Adventures and fascinations of Matt Pāz
My taxi driver dropped me at a gas station across the street from the multicolored “San Juan del Sur” welcome sign.
San Juan del Sur is a medium sized beach town of about 15,000 people situated on a moon shaped bay of the Pacific in the far Southwest of Nicaragua. … 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
I walked a few blocks from where the bus dropped me and saw a street lined by vendor stalls leading east towards the ocean. Recognizing that this must be one of the main drags in town, I headed down it looking for a place to stay.… Read more
Our bus pulled into the bus station in Chiclayo, Peru at around four in the afternoon. After grabbing our bags, Chris, Heidi, and I headed out front and surveyed the scene. We determined we were only a few blocks from the center of the city, so decided to walk towards there while looking for a hostel. … Read more