Northern Belize
Southern Belize
Central Caribbean Coast
The Peten
Alta Verapaz and Quiche
Guatemala Highlands
Lake Atitlan
Antigua
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Northern Belize
On to Belize!
Crossing the border into Belize meant more than just entering another country -- it meant that our around-the-world journey had truly begun.
You see, so far, all...
Central Caribbean Coast
Tobacco Caye
When we travel we try to pick routes that offer the opportunity for spectacular views and landscapes or which take us through interesting towns and villages. We use Google...
Southern Belize
Belize Spice Farm
By now we had driven more than 700 miles in a country that is only 170 miles from tip to toe. And, we still had much more...
The Peten
Temples of the Mayan Kings
Over the 13 centuries between 420BC and 900AD, the Mayan empire grew in size to cover parts of southern and southeastern Mexico, most of Belize...
Alta Verapaz and Quiche
Semuc Champey
Look at any tourist brochure for Guatemala, or just search "Tours Guatemala" and you're liable to see images of shimmering, turquoise pools wrapped in the cloak of a...
Guatemala Highlands
When I was 20 years old, a friend and I spent six months traveling the Pan-American highway through Mexico and much of Central America. The first place we landed in...
Lake Atitlan
Our next destination was to one of Guatemala's most signature tourist spots, Lake Atitlan. Long a hangout for hippy backpackers, Panajachel has developed into a major international tourist destination which...
Antigua
Welcome to Antigua
Antigua is Guatemala's premier colonial city, equal to, and even surpassing many of Mexico's most famous "pueblo magicos." With its cobblestone streets, vibrant market, impressive churches, and...
El Salvador
Welcome to El Salvador
El Salvador was next on our list. We still hadn't figured out what to do about Honduras, but the beaches of La Libertad were calling and...
Honduras
Welcome to Honduras - the land of deep waters
Having circumnavigated El Salvador, we were now poised to enter Honduras, our fifth border crossing since leaving the US nearly six...
Nicaragua
Battling Border Bureaucracy
After nearly seven months traveling through Mexico and Central America, we had become fairly immune to the stress and worry of border crossings. There's always a bit...
Costa Rica
Welcome to Costa Rica
I usually try to write these trip reports more-or-less real time, though final publication always seems to lag until we're nearly done with the next country. ...
Panama
Welcome to Panama
After leaving our house sit in Costa Rica, we were keen to get to Panama City. We had left ourselves only four days before our flight home...