I completed a hat trick of “San Cristobals” when I took my backpack to the cool city of San Cristobal de las Casas recently. I’d already visited San Cristobal in Bolivia in 2010 and the one in venomous Venezuela in 2011. But the Mexican city of the same name knocked the previous brace into touch. Read more about Backpacking in Mexico: Top 10 Things to see and do in San Cristobal de las Casas.[…]
“Knock knock knockin on devil’s gate” – Not Bob Dylan It was a crazy, spontaneous and inspiring 11 days in the country of El Salvador for me and my backpack recently. I simply couldn’t believe the amount of random things to see and do. While based in San Salvador I found that you can get Read more about Backpacking in El Salvador🇸🇻: Puerta Del Diablo (Devil’s Gate)[…]
This week I’ve been travelling in Belize and one of the things I really wanted to do is prove there is so much more to see here than beaches and snorkelling. After an awesome few days in Caye Caulker and Ambergris Caye (San Pedro), I decided to hit up the capital city of Belize. You Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: The Best Cheesecake in Belize at Delicious Designs, El Rey Hotel, Belmopan[…]
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’m a firestarter, twisted firestarter” – Keith Flint, The Prodigy OK so over the last lot of years backpacking the globe, I’ve got involved in some pretty crazy things, not just my crazy stories posts but that time I fed hyenas mouth to mouth in Ethiopia, the time I swam naked in Antarctica, sky dived Read more about Attending The Crazy Fireball Festival🔥💣💥(Bolas de Fuego) in Nejapa, El Salvador🇸🇻[…]
Backpacking in El Salvador will test your senses, and mostly in my case my sense of wonder. I was overaud by it all as gems sparkled left right and centre from a country lacking only in worldwide recognition and self promotion. You might have heard that I toured Santa Ana and Chalchuapa, including a trip Read more about Backpacking in El Salvador🇸🇻: Touring the Ruins of Tazumal, Chalchuapa[…]
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🇸🇻[…]