Category: Travelling
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P for positively surprised
Some travelers tried to dissuade us to go to San Juan del Sur as it was ugly, overcrowded and dirty but we decided to head there anyway to relax for two days – read: do (absolutely) nothing to avoid spending money before crossing into Costa Rica. At first, we were not sure of our decision…
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O for Omotepe: a two-faced island
When we boarded the ferry to Omotepe island in San Jorge, we didn’t know what to expect. Yes, we had done our usual ritual: googling and asking other travelers about the island but this somehow didn’t help much. There were unfortunately too many contradictory opinions (‘it is great’, ‘it is boring’, ‘so many things to…
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N for Nicaragua: the country we have trouble to fall in love with…
Yes, we had amazing days in Somoto, Las Peñitas, Little Corn Island and Matagalpa, yet, we are struggling to fall in love with Nicaragua. Our hearts are refusing to warm up to Nicaragua the way they did for El Salvador and Honduras. M and I have been discussing a lot about it and we have…
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M for marvelously marvelous and marvelously relaxing
Since it seems that most of our boat rides have given us exciting (yet terrifying) memories so far, I didn’t expect anything less from our boat ride to Little Corn island. We had reached Big Corn Island by plane as the road plus boat option was too time consuming and we were eager to get…
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L for Live, love and laugh
With 3 countries involved, 12 hours on 7 different buses and 4 border crossings (out El Salvador, in and out Honduras and in) to reach Nicaragua, it’d better be a good one, we bitterly thought. We were pretty bummed out to leave El Salvador behind (to say the least) and cranky… Those 4 border crossings were…
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K for kindness or the Salvadorian quality the world fails to see!
After riding many more chicken buses, hitchhiking (sorry, mom!) and traveling to the Northern, Western and Eastern parts of El Salvador, we would like to confirm that our previous statement was spot on: this ‘Don’t go to El Salvador, it is dangerous’ is bullcrap and before someone shouts (people tend to shout at you on social media…
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J for j’adore!
Ok, it has been a week, 11 different towns/villages, 16 chicken buses rides and I’m not gonna lie to you: I was really tempted to copy / paste my post on Honduras… What? Yes, it would have been pure laziness but it was sooo tempting! But since I’m (lowering my voice) unemployed *coughing*, I figured…
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I for incredible Honduras
When we told our friends and families that we would be traveling through Honduras, many of them were not impressed so let’s start with a fact, shall we? Honduras, as a whole, is NOT dangerous. Au contraire! We discovered a beautiful peaceful country where people were incredibly friendly and helpful, landscapes were incredibly beautiful and…
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Tuesday yumminess!
I officially have a new favorite word (and most likely a new addiction): baleada(s). This is a traditional Honduran dish you can easily have for your breakfast, your lunch AND (normal people would use OR…) your dinner. I might have overdone it the past few days but I simply couldn’t help it. This wheat tortilla,…
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What I wish I would have known before backpacking Central America…
… Not that it would have changed a thing but come on, a fair warning is always nice. After four weeks of traveling (happy surviving anniversary to me), the glamorous part of backpacking has worn off (if there was any to begin with) and my brain has finally accepted that I was not on holidays…
Frenchie Gone Exploring 