“In order to write about life first you must live it” – Ernest Hemingway. Well life continues to inspire me and when you wake up in the morning you have no idea where you will end up that night. This is what I buzz off. However before I had even got my bus to San Read more about One Inspiring Night: Staying in the Hemingway Inn, San Jose, Costa Rica🇨🇷[…]
Travelling in Central America continued to surprise. After a crazy week of diving off the coast of Utila (booked through Utila Dive school and stayed in the Mango Inn), we got the boat (catamaran) back to mainland Honduras. Rather than heading straight for Lago de Yojoa or Tegucigalpa, we decided on a night in La Ceiba. Read more about Relax in Nature: Staying at La Villa De Soledad in Rio Cangrejal, Honduras[…]
For some reason, the Honduran capital city of Tegucigalpa doesn’t rank highly with backpackers. Most of whom, pass through its elevated streets faster than Ben Johnson on speed. I saw past all Tegucigalpa’s lack of tourism and found a great base for the night deciding to explore the charm of yet another striking yet untouristy Read more about Hotel with a View: Staying at Hotel Linda Vista in Tegucigalpa, Honduras[…]
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🇭🇳[…]
While travelling in Belize we decided to spend a couple of nights in Belmopan. Belmopan is the capital city of Belize and often sadly acts as merely a stop over for some. However we wanted to check this place out so we found the El Rey Hotel online and booked in for a couple of nights. Read more about Staying at the El Rey Hotel: The Best Hotel in Belmopan, Belize[…]
“Last night, I dreamt of San Pedro” – Madonna Ciccone. As a long term backpacker and veteran of more dingy hostels than you could count, the flash packer in me comes out now and again and I’ll admit it’s a new phenomenon! Partly inspired by my travelling girlfriend Panny as her slow and relaxing style competes with Read more about Staying at Xanadu Island Resort🏝️🍹: A Luxury Paradise in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize🇧🇿[…]
Central America continues to impress me with its range of unique, tranquil and simply comfortable guesthouses and yes I’ve been mixing my vintage backpacking hostels (like El Hostal Antigua) with some decent upmarket places (like Hotel San Buenaventura) as quite frankly, it’s nice to be able to mix things up nowadays. Of course at heart Read more about Staying in the Coolest Guesthouse in Copan Ruinas, Honduras🇭🇳: La Casa De Cafe[…]
Right, this completes a hat-trick for me – three hostels I have stayed in all called something similar to “Green House” and I loved them all – crazy. The first one I wrote about was Limehouse Hostel in Buenos Aires in 2010, then in 2014 I stayed in Hostel Green House in Foz do Iguacu, Read more about Staying at the Best Hostel in El Salvador🇸🇻: Hostal Casa Verde🟢🔵, Santa Ana[…]
I stumbled upon one of the most off the wall spots from my travels yet while in El Salvador. After checking out the capital city San Salvador, where I stayed in Ximena’s Guesthouse, I decided to head to the beach to chill out for a few days. Most surfers and backpackers head to the trendy Read more about A Paradise by the Pacific Ocean🌊: My Stay at Capricho Beach House🏖️🛖, Barra de Santiago, El Salvador🇸🇻[…]
When it’s your first night in a new country (El Salvador), you want somewhere to relax, especially after a day of buses, taxis and border crossings. After leaving Guatemala City and crossing into El Salvador at Las Chinamas, I was heading straight for the capital city, San Salvador. At late notice, I hadn’t yet booked Read more about Ximena’s Guesthouse: The Coolest Hostel in San Salvador, El Salvador🇸🇻[…]