Co$ta Rica
steph Costa Rica feels different than the rest of Central America. There is a lack of men with guns everywhere. You can pull a bag of ice out of a freezer…
Camping refresher
I love islands! I had good memories of Ometepe being a relaxing place, and was not disappointed. The first night we were a little disappointed because we had hoped to…
Bits and bites, nine months in
Today marks nine months on the road, and we have been observing this milestone by holing up in an air-conditioned hotel in Granada. The current mood has a bit to…
Familiar grounds
For the first time since Baja (or backtracking our few times through San Cristóbal), we have arrived in a place that I’ve visited before–Nicaragua. Back in 2008, in the summer…
Instavan II
Even though I now carry a tiny camera, sometimes I just don’t have it on me. More at my steph3280 account on Instagram.
Honduras: a mixed bag
A lot of overlanders skip Honduras, mostly because of widespread police corruption on the 100-km Honduran stretch of the Pan-American highway, and the country’s reputation as the poorest and most…
Onto Honduras
The El Salvador-to-Honduras border crossing at El Poy was our worst one yet. We were stamped out of El Salvador in about 25 minutes, but the Honduran side took a…
Road reads
While we’re holed up in Suchitoto with some car issues, I thought I’d solicit some reading suggestions. Even though space in the van is tight (and we both have Kindles),…
Semana Salvador
We left Guatemala with little fanfare, having passed through the country in four weeks. Our last couple of nights we spent with Juan’s friend Rodolfo in Guatemala City. We got…
Guesties in the Westy
This past week my beloved little brother and his new wife came to join us in Guatemala. We spent two nights in Antigua, two in Panajachel on Lake Atitlán, two…