I stood shivering in the stifling heat of early morning Managua. It was 5 AM and my shivers had nothing to do with the temperature. I was quivering with anxiety as I waited for my bus to El Salvador to pull into the station. My snap decision to go to El Salvador was looking more and more harebrained the closer I got to the hour of … Continue reading ¡Bienvenidos a El Salvador!
If you’ve been following my travels through Central America, you’ve probably noticed that the last few months have been a consistent stream of upbeat and enthusiastic posts. It may even seem disingenuous — how can somebody travel for over a month straight and have only glowing reviews of their experience? Admittedly part of that is in the storytelling. The lackluster days and lukewarm meals don’t … Continue reading Hungover, Limping, and Half-Blind: How My Travel Troubles Began
One of our days in Granada, Nicaragua, Randi and I left the city for a daytrip to Volcan Mombacho. Mombacho is an inactive volcano that is home to coffee farms and cloud forests. Our day started out by shamelessly embracing our tourist status and going ziplining over a coffee farm halfway up the volcano. We only realized once we arrived that we had purchased tickets … Continue reading Mombacho Volcano: Nicaragua’s Greatest Rip-off?
It’s difficult to explain why Isla de Ometepe is so phenomenal. Like many travelers, I can unequivocally say that it was my favorite place I visited in Nicaragua, if not all of Central America. And yet I’ve had an incredibly difficult time writing this blog post because no specific story or picture or experience can possibly embody the reality of Ometepe. The truth of the … Continue reading The Indescribable Magic of Ometepe
Roughly a month after I started traveling, I was close to finishing an extended period exploring Northern Nicaragua. I had accomplished almost everything I wanted to do in the region. The one experience I was still missing was the one I was most excited about: hiking in the cloud forest. Unfortunately, much of the cloud forest in Central America has been developed into farmland. Opportunities … Continue reading A Life-Altering Swim: Peñas Blancas, Nicaragua
