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Central America is a narrow isthmus of land connecting North America to South America. The North Pacific Ocean lies to the southwest, the Caribbean Sea lies to the northeast, and the Gulf of Mexico lies to the north.

Most of Central America rests atop the Caribbean Plate. The region is geologically active, with volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occurring from time to time. Fertile soils from weathered volcanic lavas have enabled highland areas to support large towns and cities.

Central America provides a stunning coastline, temperate waters, tropical forests and a rich and diverse cultural experience, with numerous archaeological sites of civilizations past.

Highlights

• Ancient Mayan ruins in Tikal, Copán and Joya de Cerén.
• Colonial towns and architecture.
• To Be Updated

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By mbaade
November 13th 2009

sunny esteli morning Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Estelí

Always have been a morning person. The day before yesterday I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Or, as they say in the Spanish, I woke up on my left foot. I alternately hated everything. I hated that the two boys in the house never haul water, and I hated waiting in line to haul water. I hated that Lenin got to drink coffee and eat breakfast while I drank coffee, watching the damn pump, so I would know when it was my turn to fill the buckets for my house, and I had to keep eating and [View Full Entry]

By travelingangela
November 13th 2009

To go or not to go to Granada. TO GO :) Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Granada

This blog is so late. Supposed to post this August 20 of this year urghh. I'm back in the USA safe and sound :). But the memories are fresh, so i have to look back and write about what happened during my short solo backpacking trip. The girl that I was supposed to meet in Nicaragua got robbed in Managua days before I left LA for Costa Rica. One morning I suddenly found myself walking out of Gaudy's hostel in San Jose, CR and walking all the way to the Tica bus station. And then boom! I bought my bus ticket. [View Full Entry]

By mbaade
November 12th 2009

more photos Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Estelí

coco

9 November 2009 Monday 10:16 am The pictures in this blog are a motley bunch. First, there’s Coco, one of two seamstresses in Moropoto. She took in four pairs of pants of mine, as even the pants I bought here are too big. Now they fit again! She charged me less than $0.50 for each pair. She also hemmed some fabric Lenin and I bought for a sheet, and she made a pillowcase, too. The green material with the suns and moons is now what my sheets and pillow case look like. The next is of “aunt” Leo and her husband, [View Full Entry]

masacuate poisonous snake that ozman killed... curled up in the house...

By crista wb
November 11th 2009

Costa Rica 11/9/09 Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Limón » Puerto Viejo de Talamanca

gearing up

Sorry this is late but we were all feeling too tired last night to mess with the blog. Yesterday was a lot of fun! We started off the day by getting picked and driven into town (not having to walk into town is always nice) and getting dropped off at the Terra Adventures place. They had our ATV's ready and waiting for us. Our guide was a very nice guy name Raul. He showed us how to use the ATV's and had us drive up and down the streeta couple of times. He had to go help Crista because she got [View Full Entry]

By crista wb
November 11th 2009

Costa Rica 11/10/09 Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Limón » Puerto Viejo de Talamanca

big butterfly it must have been 5 inches with its wings open

Hey there, So we had a lot of plans today that kinda got shot down because of the rain. We woke up around 5:30am to Myles blaring alarm clock on his phone. We weren't sure that we would get up that early without help so we set it last night. Fishing is early business. The boys (Myles and George) had a fishing trip set today and they had to meet their captain on the other side of town at 7am so we got up early to prepare for their departure. Cindy and i had a kind of girly day. We planned [View Full Entry]

By Alexandre Oliveira
November 11th 2009

Tortuguero National Park Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Limón » Tortuguero National Park

Hi from the rain forest. (no I’m not tarzan!) A nice 2 days trip to Tortuguero, it reminds me a lot of the Amazon rain forest Finally I meet a Belgian citizen. Yes! Or better ‘Ja wel’. On the bus to Tortuguero, I meet Dries (from Hasselt - Limburg). We will keep in touch! The trip was long but it was nice to see the rain forest and we have stopped at Del Monte (banana plantation) and at a beautiful garden with a lot of flowers, butterflies and red frogs. During the boat trip starts the rain and I was pretty [View Full Entry]

By chippy
November 11th 2009

Guatemalan Wedding and Volcan Pacaya Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Antigua » Antigua

lindsay 002

Here are some pictures of the wedding we crashed Saturday night and the Volcano we climbed Sunday and some other random stuff. [View Full Entry]

By King GDI
November 10th 2009

Panama City and San Blas Central America Caribbean » Panama » Kuna Yala » Archipielago de San Blas

The Boat

After Colie left, T-Bag and I lurked around Panama City for a couple of days until we could figure out transportation into Colombia. Unlike the rest of our journey, a dirty bus ride was out of the question. There is no road between the two countries because the Darien National Park. Very near the border, there is a region called the ´Darien Gap´ where drug runners and kidnappers like to hang out. While it would have been cool to pay them a visit and maybe drink a beer or two with them over a round of poker, we chose a different [View Full Entry]

By Shelbi
November 9th 2009

Tamagringo Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Guanacaste » Tamarindo

Alright....so the story I left you wanting to hear. We got to Tamarindo at dark, so we were happy to have help finding a place to stay. A guy on the street showed us this hostel, we checked it out and for $8 a night in expensive gringolandia the place looked alright. We put our stuff down, made friends with our roommates for the night and then headed off for dinner. We came back and hung out with the manager, Diego in the patio area upstairs. We are all having a great time and Diego is showing off his homemade surfboard [View Full Entry]

By crista wb
November 9th 2009

Costa Rica 11/8/09 Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Limón » Puerto Viejo de Talamanca

lil monkey 1

Hey Everyone, Today was awesome. As i mentioned in the last blog Myles had been really wanting to go snorkeling, and since our last attempt did not work (it was the day Myles was deathly ill.) yesterday we signed up for a tour to Cahuita National Park and some snorkeling at the point there. Cahuita is one of only two living coral reefs in all of Costa Rica, and it is supposed to be beautiful. We woke up around 7:30. Our bus was supposed to pick us up at 8:00am. We had a little toast (and tried the new peanut butter. [View Full Entry]

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