Best Western Santa Cruz

... Central America. Once we reach Panama we will fly to Ecuador and then travel around South America. We intend to travel down the western coast of South America and then up the eastern coast until we hit Venezuela. Hopefully it will be the best year of ...

... and to see all the mountains surrounding the lake was incredible..the only comparison I have is Tahoe...And i thought this was way better....Santa Cruz is socially between the drug party seen of San Pedro and the Touchy feelly yoga of san Marcos....not to ...

... regional train. Sophie said she could not pack up in time and wanted to rest her leg, so we decided to stay another night in Santa Cruz and catch the comfortable train the next day. Sophie takes over the blog…. Yes, so Ryan felt we had enough time ...

... the nicest toast- not sweet and amazingly tasty scrambled eggs! We met some really nice people who have never left Santa Cruz, they were western volunteers at local orphanages, we were completely humbled and felt a little lush to be traveling the way we ...

We moved again today.... Across the lake to a a small but sweet place called Iguana Perida in Santa Cruz.... We instantly felt at home... It was an english speaking hotel aimed at travellers, but it was not aimed in the same way as in San Pedro... We ...

... a young boy, not more than 12 years old, joined us in our search for the port where we were supposed to catch our boat to Santa Cruz La Laguna. Despite insisting that we“re looking for a public boat to get there, the boy led us to the other side of ...

... likely due to the dramatic change in weather, so we just sat in our gorgeous room watching television and continuing our blogging. Santa Cruz day 4 This wass our Equipatrol day, a posh district in the second circle. This is supposedly one of the nicer ...

... good bye to everyone as they got their flights, and we headed back to Puerto Ayroa for two more nights on the Island of Santa Cruz. Galapagos really was THE highlight of our trip and despite the fact that we always say that... we really mean it this ...

... of the day a wet landing on Santa Cruz island for a walk down the white sand beach, followed by snorkelling, lovely.  Santa Cruz is the most tourist friendly island with the largest resident population.  It is the second largest island and has ...

... completely full of smoke still.  We weren't sure what to do as we were planning on leaving immediately after lunch for Santa Cruz, where most people would fly back to La Paz and I would spend the night and leave for Paraguay the next ...

buenos noches chicitos its been a while! i have finally left san pedro and am now cosied up in santa cruz (there's a saying that you dont decide to leave san pedro, san pedro decides to let you go!) i started writing this yesterday but ...

... knowledgeable.  Then it was a short bus ride before boarding a ferry for an even shorter ride across to the much larger island of Santa Cruz (Luggage and locals on the roof, Gringos to the lower deck!)  Our ride from one side of Santa Cruz to the other ...

... to house friendly chirping frogs. Its all a bit odd, but Tom and Anna saw a turtle the size of a turkey strolling around today. Santa Cruz only does three things, and it does them well. Ice cream parlours, Fried chicken and Optometry. It is a very strange ...

... . There are a few small places to eat with a couple of tables, a church and a school...but that's about it. We stayed in Santa Cruz for three nights. We read in the hammocks, walked along the shoreline and went back to Panajachel to browse the ...

... bad food, extreme poverty, starving malnourished people and a mass of beggars. However, to my shameful embarrassment upon arriving in Santa Cruz. I found the food to be fantastic, plentiful and cheap, a wonderfully tropical plaza to its central (the best ...

Well, here we are back in civilization, after a 12 hour bus trip back to Santa Cruz that included a 2 1/2 hour stop at night while a bridge was repaired. At the moment we think electricity, hot showers and DEET are some of the best luxuries around. We ...

... most famous of these sites is called Gordon Rocks and is not for the faint of heart.  Halfway up the East Coast of Santa Cruz, three massive rocks sit out of the water.  A strong current passes through the area, bringing with it a multitude of ...

... at the fields, mountains, and volcanoes outside the window.  We've been told over and over that the lanchas (small boats) to Santa Cruz should be 10Q, but there are huge signs everywhere saying the cost is 15Q, which is what we had to pay.  I'm ...

... and realized I didn't have enough money for the tickets! Argh. So, once again, I went back to the boat dock to catch a boat to Santa Cruz to my hostel in Isla Verde to get more money, then had to wait another hour or so for another boat to bring me back ...

... served as a warning for oncoming cars since there is limited visibility around some of the 180° corners. We made it safe and sound to Santa Cruz del Quiche without so much as a scratch and our bus hadn't been held up at gunpoint. Phew!  We took 2 ...