There are only 2 ways to safely get to Colombia from Panama: by plane or by boat. Crossing the Darien Gap is not recommended.
While flying to Colombia from Panama may be cheaper, a more popular way to get to Colombia for backpackers is to take a 5-6 day sailing trip, where 2 or 3 of those days are spent in the beautiful San Blas Islands. Doing a separate trip to the San Blas Islands …
I’ve first heard of this “proof of onward travel” when I was doing my research on whether to get a round-the-world ticket or just keep buying one-way tickets. I read some posts of people who only bought one-way tickets being required to show some proof of onward travel, which is usually a ticket out of the country, before they were allowed to board the plane.
Supposedly, airlines do this as it’s their responsibility to take …
I’m currently going through my expenses for March 2012 in Google Spreadsheet. I figured I’d share it here for those curious how much it cost to travel long term.
I’ve been quite lazy and been eating out more than I should be. Looking at my daily food expense breakdown, I’ve been spending between $5 – $24 a day on food, which is a pretty wide range. I told myself last time I did …
Since many backpackers mainly go to Utila to scuba when they visit Honduras, I’m assuming that many of them who are heading to Nicaragua will take a similar route I took. I’m hoping this post will be helpful to those planning their trip with the same route.
I took the 6:20 AM ferry from Utila (it was actually more like 7:00 AM as it was late) and arrived in La Ceiba around 8:00 AM. From …
While I was in Guatemala I met a lot of travelers heading to Honduras, mainly to Utila in the Bay Islands to scuba dive or learn how to.
Utila is one of the cheapest places (if not, the cheapest) to dive or learn how to dive, making it very popular with backpackers. Almost everyone I met who has done diving before absolutely loves it. This made me very jealous as I really wanted to try …