As I’m backpacking in Nicaragua this week, I thought I’d give you a quick post on the costs of bus travel within the country, especially as recently the Lonely Planet sucks at giving you the correct information and the fastest, cheapest and easiest ways to travel around. For most of Central America, it has been wildly Read more about Backpacking in Nicaragua: How to get from Leon to Granada for $2.80[…]
While backpacking in Belize I ended up staying for two nights in the capital city Belmopan. I stayed in the El Rey Hotel there and found out that Belize’s only British Bar is right here, in Belmopan. It’s called Corker’s Bar and Restaurant and was only a 12minute walk from our hostel so we popped Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Dinner at Corker’s, the Only British Bar in Belize[…]
Utila in Honduras is a tropical paradise, a backpacker’s paradise and a breath of fresh air away from the smoky fumes of gigantic Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula. To get to Utila, you need to head north to the Honduran Caribbean. There are two daily ferries from the port town of La Ceiba to Utila. Read more about The Mango Inn: The Place to Stay When Backpacking in Utila, Honduras🇭🇳[…]
The town of Chalchuapa will linger long in my mind. I hadn’t heard of it the day before my visit and I won’t forget it after my day out there. It was a truly magical little town well off the tourist trail and I was completely inspired. El Salvador gave me more stories than I Read more about Backpacking in El Salvador🇸🇻: Top 6 Sights in Chalchuapa[…]
While touring Central America, I think I have crossed about 6 or 7 borders, all in different ways, sometimes walking, sometimes ferry, sometimes chicken buses, mini buses, organised transport however the best and smoothest border crossing to date was the crossing I did from Guatemala to El Salvador. In fact this crossing was so luxurious Read more about World Borders: The Luxury Way to Get from Guatemala🇬🇹to El Salvador🇸🇻(Guatemala City to San Salvador by King Quality)[…]
When you go backpacking in El Salvador you are not quite sure what to expect and most likely, you will stay in places you will never have heard of. The latest surprise gem was Santa Ana. Quite simply this is a spectacular and proud town in the countryside of El Salvador. Not too busy to Read more about Backpacking in El Salvador🇸🇻: Top 10 Sights in Santa Ana[…]
Billed as the southernmost city in the continental USA, the Florida Keys and Key West invite you to “come as you are” when trying to describe the relaxed feel and atmosphere you can experience there. Amidst the streets lined with pine trees and the impossibly attractive gingerbread mansions, this is a city where its origins Read more about Something for Everyone: The Eclectic Street Festivals of the Florida Keys[…]
Do you believe the hype about San Pedro Sula in Honduras? You’d be a fool not to, the statistics speak for themselves. As far as backpacking in Honduras is concerned, San Pedro Sula is usually the city to avoid. Gang warfare rules supreme here. Year after year the murder statistics are huge, and except for massacres Read more about Backpacking in San Pedro Sula, Honduras: Braving the Most Dangerous City in the World[…]
In my latest World Travellers interview, I feature Mexican traveller Raphael Zoren. Check out Raphael’s stories and his website Journey of Wonders. Who are you? Hi Jonny, thanks for including me. I’m Raphael Alexander Zoren, the man behind A Journey of Wonders. I’m a middle-class world-traveler who overcame the chains of the local economy and Read more about World Travellers: Raphael Zoren from Journey of Wonders[…]
I really didn’t expect to be featuring a load of cool Belizean treats cuisine wise on my Friday’s Featured Food section, but then again if you’ve followed my journeys, you’ll remember I once worked as an ice cream seller in Bournemouth. Even before that I was always a fan of ice cream, and while Tequila Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: WDs Ice Cream, Spanish Lookout, Belize[…]