COSTA RICA – LATIN AMERICA FOCUS

BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA, COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, PANAMA, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL

CENTRAL AMERICA SERIES

One photo from each of the seven countries of Central America. Guatemala – Two Mayan women cross the square of Santiago Atitlan. Belize – Belizean girl on Caye Caulker. El Salvador – A street dog in the central square of Suchitoto Honduras – Three Honduran boys in front of the flags of Honduras, Guatemala and […]

CENTRAL AMERICA, COSTA RICA, NICARAGUA

COSTA RICA TO MAINTAIN DISTANCE WITH NICARAGUA UNTIL ICJ DELIVERS VERDICT (TRANSLATION)

“Los Ticos (Costa Ricans) and “Los Nicas” (Nicaraguans) are currently not the best of buddies. Their dispute over their shared border has been going on for a while. Read more about it here. Costa Rica, a country with no standing army, is putting its faith in the Internation Court of Justice. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega seems […]

ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CENTRAL AMERICA, CHILE, COSTA RICA, CUBA, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, FOOD, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, MEXICO, NICARAGUA, PANAMA, PERU, SOUTH AMERICA, TRAVEL, Uncategorized, VENEZUELA

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, […]

ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CENTRAL AMERICA, CHILE, COSTA RICA, CUBA, ECUADOR, FOOD, HONDURAS, MEXICO, NICARAGUA, PERU, SOUTH AMERICA, TRAVEL

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. […]

BELIZE, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CENTRAL AMERICA, CHILE, COSTA RICA, CUBA, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, MEXICO, NICARAGUA, PANAMA, PERU, PHOTOGRAPHY, POETRY, SOUTH AMERICA, VENEZUELA

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 […]

BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA, COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, PANAMA, TRAVEL

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 […]