Central America

Would you return to a destination that you already visited but didn’t quite love the first time around? This is exactly what I ended up doing with Antigua, Guatemala, where…

When planning my travels in Honduras, I knew that I wanted to make a stop at the famous Mayan ruins of Copán. Little did I know, the nearby town of…

Yep, I thought as I clutched the edge of the toilet, my face damp from a mix of sweat and tears as I vomited my guts out. Less than 48…

León was by far my favorite city that I visited while traveling in Nicaragua, for its colorful array of streets, its open and approachable people, and to my pleasant surprise,…

So I’m not going to lie: I freaking love Nicaragua. Since coming home from my Nicaragua trip I’ve been trying to talk about it without just gushing cliches (beautiful landscapes,…

Of everywhere that I visited in Guatemala, Cobán was my favorite. It ended up being a destination by chance, and arriving there was a journey. I traversed Guatemala City in search of the…

Antigua, Guatemala is almost universally renowned for being charming. Small, colorful homes line its cobblestone streets, bougainvillea in deep hues of purple and pink creeps along the sides of buildings,…

You know that feeling during travel when basically nothing goes according to plan? That’s pretty much the summary of the start of my trip to Guatemala in the fall of…