This weekly series focuses on budget accommodation gems we discover while on the road. This week: Entre Piedras hostel in Alegria, El Salvador.

It was just us, two men we had just met and a machete as we headed out to hike the volcano crater around the Laguna de Alegria, El Salvador. What started off simply ended up being one of our biggest challenges to date.

After spending fourteen days in El Salvador, we have listed 14 things, in no particular order, which we found out we love about the country, one for each day…

Costa Rica is the gem in Central America’s tourism crown: lush, green jungles, wild animals, breathtaking beaches and a well-developed infrastructure make a trip to Costa Rica as easy as it can be adventurous, suitable for many different types of visitors. The level of development, however, has also raised prices on goods and services, hotel rates and transportation to a level that most budget travelers (falsely) believe to be out of their range.

Originally an antiques fair, the Sunday market in Buenos Aires’ San Telmo neighborhood has grown to become one of the city’s main tourist attractions!

Bangkok’s Purr Cat Cafe is a must-visit for any cat lover. Is there anything better than sipping a cappuccino while hanging out with a bunch of cats? I don’t think so!

If you are looking for the best island to visit in Thailand, look no further: Koh Tao has it all – beautiful beaches, diving and snorkeling, breathtaking sunsets and amazing food!

We’ve been to several impressive caves on our travels, but the Carlsbad Caverns in the south of New Mexico truly blew our socks off! Read more about these fascinating caves..

Roswell, New Mexico, is one of the strangest little towns we’ve ever visited! Only famous for the UFO crash in 1947, the town seems to be in an identity crisis now.

We joined Singapore Walks on their Secrets of the Red Lantern Chinatown walking tour and learned so many interesting things about the life of the immigrants and prostitution in Singapore.