There are very few times that I have felt a complete change of culture as I did when crossing from Haiti to the Dominican Republic. People were light skinned instead of black, spoke Spanish instead of French, it was quiet and clean instead of messy and chaotic. Prices were higher and the roads were better....Read More
In order to break up my journey from Punta Cana to Santo Domingo I decided to stop for a night in Bayahibe, a town near La Romana on the Caribbean side of the island. It was different from both Bavaro and Macao. There were quite a lot of tourists, but most seemed to be there...Read More
When I wanted to get out of charterland, I wrote a sign saying “Macao” and stood by the highway. 5 minutes later a Canadian who was living in the Dominican Republic stopped his car and told me to jump in. He drove me all the way to the camping place where I would spend the...Read More
A place where I just had to go, as it probably is the most famous place in the Dominican Republic is Punta Cana. As I got off the bus from Santo Domingo, I reallized that Punta Cana was a huge place, but luckily I managed to find a hostel in Bavaro where they had let...Read More
Port Au Prince is the capital of Haiti, which is the poorest country in the Americas. The country shares the island of Hispañola with the Dominican Republic, which again lays in the middle of Puerto Rico and Cuba. Having been struck by a heavy earthquake, the city is still a mess and the government does...Read More
Once the capital of Nicaragua, Grenada is a colorful city with lots of history. Right next to our hostel, De Boca en Boca there was a cathedral called Iglesia La Merced which had a viewtower that could be visited for a dollar and was my favorite place in town. The market and main plaza was...Read More
Everyone has been telling me to go to Léon, and now that I am here I don’t really find it that great. Everything is really worn down and all there is of sights is just churches and a couple of dull museum. But there is one thing to do here that is really awesome; volcano...Read More
After doing the volcanoboarding tour with a company called “Volcano Day” I was offered a free shuttle to Las Penitas, a beach town 20kilometers from Léon, which I had never heard anything about so I thought why not. The place was really peaceful with good surfing waves (I didnt get to go because of a...Read More
Sometimes the best way of getting to know somewhere new is not just the things you see or do, but to experience the place through people you meet. One way of doing this is by using ouchsurfing, like I did the last days in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Marlit, who hosted me was a young and active...Read More
Last time I was in Puerto Viejo was 8 years ago in 2010 while I was studying Spanish in the capital San José. And if there is one place I am most certain that I will go back to (e.g if I get a work from “home” kindof job) it would be Puerto Viejo. My...Read More
Panama City was a place I did not know much about, so I just went straight from the airport to the only place I knew; the Panama Canal. The Miraflores visitors center had a good museum with a movie explaining everything and then a viewpoint where you could watch ships going through the waterlocks from...Read More
After a ten hour busride from Panama City, we arrived in Almirante and took a boat taxi over to Isla Colon which is one of the many islands that together are called Bocas del Toro. It had been stormy and rainy for days so they had postponed their weekly day party at the islands called...Read More
Big cities and commercial centers in Central America are very similar. They are busy and noisy all day long, but usually you would find some churches, monuments and markets that are nice. The same goes for San Salvador, where one of the markets was even placed right outside one of the nicest churches. San Salvador...Read More
“Dont skip el Salvador” is El Salvadors toursm slogan, and for good reason. Most people have’nt heard much about the country and are traveling from Guatemala to Honduras, skipping El Salvador. The country is famous for its volcanoes, coffee and surfing. I got to test the latter while staying three nights in the small surf...Read More
Antigua is the Volcano capital of Guatemala. Not far from the city you will find volcanoes like Chichastenango and Pacaya, where we had decided to go for a day trip to the latter. It was January 1st and apparently was is a tradition here in Guatemala to fire off a second round of fireworks at...Read More
Everyone I’ve met while backpacking has told me that Antigua is the most beautiful city in Central America, so as it drew closer to New Years we decided to stay there and explore the city for a few days. One of the active volcanoes around the city Antigua used to be the capital of Guatemala...Read More
