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Our Top 20 Worst Travel Experiences: A Year in Review

January 9, 2015 By John Widmer 39 Comments

The end of 2014 also marked the end of our first full year of travel. So we recently posted about our absolute favorite experiences from this past year roaming around the world. But life on the road isn’t all gumdrops and unicorns. We certainly incurred our share of misfortunes too. […]

Filed Under: Misadventures Around the World, Posts Tagged With: Belize, Colombia, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Our Top 20 Favorite Travel Experiences from 2014!

January 6, 2015 By John Widmer 4 Comments

Top 20 travel 2014

One Very Full Year in Travel, The 20 Best Experiences: 2014 came to a close right at the same time that our first full year of travel has been completed, so we figured it’s a perfect time to recall and share our favorite travel experiences from this past year. In 2014 […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Monthly Updates, Posts Tagged With: Austria, Belgium, Belize, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine

The Best of Travel, Adventure, Food, and Drinks Around Central America

April 18, 2014 By John Widmer 20 Comments

We traveled through all eight countries of Central America over the course of more than three months. Our 12-week Central America route took us overland from the Yucatan region of Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and finally to Panama. During this Central America overland journey, […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Drinking Around the World, Eating & Drinking Around the World, Eating Around the World, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Belize, Best of, Central America, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama

Roaming Around Antigua, Guatemala

April 6, 2014 By John Widmer Leave a Comment

Antigua Guatemala Street

If you ever travel to Guatemala, chances are at some point you will come to the city of Antigua. So after spending nearly a month in this great country, it was a fitting end for us to finally make our way to this town before heading South to Nicaragua. From what […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World Tagged With: Central America, Guatemala

Hiking San Pedro Volcano Guatemala Summit

March 27, 2014 By John Widmer 2 Comments

Volcan San Pedro from trailhead

This is part 3 of our 3-part post about our Lake Atitlan adventures. Here’s part 1 and part 2. The doctor had said to stay off my leg for 10 days or until the infection had healed. It had been about a week and although far from healed, it was […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Central America, Guatemala

Beers Around Guatemala

March 25, 2014 By John Widmer 14 Comments

Beer mug guatemala

We loved Guatemala for so many reasons… the awesome recreation, the beauty of the highlands, the friendly people, and the terrific value for your money. Although there are plenty of great reasons to come to Guatemala, beer tourism probably isn’t one of them. But if you are making your way […]

Filed Under: Drinking Around the World, Beers Around the World, Eating & Drinking Around the World Tagged With: Beer, Central America, Guatemala

Paragliding Lake Atitlan: What It Was Like To Soar Over Guatemala

March 24, 2014 By John Widmer Leave a Comment

Paragliding over Lago Atitlan and Panajachel

While traveling through San Pedro, Guatemala with a nasty skin infection on my leg, we were looking for some fun things to do that would keep me off my leg. We had heard that you could go paragliding in Lago Atitlan, so that fits the bill! But we didn’t even really know […]

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Kayaking Around Sunken San Pedro La Laguna

March 22, 2014 By John Widmer Leave a Comment

Lago Atitlan Sunrise Fisherman

After our week in Xela studying Spanish while John’s infection healed, it was time to head on out to our next destination in Guatemala, the lovely Lago Atitlan. We had planned to do a lot of hiking and other active pursuits here, but those plans had now been halted by […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World Tagged With: Central America, Guatemala

Dealing with a Nasty Infection in Guatemala

March 14, 2014 By John Widmer 12 Comments

It was only a matter of time before one of us got hurt. I (John) had some sort of bug bite on my leg. Perhaps it was a spider bite or maybe just a mosquito bite-gone-bad. We’ll probably never know. Whatever insect did this to me; my leg was not […]

Filed Under: Misadventures Around the World Tagged With: Central America, Guatemala

Back to School (Volver a la Escuela)

March 11, 2014 By John Widmer Leave a Comment

Our Need for Spanish School in Xela Guatemala During previous trips to Mexico, most people spoke decent enough English in the popular tourist destinations we’ve travelled to. So we mistakenly thought we’d be able to get by fine in our first few Mexico destinations and hopefully we’d slowly pick up […]

Filed Under: Preparing Tagged With: Central America, Guatemala

Hiking Volcan Tajumulco: Summiting the Highest Mountain in Central America

March 10, 2014 By John Widmer 13 Comments

Under the cloak of the night sky we were completely lost, clinging to the side of a mountain cliff with no ropes or harnesses, shivering cold in below freezing temperatures, and unable to breath the thin air. Surely we had to be close to the mountain’s summit but the moonlight […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Misadventures Around the World Tagged With: Central America, Guatemala

Cruising the Rio Dulce in Guatemala

March 6, 2014 By John Widmer 1 Comment

This post is ruining the continuity of this blog. I just realized we never posted about our journey down the beautiful Rio Dulce to Livingston. So lets rewind just a bit, shall we? To get to Livingston you must take a boat. Our route took us right on down the Rio Dulce. […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World Tagged With: Central America, Guatemala

The Long Journey From Semuc to Xela and Hiking Nebaj to Acul

March 5, 2014 By John Widmer 6 Comments

We were in Semuc Champey and needed to get to Quetzaltenango (AKA “Xela” for short). It appeared the most direct route was through the Northern Highlands of Guatemala. Alternatively there were tourist shuttles that we could take on a more Southerly route through Antigua and then connect to Xela. We […]

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Extreme Adventure in Semuc Champey

February 28, 2014 By John Widmer 9 Comments

Semuc Champey seems to be in the middle of nowhere in Guatemala as there are no major cities within hours of driving. It was a long full day of travel just to get there and then our first day in the area was rained out a bit so we waited […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Central America, Guatemala

Tapado Recipe from Livingston Guatemala

February 27, 2014 By John Widmer 5 Comments

While in Livingston, Guatemala, we spent the evening with Mega, his sister and family learning how to cook the staple Garafuni dish of Tapado, a delicious seafood stew in a tasty coconut broth. Although its a stew, the dish is extremely hearty, filling, and eats like meal. Serve with a […]

Filed Under: Eating Around the World, Eating & Drinking Around the World Tagged With: Central America, Guatemala

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