It’s sometimes hard to reconcile the double life that I live – part responsible adult, scholar, teacher, home owner, consummate list maker, and perpetual bill payer contrasted with the other part of me, the me I see less often but like so much more –…
Flat Out in El Salvador It’s quite common to experience a few glitches in even the most well-planned of backpacking trips. I’ve certainly had my share. But then there are those trips you can’t believe you made it through. Enter El Salvador. One little hitch my friend Katie…
Diamond in the Rough After a comfy seven-hour ride from Guatemala on a nearly deserted bus, we arrived at the Guatemalan-Honduran border. The process of getting into Honduras was surprisingly simple and cost a mere two dollars. The only annoyance, which was actually quite…
Go Big or Go Home I broke my usual solo travel routine and met one of my BFFs in Guatemala City for a Central American tour de force. And other than her over-the-top fear of snakes, bizarre case of even-stevens, and touch of moodiness…