A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
Cartagena is a beautiful and vibrant city with colourful baroque and modernist architecture. The street food in Cartagena is ever present and we had fun trying different varieties such as the Colombian staple arepas, which are like thick tortillas made with corn. You can eat them plain or stuffed with egg or meat. My favourite […] Read more…
We met up with our friends Lynn and Pete in Rio Dulce, a small but busy town named after the Rio Dulce, a river that runs from Lake Izabal to the Caribbean sea at Livingston. The Izabal region of Guatemala is densely jungled and very humid, quite a shock after the dry weather and cold nights in […] Read more…
A land of giant Ceiba trees, tiered waterfalls and jungle covered ruins: this is the North of Guatemala. We arrived from Belize on a minibus to Flores. Flores is a cute little town on an island in the middle of Lake Peten. Although touristy it has a certain charm to it and was very peaceful […] Read more…
We spent a week in the pine scented Chiapas State of Mexico, and were charmed by the friendly locals and fantastic food in San Cristobal de las Casas, wowed by the beautiful Canon de Suminero with it’s famous crocodiles, and inspired by the milky turquoise waterfalls of Agua Azul and the jungle engulfed ruins of […] Read more…