Ometepe Island reminds me of a prank birthday cake we gave my father for his 40th. Ometepe is basically a small strip of land with two volcanoes reaching for the sky, Concepción and Maderas. While only lasting around 20 minutes, the local ex-school bus trip from the ferry terminal to…
natural wonder
groovy Granada
/ 11/03/2013Granada is a beautiful city featuring quaint streets filled with brightly coloured walls, great restaurants, market stalls in the central park, excellent cafes and coffee. Several of us loaded up on a huge day of sightseeing with local guide Ramón, starting with the Masaya Volcano. We stopped by the museum…
Roatán Island 101
/ 07/03/2013Roatán Island off the coast of Honduras is a diving honeymooners dream. Surrounded by coral reef it looks to have over 100 dive sites, some with fairly humorous names like Bikini Bottom, Hole in the Wall and The Wife. In some places the reef wall goes down some 3000 feet.…
copa copa copa copa copa Copán
/ 05/03/2013Our first ciudad in Honduras was Copán…where it must be said, I lost my shitenhausen. Between absolutely amazing Mayan ruins frequented by macaws – that magnificent parrot in all the colours of the best things in the world – horse riding to charming villages up steep hillsides on little-more-than-ponies with…
reaching new heights in Panajachel
/ 19/02/2013Panajachel lies on the shores of Lake Atitlan and serves as a tourist base and home of ex-pat hippies. A handful of us joined Pablo from Mayaland Travel for the day to visit the local communities of San Juan and Santiago. We took an open boat across the lake to…