Toasting marshmallows on a volcano is a verbatim account of the travel oddities that happened to me in Guatemala, Honduras and Belize. In particular, it was my first group travel adventure genre. Although truth be told it was more of a Spartan trip. For those not yet familiar with them, you can find out what…
Tours to deserts and oases of Tunisia. In December 2010 the last time I went to a travel agency, the lady at the counter had no doubt what answer to give me. I was coming from an intense period from every point of view. I was single again after a 3-year affair (my longest until…
Visiting a Caribbean island: Belize I think visiting a Caribbean island is a dream for many people. After my experience in Cuba, I wasn’t all that excited about it, but the final leg of my trip to Belize was well worth it. The country is small and one of the last former British Crown possessions;…
Visit a Mayan site: Tikal Of course, another goal of the trip was to visit a Mayan site; we saw 2 nice big ones. In our Western ignorance, many people cannot distinguish between the various pre-Columbian civilizations, the most important of which were Tikal is Guatemala’s main Mayan center; many temples have been recovered from…
You may remember a famous commercial about the wrong company; especially when traveling, a type that really annoys me is the negative type. This area of the world is not only nature and colonial cities, but also Mayan archaeological remains. Copan (Honduras) I chose this itinerary because it was very varied, and because it also…
I begin to frame fellow travelers It only took me a few hours to begin to frame my fellow travelers. There were some very nice people, but I would not find the woman of my life. Plus I was going to have to be very patient, as there were a lot of selfies among my…
To climb a volcano and toasting marshmallows with lava was a somewhat silly activity on the schedule that tickled my fancy for original things quite a bit. Antigua We landed in Guatemala City (famous for crime) and skipped it altogether to move to Antigua. Passing through the capital again in the following days, they did…
The pros of group travel One advantage of group travel is that for certain destinations, it solves many organization problems. This is even more true if you are alone and have numbered vacation days. Especially in some countries, autonomy by private means is excessively difficult and public transportation has problems. I chose to have this…
Group travel agency The travel to Central America was my first with a famous agency that has been organizing so many for so many years; with a theoretically adventurous spirit in which groups of strangers are created. Distinctions have to be made, because, in my opinion, more than adventurous, they are spartan trips, because somewhere,…