by humoftheearth | Oct 18, 2018 | Places I've Been
Someone told me that the nicest beach in El Salvador was Playa San Diego (near the very local town of La Libertad). The beaches I had experience in El Salvador had been less than dreamy (black sand) so I figured I was due for a good dose of coastal paradise. Since my...
by humoftheearth | Oct 13, 2018 | Places I've Been
The majority of travelers I’ve might who did or planned to got to El Salvador were usually making plans for the Pacific Coast, which was globally renown as a good surf spot with huge waves. So I felt I should check it out. Why not? Since the country is...
by humoftheearth | Oct 10, 2018 | Places I've Been
El Salvador charmed me. The people I had met along the Ruta de Flores were so warm and joyful and the vegetation was richer and more beautiful than anything I had seen thus far on my trip. But yet I was willing to get away from it all to see what life was like in a...
by humoftheearth | Oct 1, 2018 | Places I've Been
La Ruta de Flores (meaning flower road), was not in bloom when I was passing through. But this didn’t really bother me because La Ruta de Flores is so much more than that. It’s a action packed buffet of small town western El Salvador surrounded by awesome...
by humoftheearth | Sep 22, 2018 | Places I've Been
”Don’t go to Guatemala City, it’s dangerous.” If you travel enough in Guatemala (the country) you’ll hear this. For better or for worst at this point the word danger kind of goes in one ear and out the other for me. This is the result of...
by humoftheearth | Sep 13, 2018 | Places I've Been
The same things that made riding into Lake Atitlan a jaw dropping experience (mountains and volcanos) were going to make departing from this massive crater lake a bit of an endeavor. But I wasn’t in a hurry, there was no shame in taking two days to bicycle to...
by humoftheearth | Sep 6, 2018 | Places I've Been
I usually try to not get too excited about upcoming locations since this is a recipe for underwhelment (not a real word but this is my blog try and stop me!). I had seen videos of a place that didn’t look real. I was excited to get there San Pedro is the...
by humoftheearth | Aug 26, 2018 | Places I've Been
Time to begin my journey through Central America! I had heard the following from travelers about Guatemala: amazing culture, sites and geography. I had heard from cyclists online: ”A b**tch to cycle”. The days before entering this new frontier I was...
by humoftheearth | Aug 15, 2018 | Places I've Been
With Guatemala on my doorstep, it was time to make the most of my last few days Mexico. With the help of the amazing state of Chiapas, I think I succeeded in doing this Cascada el Chiflón is easily the most amazing waterfall I’ve ever seen. Watch the...
by humoftheearth | Aug 7, 2018 | Thoughts, Tips
To see a video of me covering this topic you can scroll down below this article I’ve been riding my bicycle through the Center and West Coast of Mexico for the last 4 months and I could easily do another 4. Mexico stunned me with the sheer amount of places worth...