by Calvin Sun | Jun 27, 2013 | Costa Rica, Fit for Foodies, Summer 2013: Central America, Walking Tours
Our first group photo! Today we explored the lovely little town of Quepos, which was once underwater filled with mangroves (thanks for that Jenn Gao!), and is so small it only takes 3 hours to see everything, even if you’re walking really really slowly: ...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 27, 2013 | Costa Rica, How Did You Do That?, Lessons Learned, Summer 2013: Central America, The Nightlife, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come
Forbes Magazine lists it as one of the 12 most beautiful national parks in the world (the list is actually pretty thorough). A contributor to Forbes and the author of “Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?” remarked that this was “the most...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 26, 2013 | Costa Rica, How Did You Do That?, Lessons Learned, Public Transportation, Summer 2013: Central America
-__- "Paradise = wifi" I barely got an hour of sleep before we had to wake up at 5:15am to catch taxis to the Bus Station for Manuel Antonio. BEWARE: LONELY PLANET AND EVERYONE ELSE IS WRONG about where to catch the buses to Manuel Antonio and...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 26, 2013 | Border Crossing, Costa Rica, How Did You Do That?, Lessons Learned, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, Nicaragua, Summer 2013: Central America, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
Team of Monsooning Badasses Today we shrugged off the comforts of a direct international coach bus (that would’ve taken care of everything for us at a hefty price) and opted for independently navigating our way from Granada, Nicaragua to San Jose, Costa...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 25, 2013 | Fit for Foodies, Nicaragua, Summer 2013: Central America, The Nightlife, Walking Tours
We’ve had our fair share of colonial town experiences from Cartagena to Antigua to Santo Domingo, but Granada is something else of a find in Nicaragua. It may be not as well manicured as the aforementioned three, but that’s what makes...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 25, 2013 | Border Crossing, Nicaragua, Summer 2013: Central America, Walking Tours
After spending 1.5 hours at the border between Honduras and Nicaragua (most of it waiting around as they processed our passports), we arrived into Managua via Transnica Bus at around 1pm in the afternoon. From there we did a bit of sightseeing, starting...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 24, 2013 | Fit for Foodies, Honduras, How Did You Do That?, Lessons Learned, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, Mythbusters, Summer 2013: Central America
Tegucigalpa just got served. “…Tegucigalpa is dangerous and the crime is palpable . . . Comayaguela, which is very rough and tumble and not a place to linger day or night. San Isidro Market is a particular hot spot for petty theft. . . . Take...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 23, 2013 | Fit for Foodies, Honduras, Summer 2013: Central America, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
The second largest collection of Mayan ruins after Tikal, the Copan Ruinas are about a 1km walk (10min) away from the quaint little town, and quite convenient to get to. Head into the parking lot that’s 1km east from the town and turn left to enter the...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 22, 2013 | Honduras, How Did You Do That?, Mythbusters, Public Transportation, Summer 2013: Central America
To be honest, it wasn’t that bad. Not once did we ever feel unsafe driving through San Pedro Sula on our way to Copan Ruins. In fact, it looked like any other city in Central America. Our group landed in 3 separate runs: Angela arrived at noon on Friday, Erick,...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 22, 2013 | Honduras, Summer 2013: Central America, Travel Warnings
To be honest, I didn’t know this until after booking my tickets…but we’re about to fly into the “one of the world’s most violent places” a.k.a. The Murder Capital of the World: San Pedro Sula, Honduras. You might be thinking,...
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