Flashback: Colombia

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I’m going to tell you a secret. I was scared to travel to Colombia. In fact, when we arrived at the airport in Bogota I was sure things were going to end badly. No matter how many people recounted their love for Colombia, I had a hard time getting over my stereotypes. That was until [...]

Flashback: Granada, Nicaragua

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We’d had an awesome time going Volcano boarding in Leon and were on our way to the splendid Isla de Ometepe, one of our favorite places of the entire trip.  With one stop to make between those wonderful locales we decided to try and do something we hadn’t been able to do for a couple [...]

Flashback: Honduras

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Sometimes it’s about the journey not the destination.  Bumping around in the back of an overloaded Toyota pick up truck on our way into “the heart of darkness” was not my idea of fun. Maybe that’s a bit dramatic, but I couldn’t get Conrad’s book out of my head.  We were going into the heart [...]

Flashback: Belize

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It’s pitch black and the bed is shaking and, wait, no the whole building is shaking.  For a second I freeze in a panic and grab Danny.  He’s awake as well and we hold each other, tightly wondering out loud what is going on.  Finally it dawns on us that it must be an earthquake.  [...]