Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 2162

Took a weekend trip to the Mayan ruins at YaxHa located on a beautiful lake. We camped overnight in our hammocks. The ruins are quite good and the jungle has been cleared enough in the city that we were able to get a sense of the place as it might have once been. Also took an evening boat trip on the lake to see some other nearby ruins, cook supper and look for alligators. I recommend this site which is unjustly overshadowed by Tikal. ... read more

My first flight to LAX was on a plane the size of a pickle with wings. We sandwiched in there like tuna and the guy next to me read his news paper like he ran the place. Kinda like a certain father I know who uses his elbows at the table. My flight from LAX to Guatemala City (a stupid stop over) was a bit better, although it was like an episode from Seinfeld where Elane and Jerry get on a full flight, and Jerry goes to 1st class while Elane gets stuck sitting next to the guy with 7 bags. But, the whole flight was sportin 4.9 bags. EVERYONE. I might have been the only one. The flight gods were with me though, I got window, and no one sat in the middle between me ... read more

Well, Ben and I are now on day 5 of the holiday. After meeting up in San Jose with no problems we spent the day drinking coffee (cafe) and did a tour of a plantation (we were the only people under the age of 50 but definitely the most shaky with our over-consumption of coffee and other coffee products). We went for a great seafood dinner and met Papa Pez, the restaurant owner, who later accompanied us to the local dance club for a round of cervasas. We stayed at an incredible restored mansion-turned-hotel of a famous coffee baron in a neat part of San Jose called Bario Amon. Amazing how rich some people became by just selling a bit of java! After a well neeeded sleep we got up early and took a bus to ... read more

Our first weekend trip was to the Mayan ruins at El Zotz which means the bats. We drove in over rough 4x4 road and camped overnight. In the evening we went to the edge of the cliffs to watch as thousands of bats streamed out of the caves above to go on thier feeding runs over the jungle. They blackened the sky and rained down guano on us.... read more

I believe that there is a conspiracy going on between the pharmaseutical companies (like the ones manufacturing cough drops)and the restaurants throughout the San Pedro area. Actually, it is an even larger conspiracy, for the people of San Pedro are using them for the same purpose. If one would venture to the United States, and he or she would enter a restaurant like Applebees, at the end of the meal, he or she would be given a peppermint breathmint. Some of the restaurants even give out ANDES chocolate mints. In Honduras, however, I have discovered that there is a different treat for your after dinner mint. In the US we generally ask for a Halls when we are sick with a cold, or have a sore throat. Here in Honduras, the people use the Hall's cough ... read more