Tag Archives | Central America

Lost in a Volcano Crater

By on October 25, 2009 ]

While staying in Alegría, El Salvador it’s necessary to visit Laguna de Alegría, a green hot spring fed sulfur lake inside the crater of volcano Tecapa that exudes mysticism.  From Alegría’s town center you can easily walk 45 minutes in sandals along a cobblestone road or hire a guide to take you on a 2-hour [...]

Fotos de El Salvador

Discover Flowers of Alegria El Salvador

By on October 20, 2009 ]

Alegría is located in the Usulután department of El Salvador and can be considered one of the most beautiful small towns tourists will visit in the country.  If traveling to Alegría from San Salvador, expect 5 hours of traveling on various buses, but you can be assured you will be pleasantly rewarded.  Alegría is a [...]

Santa Ana Volcano, El Salvador

By on October 17, 2009 ]

Santa Ana was our second city we traveled to in El Salvador and it is also their second largest city.  As we arrived to the city, it was clear that buses handle most transportation.  The number of buses arriving and departing was staggering, and the exhaust pollution was just as bad.  I was eager to [...]

Travel Video

Climbing Volcano San Pedro – Travel Video Ep. 2

By on September 26, 2009 ]

Watch More Adventure Travel Videos Enjoy Climbing the extremely steep Volcano San Pedro through an HD adventure travel video from 2 Backpackers, Jason and Aracely Castellani, while visiting Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.  In travel video episode #2, only 2 days into our year long trip, we hike up one of the steepest volcanoes surrounding Lake [...]

Hard Working Children of Guatemala

By on September 19, 2009 ]

I have only traveled to a few Latin American countries prior to arriving in Guatemala twenty-one days ago.  In 2003 I spent ten days in Costa Rica, in 2004 seventeen days in Ecuador (my country of origin), in 2008 eight days in Dominican Republic and in March of this year Jason and I spent six [...]

Guatemala’s Travel by Numbers

By on September 3, 2009 ]

Here is a few fun statistics of our first week of travels in Guatemala. Miles traveled: 250 miles Hours in a bus: 21 Number of hostels stayed in: 4—The hostels we’ve stayed in have been quite nice and comfortable.  El Portal in Semuc Champey was the most picturesque, but the walls of the bungalows are [...]