Paris of the Maya people.
From the south of the country, there were two ways up to the Mayan ruins in Copán. One went right to the city of San Pedro Sula - the main road, the other went via Santa Bárbara, which was a lot better. It was shorter (about 30 kms), less used and in perf... more - travel report by
krisek
Secretly friendly.
Antigua Guatemala, the former capital, is a bright spot on a confused map of the country. Guatemala has been suffering from an inconsistent reporting about its qualities. Its splendid Mayan heritage, fabulous landscape and colourful colonial architecture... more - travel report by
krisek
Ruta Maya Road Trip
How to choose - there are so many fine Mayan sites to pick from. We narrowed the choices to those that changed or expanded knowledge of the Mayan culture: Tikal for its monumental twin pyramids, Yaxha for its carefully laid out astronomical plazas , Topox... more - travel report by
eirekay
A few retro thoughts on El Salvador
San Salvador
The airport was the first surprise! Super modern, some of the European capitals’ airports are a lot less impressive. Finally, there was a civilisation.
The entire city of San Salvador was very modern, too. Luxurious hotels and g... more - travel report by
krisek
Tikal - Pyramids at Sunrise
As we crossed the border from Belize into Guatemala, a vast, nearly uninhabited land spread before us. Close to the City of Flores, Tikal laid hidden for 8 centuries under dense jungle, but seeing the hills that naturally appear over the countryside, it i... more - travel report by
eirekay
beloved honduras
Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, got its tongue twisting name from the ancient Nahuatl language, and translated means silver mountain In effect, Tegucigalpa came to being during colonial times as a mining center. Tegus as its inhabitants affectionate... more - travel report by
evysuhonen
Stunning! Granada, Nicaragua’s pearl of a city.
I went to Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala) with a colleague and we decided to be a little extravagant, so we rented a car in each country. This way we could see as much as possible in relatively short time. It w... more - travel report by
krisek
San Pedro – a Sleepy Little Diving Town with Shark
Ambergris Caye is a narrow 25-mile-long strip separated from Mexico in the north by the narrow Bacalar Chico channel, dug by the Maya 1,500 years ago. One half mile to the east is the Belize barrier reef, second longest barrier reef in the world, which co... more - travel report by
eirekay
A few retro thoughts on Costa Rica
Maybe this was not the optimal time to visit Central America due to safety, but maybe it would be too long to wait until the situation gets better. The trip did not start fortunately, never mind that I needed to get up at 4.30 in the morning. The bmi brit... more - travel report by
krisek
Spending time in Montezuma...
As it snowed for the first time in a decade in Houston, it was more than pleasant to be treading the warm pacific waters in Montezuma. There are two popular routes for getting to Montezuma, one by plane ($55 ow) to Tambor and the other originates in Punta... more - travel report by
johnnye00
