These 6 last months rambling around Central America reserved me a wonderful bunch of surprises: budding speleologist, Indiana Jones girl, apprentice mermaid… I share with you a little bit of this magical cocktail of emotions through 10 unique experiences from Mexico to Panama:
1. Budding Speleologist
…by exploring crystalline blue underground waters.
Mexico, Yucatan, Cenote Dos Ojos; Guatemala, Semuc Champey; Mexico, Cenote Ek Balam
2. Indiana Jones Girl
…by discovering lost ruins from the mayan world.
Mexico, Ek Balam; Guatemala, Tikal; Mexico, Tulum
3. Apprentice Mermaid
…by taking a submarine “walk” deep down in the ocean (by day, but also at night!)
Honduras, Utila Island
4. Temporary Indigena
…by letting time stop in remote villages in-between lake and volcanoes.
Nicaragua, Ometepe Island; Salvador, Santa Ana Volcanoes; Guatemala, Atitlan Lake
5. Unconvinced Historian
…by trying to understand the surrounding colonial history and religious fervor.
Nicaragua, Granada; Guatemala, Antigua; Nicaragua, Leon
6. Pirate at Heart
…by feeling the open sea and gold call « Yo-ho-ho ! And a bottle of rum ! ».
Nicaragua, Rio San Juan, El Castillo
7. Naturalist in the Making
…by being amazed by so much biodiversity.
Costa Rica: Boca Tapada, Osa Peninsula, Golfo Dulce, Tenorio
8. Eternal Food Lover
…by adding to my (already long!) list of favorite ingredients frijoles, corn and coco.
from Mexico to Panama!
9. Pacific Amazon
…by galloping freely on the beach at nightfall.
Panama, Playa Venao
10. True Backpacker
…by traveling almost always in collective buses, the famous “chicken buses”.
from Mexico to Panama!
+ 11. Tender Heart
…by falling secretly in love with a latino so “cariñoso” <3
