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The Alamo
We went to the Alamo because I read a book about it and I thought it was awesome. Texas used to be a part of Mexico. Mexico used to be a part of Spain. A Mexican priest started a revolution against Spain. Spain’s government killed him but the Mexicans overthrew Spain. Mexico first had an…
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Central America Retrospective
I already did a top ten for South America and I thought it went fairly well. I enjoyed doing it so much that I decided to do a similar thing for Central America. We didn’t spend as much time in Central America as we did in South America, so this will only be a top…
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Xunatunich and Iguanas
Our border crossing from Guatemala* in to Belize was quick and easy, and Belize is not a big place. We stopped at the first town over the border for a couple of nights. I was interested in going to the Xunatunich Mayan ruins but we decided to save that for the next morning. Also the…
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The Belize Zoo
A couple days ago we went to the Belize Zoo. We wanted to learn about northern central American animals so we went here to learn. We walked in and got our tickets, then headed into the zoo. The first exhibit was a snake exhibit in which we saw the feared fer de lance, or lance…
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Temples in the Jungle
Today we went to Tikal. Tikal is an ancient Mayan site in Guatemala. It is considered the second most famous Mayan site, after Chichen Itza. It is a huge complex of temples and other buildings, of which only about 20% have been uncovered. We spent about six hours here, exploring the temples and jungle, and…
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Tikal
Today we went to Tikal. Tikal is a Mayan city that is now in ruins. No one knows why the Mayans abandoned Tikal; one hypothesis is that they left because the soil was not good for farming any more. The temples are very big and pretty. They carried all the rocks on their backs because…
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Resting in Guatemala
We’ve been traveling up through Central America at a good clip. Three border crossings in three days was aggressive and draining, but El Salvador was great: we spent our time in smaller towns and found the country pretty and the people very friendly. We stayed at and toured a coffee plantation and processing plant. In…
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Ziplining and Labyrinth
Today we went to a place that was really cool. We first went to a labyrinth. The labyrinth was made of bushes. Audrey and I were on a team and my parents were on a team. Audrey and I looked for a long time but had to team up with my parents to find the…
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Border Dash
We’re in the middle of a three-day, three-country border dash. When we made plans for the Central American leg of our trip in Cartagena, we realized that we didn’t have enough time to do everything we wanted and some things had to be cut. The result was that after two and a half weeks in…
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Ziplining in Costa Rica
A couple days ago we went zip lining. We were in Monteverde, Costa Rica, and had seen so many signs about canopy tours and zip lining, that we knew we had to try it. We picked the Original Canopy Tour, the one that started the high flying craze. It included a Tarzan Swing, a Rappel,…
