Adventures and fascinations of Matt Pāz
At about noon, the bus pulled to the side of the road, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. There was nothing in eyeshot except jungle and the two-lane road. The bus driver announced “ENBISIO’N!” The passengers looked around confused for a second, “Here?” … Read more
I was dropped off by the shuttle outside of Bigfoot Hostel in the center of León, Nicaragua. Music and the shrieks of people partying spilled into the streets. It was almost New Years, so there were a lot party people in town. … Read more
The shuttle from San Marcos took me to Antigua, and arrived at noon. I found another shuttle onward to Guatemala City at 3pm, and killed a few hours in a café. I arrived in in Guatemala City or Guate (as the locals call it) at 4:15pm and was dropped near my Hostel in Zona 1, the historical center. … Read more
The van from San José to Pochutla took 3.5hours after encountering roadwork on the winding mountain roads. In Pochutla I caught a cab outside the van depot for a 20-minute ride to Puerto Angel and arrived at my Airbnb at 1:30pm.… Read more
The bus ride southwest to Oaxaca took about four and a half hours. I had a luxury bus, so it was a quite nice trip with scenic views of the dry, steppe, desert scrub land which most people think of when envisioning Mexico that transformed into tropical savanna and rolling green hills. … Read more