Category: Overview: Central America

  • Costa Rica

    Costa Rica

    Beautiful rainforests, biodiverse fauna and flora, crystal blue waterfalls, dramatic volcanoes… Yes Costa Rica has it all. Or at least that’s what I heard before going there, ended up driving into a raging fire, and ending up in towns with barbwires and poverty. I spent 10 days here on an…

  • Belize

    Belize

    Caribbean island? What is creole? Is it a part of Guatemala? Does it really have a reef that rivals the Great Barrier Reef in Australia? To be honest, I wasn’t planning on going to Belize until Guatemala shut its borders to Mexico. I ended up catching the bus across the…

  • Guatemala

    Guatemala

    Volcanoes erupting right in front of you? Magical ancient ruins? Star Wars filming locations? Dr*g wars between Mexico? Guatemala exceeded my expectations, and prior to going I had only heard of people going to climb volcanoes of those who got ~extreme~ food poisoning. Guatemala had absolutely everything I wanted in…