Santa Elena el Salvador

The trail is the thing! Join us as we hit the trail in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica!

... and will continue on right down through Chile and Argentina to Ushuaia at the Southern tip of South America. Finally, I'll return North to BA, before heading back into Brazil for the Salvador and Rio Carnivals in February that will mark the end of my trip!

Mirla and I begin our travels in Belize and make our way down, down, down to South America! Via planes, trains, boats, and good ol' fashioned walking stayed tuned to hear about our exciting adventure!

Willkommen in unserem Travelogue! 5 Jahre nach unserem letzten und 25 Jahre vor unserem naechsten grossen Trip reisen wir fuer 4 Monate durch Zentralamerika. Die Fotos gibt's auch als Diavortrag (Ihr koennt das Licht anlassen) - einfach auf "view as ...

Gone south.

Starting off on the Yucatan in Mexico and flying by the seat of our pants

After a fairly sucessful run as an advertising executive in Austin, Texas, I decided to lease my house, sell my things,and quit my job to explore Central America. I have no agenda and no time constraints. I am on an open ended walk about and I love it!

Last leg of our trip through central America.

... I got to see that day. We drove up the Cerro Verde (green hill) and from there had a fantastic view of the volcano Santa Elena, also called Llamatepec and of the volcan Izalco, a pretty much bare volcano which uptil the 1970s had smoked for over 100 ...

Today we drove to the north of El Salvador to Suchitoto, an immaculate colonial town with cobblestone streets which lies in a mountainous farming region. Afterwards we visited the lake Suchitlan, an artificial lake. It is also a bird ...

... a Guatemalan friend I made in Antigua, Karin, to stay with some of her rather large family which extends into neighbouring El Salvador, the smallest country in Central America, and one most people would probably have some trouble locating on a map. ...

... in is probably not a problem, but the run ;) Patrick Facts: Taxi from Tranquilo backpackers to the bus terminal C$ 1000.00 Bus from San Jose to Monteverde (Santa Elena) C$ 2200.00 Accommodation at Casa Tranquilo @ USD$ 20.0 for a single room with en-suite ...

In El Salvador haben wir das haesslichste Hotel Zentralamerikas entdeckt - in Monteverde/Costa Rica das schoenste. Schlappe 30 Dollar kostet uns das Vergnuegen, aus 1500 Metern Hoehe auf den Golf von Nicoya runterzublicken, im hoteleigenen Regenwald graue ...

... had been trying looking for a travel guide of Central America since Columbia but just couldn't find one and therefore arrived in San Salvador without much information but which turned out to be okay as that way I was not expecting anything and got really ...

... Rica through the end of the month, then we´re going to head up to Guatemala via a long-ass bus ride through NIcaragua and El Salvador, not fun but way cheaper than flying. As for our short term plan, we´re leaving Santa Teresa tomorrow and heading up ...

... Salavador tomorrow would be much nicer. Flores was really nice.  It is basically a small island close to the larger town on Santa Elena.  The island was accessed by a causeway and was small enough to walk around in 15 minutes.  It was very ...

... El Salvador by going through Nicaragua because of stories that El Salvador was a bit dangerous. We had avoided Honduras going through El Salvador because of stories that Honduras was a bit more dangerous. In the end, we all got to Costa Rica unscathed. We ...

... of mud and rock. The heavens open again, though it adds to the lush views across the dramatic and cloud covered hills. Santa Elena/Monteverde has the familiar feel of ski village and is equally overrun with the American intrusion that Costa Rica has ...