Hotel Tip of the Week: Entre Piedras in Alegria, El Salvador
This weekly series focuses on budget accommodation gems we discover while on the road. This week: Entre Piedras hostel in Alegria, El Salvador.
Central America
Notes from the Beach House: The Earthquake Edition
We finished our housesit in Mexico and started our next housesitting assignment in Costa Rica with a big bang – Costa Rica welcomed us with an earthquake!
What we learned from the cemetery in Xela, Guatemala
Visiting one of Guatemala’s colorful cemeteries is a learning experience like no other.
11 things we love about Belize
Belize was meant to be a quick week on the way to Guatemala, but ended up being eleven excellent, adventurous days like none other on our trip. In celebration of our new love of this country, read on for our listing of eleven things we love about Belize, one for each day.
Hotel Tip Of The Week: El Amanecer Sak’cari in San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala
This weekly series focuses on budget accommodation gems we discover while on the road. This week: Hotel El Amanecer Sak’cari in San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala.
Polaroid of the week: Exploding Volcano in Guatemala
We had no idea about our three hour layover in Guatemala last Monday, but this incredible landscape made us realize that we need to come back for another visit.
Polaroid of the week: Maximón
Maximón is one of Guatemala’s most popular Mayan folk saints, worshipped in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Some believe Maximón, also known as San Simón, to be an incarnation of the Mayan god of sexuality, while others think he was a Spanish priest. An effigy of Maximón in the town of Santiago Atitán is celebrated year round.
Polaroid of the week: San Marcos Dock at Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
Located in the Central Highlands of Guatemala is the beautiful Lake Atitlán. At 320m, Lake Atitlán, formedby the collapse of a volcano cone, is the deepest lake in Central America. The lake is surrounded by mountains and three volcanoes, and several villages dot its shores. The villages are inhabited by Maya, mainly Tz’utujil and Kaqchikel, who still dress in their traditional costumes and share their villages with the tourists who come for the stunning scenery and atmosphere of the lake.
One Bed or Two
Reflections on the slightly awkward nature of finding budget hotels and hostels for long-term lesbian travelers.
The Tops and Flops of 200 days on the road
Following our reflections on 200 days of travel, here are the tops and flops of our last 100 days on the road: