Travel Adventure - Backpacking Latin America's Gringo Trail Backpacking Latin America starting in Cuba, then travelling from East to the west coast of Mexico before making our through Central and finishing in South America.

Semuc Champey - underground caves and river tubing / El Tunco, El Salvador - detour to a small surf town

Wednesday, 15 Jul 2015 | Views [1194]

Matt and I were getting the  8am  shuttle the next morning to Semuc Champey, still not feeling the best. It ended up being a 10 hour ride and our shuttle was jam packed with people and seats were so uncomfortable. We were right behind the driver ... Read more >

Tags: candlelight, caving, eco lodge, natural rock pools, river, tubing, underground, war paint, water slides

Antigua and hiking Volcano Acatanango

Wednesday, 15 Jul 2015 | Views [876]

Even though it was only 4 hours from Lake Atitlan to Antigua the shuttle ride made it feel worse than a 15 hour bus ride. It was a little shuttle and I was on a small, hard fold out seat at the very front in between the driver and passenger seat. Extremely ... Read more >

Tags: antigua, camping, eruption, hike, lava, mountain, volcano

Lake Atitlan - kayaking the lake and climbing Indian's Nose

Sunday, 12 Jul 2015 | Views [841] | Comments [1]

Finished my first book - Wild (new movie starring Reese Witherspoon) about a girl hiking the PCT in America and 'finding herself' after her mum dIt's. Really good read and quite fitting to the travels I am on. Quite a profound ending and the message ... Read more >

Tags: hike, indians nose, kayaking, lake, mountain, sunrise, volcano

Photos: Guatemala

Sunday, 12 Jul 2015 | Photo Gallery