Solo Female Travel in Antigua, Guatemala! Ohhhh….how I love Antigua, Guatemala! I traveled there in 2017, & used Antigua as my Guatemala base ~ from which I explored Lake Atitlan, Chichicastenago, & the brilliant pools of Semuc Champey. But Antigua was...
Best Hotels with Sea Views in Manuel AntonioManuel Antonio is an interesting place: many of its hotels are situated high up on cliffs, overlooking the ocean. It’s not an easy town to walk in, as the main highway through town has little to no shoulder, & no...
Top 5 Places in Latin America to Study Spanish Over 400 million people in the world speak Spanish. It’s the world’s second most popular language, after Chinese. And if you’re traveling anywhere in Latin America ~ be it Mexico, Costa Rica, or Peru:...
Ultimate Guide to Costa Rica Travel Welcome to the “Ultimate Guide to Costa Rica Travel!” Costa Rica is officially the “Land of Pura Vida.” What is Pura Vida? Directly translated, it means “Pure Life,” or “Simple...
Why Are We So Afraid of the Other?***Author’s Note: I wrote this article, “Why Are We So Afraid of the Other?” many years ago, at a little cafe in Granada, Nicaragua. It was written before I had a blog, on an old computer ~ & I’d thought...
What’s Happening in Nicaragua Right Now A couple weeks ago, I began hearing rumblings of problems in Nicaragua ~ on Instagram, of all places. “Pray for Nicaragua” posts were going up, & sobering accounts of violence occurring at the hands of the...
