http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean en-us Wed, 25 Nov 09 13:09:28 +0000 Wed, 25 Nov 09 13:09:28 +0000 Today we were in San Juan but we ended up spending most of the day just sitting around on the lounge chairs on the promenade deck in between eating. Lin was just not up to doing more than that. So at least I didnrsquot have to go shopping like shersquod originally planned. We did have an evening tour to a Latin Traditions show booked but she decided not to go at the last minute. I went ahead http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/San-Juan/blog-455772.html Yup more. Love wireless.So went around with the idea of photographing the women and their gardens... but kept getting sidetracked by all the kids who wanted photos taken. Then Lenin and i went to the town of Palacaguina to meet a bus coming from Wiwili where his father had sent 150 pounds of corn several platanos and some cuajada cheese and we had to pick it up and get it back to Somoto and http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Madriz/Moropoto/blog-455695.html Photos of my last week of English classes at the Moropoto school. Preschool1st2nd multi grade4th grade3rd5th multi grade6th grade7th8th multi grade http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Madriz/Moropoto/blog-455680.html Other Peoplersquos Stories 1Written Saturday November 7 2009Before I left for Guatemala one of the ideas I had was to everyday write down the tale of someone I met that day. It wasnrsquot important whether the person was Guatemalan a traveler or a person I met in some other way. All that was important was that they had an interesting life story. Well I had forgotten about this idea for a http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Quetzaltenango/Quetzaltenango-/blog-455668.html Well today unfortunately didnrsquot go as planned as we had some bad news this afternoon. We arrived in Grand Turk early in the morning. Lin didnrsquot have any tours booked but I had a 4x4 Safari tour that didnrsquot leave until 1230. So we had a leisurely breakfast in the Lido then headed off to do some shopping Linrsquos idea not mine. She was trying to find some shoes she forgot h http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Turks-and-Caicos/Grand-Turk/blog-455523.html Our first day on Grand CaymanOur trip began when we left home at 1030 PM on Nov. 21. We had to connect through Charlotte NC. So we got to Charlotte at 6 AM and left for Grand Cayman at 945 AM. After some very long flights we finally arrived here around 1 PM. All the traveling was worth it though. It is beautiful here We rented a tiny little car for our week on the island. They drive http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Cayman-Islands/Grand-Cayman/blog-455429.html Hej och h allesammansNu r det s lnge sedan jag har skrivit i min blogg s jag vet inte riktigt var jag skall brja. Fr frska gra det kronologiskt s skall vi se om jag lyckas komma ihg allt. Har hnt mycket ngot som ocks r orsaken till att jag inte har tagit mig tid att skriva min blogg. ngrar nu frstss...S lngt bak mitt minne strcker sig r det frsta interesanta som hnde eft http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Antigua/Antigua/blog-455314.html Avant de quitter le paradis la Grenade il nous faut faire un dernier tour et voir encore trois des activits typiques de lrsquole une rhumerie un oil down variante locale drsquoune pluchette de bl drsquoinde et les Seven Sisters les 7 chutes.Le rhum est une tradition dans les les antillaises en fin de compte ici la rhumerie crsquoest comme chez nous la cabane s http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Grenada/Grenada/blog-455295.html Hello everbody last nite i was making a tour in the most important clubs bars disco malls and i was very suprise with what san salvador has to show http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/El-Salvador/San-Salvador/blog-454867.html DAMON DAVISNIYAH DROVE US TO THE AIRPORT AND WHILE WE STEPPED OUT OF THE CAR TO TAKE A PICTURE AND GET A DRINK HE REMOVED MY JEWELRY FROM MY CARRYON BAG. OF COURSE IT WAS NOT NOTICED UNTIL WE WERE IN THE AIRPORT AND NIYAH HAD DISAPPEARED. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO FIND SOMEONE WHO KNEW THIS MAN AND TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT WE HAD TO PAY HIM 2000 US DOLLARS TO GET MY BELONGINGS BACK. WE ARE O http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Jamaica/Negril/blog-454862.html http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/blog-454552.html HejWell the trip is finished and I started again study at least a couple of hours in the past days to keep me busy. Irsquom also listening to a lot of songs on my IPod to enjoy these last days on the hammock.Yesterday I heard Swedish and I asked if it was Swedish. And it was the Swedish group was amazed for the fact that Irsquom learning Swedish . They came from Visby Gotland.This was th http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/blog-454277.html Our first bus journey once it finally left Belize City proved to be mega easy. The driver did not believe in hanging about so we arrived in Flores in about 4.5 hours.Loved Belize but it was time to move on and by going by bus you get so see so much of the countryside along the way. It was also nice to see the war memorials just outside the city still with their poppies in place. The border was http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Flores-Tikal/blog-454274.html When we left Shelter Bay Marina of Colon Panama it was a warm sunny day. We were full of emotions sad and excited at leaving friends behind but with hope of seeing new sites ahead. The trip all 2 miles of it was uneventful. The coastline is beautiful with its mixture of palm trees very large hardwood trees and rocky low coastline. The water was flat calm. At the entrance of the rive http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Colon/blog-454210.html Beste allemaalGranadaAangezien ik Granada de vorige keer al kort beschreven heb in mn blog zal ik dit kort houden. Ik heb enkel wat fotos toegevoegd van de stad zodat jullie zien waarom ik hier iets langer gebleven ben dan gepland...een goeie 15 dagen.Wat me wel erg opvalt hier is stroperij van schildpadden of de eieren of andere dieren hier officieel verboden is. Maar alles oogluikend toegest http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Leon/blog-454204.html Hola Amigos Jetzt hats laenger keine Neuigkeiten mehr gegeben aber der Grund ist dass sich nicht sehr viel getan hat. San Juan del Sur ist echt einer der geilsten Plaetze wo wir bisher waren....ueberhaupt der Welt wahrscheinlich. Wir waren dort im Hostel Casa Feliz untergebracht gt Nomen est Omen. Kein aussergewoehnlicher Luxus aber die Leute dort waren einfach ein riesen Spass das Surfe http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/blog-453965.html Hi allLast day in San Jose Itrsquos cold and we are hanging out at the hostel. Perhaps tomorrow I can do the last day trip around San Jos.I finally meet two Swedish native speakers from Skne. Finally I could introduce myself and practice a little bit. I was nervous but they had patience with me I also could clarify some doubts that I had.Curiosity Theyrsquore going to Brazil for th http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/blog-453935.html The past weekend we decided to stay in the Golden Stream area and go to the Rio Blanco Falls and Nim Li Punit some Mayan ruins. Saturday morning we got up and missed the bus to the intersection at which we'd have to pick up the next bus to the Falls. We walked for a mile or two and then got picked up by a van driving two Americans to some ruins on the way. Hitchhiking is a safe and economical alt http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/blog-453638.html Greetings to all of you old bloggers and to all of you new enlistees. Many of you have asked about the blog and why you haven't heard from us for so long. Well to tell you the truth I though that since we were both back in the states we would see or talk to most of you at some time durring the summer and Fall months. As it turned out that was the case for most of you. It is now November 21 an http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Puntarenas/Jaco/blog-453544.html A fairly straight forward ride today with a reasonable 95km clocked. The biggest surprise was the difference in terrain. I was expecting hot and humid but instead I got hot and dry. Eventhough this area of Honduras is close to the ocean it was very arid. As a result the vegetation was completely different to what I saw along the coast of Guatemala and El Salvador.I wasn't sure what to expect fo http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Honduras/Nacaome/blog-453457.html