CENTRAL AMERICA – Page 2 – LATIN AMERICA FOCUS

CENTRAL AMERICA, GUATEMALA, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL

LATIN AMERICA APPETITE WHETTER # 3: LAGO PETÉN ITZÁ @ EL REMATE (GUATEMALA)

Latin America has no shortage of spectacular lakes. Lake Titicaca is, I believe, the most spectacular of all. Lago de Atitlan in the Guatemalan highlands is breathtaking.. The lakes of Patagonia will astound you with their colour and incredible backdrops. The list goes on. Lago Petén Itzá in the north of Guatemala is not as […]

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LATIN AMERICAN FOOD: L-Z

Here’s the second instalment of my brief Latin American food guide – this time L-Z. It has been a bit more challenging to come up with a food for every letter here and I allowed myself some liberty. I’ve enjoyed compiling the guide, I hope you enjoy reading. Lechón: It’s hard to beat roast pork, […]

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LATIN AMERICAN FOOD: A-K

Wake up each day and there is that need to put something in your stomach. In three years travelling/living in the Americas I filled up on all of the below and much, much more. I probably ate on the streets too much and am sure that I picked up a range of unwanted gut flora. […]

CENTRAL AMERICA, HONDURAS, PHOTOGRAPHY

LAGARTIJA

I was lucky to see this creature basking in the sun at Copan Ruins in Honduras. Incidentally lagartija (lizard) is one of my favourite words in Spanish – has a great sound to it. Actually there are other creatures from the natural world with great sounding names in Spanish. Murciélago (bat) and luciérnaga (firefly) are […]

CENTRAL AMERICA, NICARAGUA, TRAVEL

LATIN AMERICA APPETITE WHETTER # 1: ISLA DE OMETEPE (NICARAGUA)

This is the first in a series of brief travel bites. I’ll aim to add one from every Latin American country I’ve visited. Isla de Ometepe rises majestically from Central America’s largest lake in Central America’s largest country-Nicaragua. Ometepe is reached by ferry which leaves port six kilometres from the township of Rivas. The voyage […]

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ODE TO THE LATIN AMERICAN STREET DOG

Sans shame, you copulate under shop awnings, in parks, down alleys then trot off for post-coital taco scraps on Mexico City corners Slumbering in sunny plazas you dream while fleas run amok across your fur and screw into your rabid flesh I saw you snarl White of your eyes and unknown intentions in the streets […]

CENTRAL AMERICA, GUATEMALA, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL

TWO MAM MEN

I love the small towns of Latin America and one of my favourites is Todos Santos Cuchumatán in the western highlands of Guatemala. The surrounding mountain scenery is spectacular, the air crisp and fresh and the culture of the Mam people is well preserved in town. Virtually all the native inhabitants of the village wear […]

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THE MULTIFACETED CHICKEN BUS OF CENTRAL AMERICA

Chicken buses – the epithet comes from the possibility that you might be seated next to one – are the mainstay of travel in Central America. These old American Bluebird school buses, often repainted in the most garish of colours and adorning such adages as ‘Jesus Christ is the saviour’ and ‘Jehovah will show the […]