The food’s alright, the people are friendly...
June 17, 2022 Leon was the first place I stayed in Nicaragua and after the brief border crossing and bus rides to the city, it was my first impression of Nicaragua. I’m still trying to put my finger on exactly what it is I love about Nicaragua, but a big part of it is cities like Leon...
May 24, 2022 Haz click aquí para ver el artículo en español I guarantee you this is the best way to get from El Salvador to Nicaragua. This is the way I took and after speaking with many people who took the bus or a series of buses, they all wished they’d known about the boat option...
May 9, 2022 Read the news about El Salvador and you’re likely to find mention of gangs like MS-13 and Barrio 18. Pictures of guys with shaved heads, covered head to toe in tattoos might flash through your mind. Maybe that’s all you know about El Salvador. Let me tell you what I think of...
May 6, 2022 I don’t know if this is the only way, but this is how I did it. Go to the Transportes Cristina Terminal Tegucigalpa (that’s the location on the map above) and there you can purchase a ticket to San Pedro Sula. There are supposed to be buses every day at 06:30, 08:30...
Last Updated: June 10, 2022 My royal fumble in the El Salvador airport left me with little time to spare. I had hoped to be in San Pedro Sula, Honduras a couple days ahead of the Canada-Honduras World Cup Qualifying match, but I woke up the day of the match in Tegucigalpa and had to find...
Last Updated: May 9, 2022 I didn’t know what he had in mind, but I was sure hoping it had nothing to do with me. He walked past me with his shotgun and out the front door. It was starting to make sense why he didn’t care to help me and why there wasn’t going to be anybody around to watch...
Last Updated: May 9, 2022 “$30 for a taxi? Are there buses?” I had just finished sleeping in the airport to save money on a night’s accommodation, which ended up costing me a lot more in the long run. I didn’t really want to then pay $30 for a shuttle to the city. It was just after 5am...