Our Travel Journey: Latin America & Beyond
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Since 2007, El Salvador has remarkably transformed, with efficient border crossings and improved safety, especially in San Salvador’s historic center. Highlights include the impactful Iglesia El Rosario, local bus travel to coastal La Libertad for surfing, and the charming town of Suchitoto, known for its colonial beauty and artisanal indigo textiles.
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From San Jose an early morning Tica Bus to Granada, Nicaragua. The bus journey was quite long and border crossings in Central America seem to take much longer than those in South America. Leaving Costa …
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From Panama, we crossed the land border into Costa Rica and made our way to the capital San Jose, arriving just after 10 in the evening. Despite looking relatively small on the map, distances can …
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Panama offers a blend of bustling urban life, rich history, and serene natural landscapes. From the UNESCO-listed old quarter of Panama City to the marvel of the Panama Canal, there’s much to captivate travellers. Boquete, with its lush coffee estates and cool highland climate, provides a tranquil retreat.
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The final leg of our Mexican tour was the Yucatan Peninsular. From Palenque we took the bus to the old colonial port of Campeche. Because the Yucatan is very flat, mostly less than 50 metres …
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Oaxaca has become one of the major cultural destinations in Mexico, and is the type of city where you can simply take time out and just absorb its many attractions. It was the first city …
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We arrived in Mexico City after a long flight on the 11th January 2023 and while the airport was fairly busy we were safely through it complete with bags and a simple immigration process and …
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Going South from the Zona Cafetera, the number of tourists is greatly reduced, especially as distances are greater from the major population centres of Bogotá and Medellín and international tourists stick to the arc between …
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Our first destination in the Zona Cafetera was the university town of Manizales. The town, unusually for Latin America, sits right on top of a mountain, with the principal city centre street being the highest …
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2022 journey to Medellin and Jardín de Antioquia
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