After Cuba, I've had a blast revisiting Panama & Honduras. I went to Panama after Cuba to see places I missed the first time. I met up with a Swedish guy I met in Guatemala in March and we traveled together to David (Panama 2nd largest city), Playa Las Lajas and Santa Catalina. There is nothing in David but the hostel we stayed at was awesome -Hostal Bambú, very laid back staff and it had a swimming pool. In Playa Las Lajas, really there is nothing much to do here expect chill & surf and same goes for Santa Catalina expect it has better wave for surfing -both places are beautiful. Actually we only went to Santa Catalina because we wanted to visit the Isla de Coiba (It used to house the most dangerous prisoners & ... read more

Belize was nothing like I imagined it will be.........I LOVED it and stayed more days than planned. On my second day, I met Barry who introduced me to some wonderful people. Together we had fun in Belize, we had lunch in a house in the middle of the sea (the house has a swimming pool right in the middle of the sea -amazing, right?), the boys cooked and Kelly made the best pina coladas ever. The next day we visited San Pedro (that Island Madonna sang about - la Isla Bonita) with Barry as our guide. I rode with Kelly & Pam (2 of the wonderful people Barry introduced me to) in a rented car to San Ignacio, we went to the market on the Guatemala side of the border and drove to Hopkins. While there, ... read more

The Corn Islands is a very beautiful place - the water is clear and perfect for diving and snorkeling. I stayed mostly in Little Corn which has no cars and little modern luxuries but is very peaceful......I stayed at the beach in a wooden hut, did nothing for 3 days (chill in the hammock and eat fresh seafood) - good times. The flight to Corn Islands was really scary - the plane was soooooooo small, only 12 people can fit in and the you can feel the wind move the plane, thank God it was only a 1.5 hour flight. I went back to Leon for my last week in Nicaragua & I stayed at a very tranquil hostel - La Tortuga Booluda - where I met up with Josephine, the German girl I met at ... read more

My first blog of the year. Happy New year to everyone and hope it brings all the things you deserved, also do not forget to help those affected by the earthquake in Haiti - I believe Red Cross and other Non profits have information on how to help. So I only spent a week in Costa Rica, mostly on the Caribbean side -Pueto Viejo. Like I said in my previous blog, Costa Rica is not for poor/broke people - seriously a plate of the food that cost $5 in Panama, cost $10 in Costa Rica. Puerto Viejo has a very strong Reggae/Bob Marley presence - everything pays respect to Bob Marley and 90% of its people wear dreadlocks. That was the only thing I liked about Costa Rica. On Sunday -January 3rd, I left to the ... read more

the risk of wanting to stay Okay, I had to steal the official slogan from the Colombia tourism department “Colombia - the only risk is wanting to stay”. This is how I feel right now and if I had not bought my ticket, I might have been tempted to make Colombia my home for the next couple of years............though I would have problems choosing between my two favorite cities -Cali and Medellin!!!! My 4 month stay has unfortunately come to an end, I leave to begin my Central America adventure for the next 6 months. Colombia has been great and I'm very glad I choose this country......Below are the things that gave me sooooooo much joy and others that irritated me severely... The Joyful Memories............. Medellin: I picked this city to start in because I ... read more