June 26, 2013
Las Isletas
Sometimes you are really not in the mood for a tour. You just want to sit back, chat with friends, enjoy the bountiful scenery. But sometimes your tour guide doesn't really get it. And she dresses you up in traditional clothing. And she continues to...
June 24, 2013
Masaya.
Masaya is a nice day trip from Granada, Nicaragua. There you can find a local market. A craft market. A volcano. I ended up buying a little owl shaped whistle to go with a strange collection I've amassed of owl souvenirs from around the world....
June 23, 2013
Granada.
Granada, Nicaragua, was a beautiful town. I could have probably stayed for a while: I had thought about making it a home for a couple of weeks and studying more Spanish. But I ended up spending only four nights there, and then hardly actually in...
June 17, 2013
I went Volcano Boarding in Nicaragua and lived to tell about it.
Let's take a moment to assess the photo above, a picture of a sign describing volcano boarding at Bigfoot Hostel in Leon, Nicaragua. Shall we? In this photo, volcano boarding is described as...
June 16, 2013
Who cares about Leon when there are kittens to play with…
I can pretend to write an informed post about what I did in Leon, Nicaragua. I mean, I did walk around town a bit and visit an awesome art museum. But, really, I am just going to talk about the kittens at my hostel. Because...
June 15, 2013
Utila is boring if you don’t dive.
I shouldn't have left Lago de Yajoa. I loved it there for the beauty, for the nature. I could have got lost there for a bit longer. But I kind of also wanted to see more of Honduras. But, the only other place people seemed...
June 13, 2013
Valry in Wonderland: Lago de Yajoa
Sometimes I feel a bit jaded when it comes to travel. I see amazing things every day but then the amazingness turns to mundane. Places I go don't live up to the image I have in my head or to places I've already been. I...
June 11, 2013
The Mayan Ruins of Copan (or, why you should never hire me to be your tour guide…)
Copan, Honduras is best known for it's mass of Mayan ruins. I wandered the grounds one morning with some new friends and we opted against a tour guide so that we could explore at our own pace. Throughout the day I decided to play tour...
June 5, 2013
Scenes from a week in Copan, Honduras.
I had meant to spend two, maybe three, nights in Copan, Honduras. Instead, I ended up spending six. The first two were comprised of necessity: a night of rest (though, really, drinking) after a 4am bus ride from Guatemala, a day to explore the nearby...