WALK AROUND BLOG

On December 23, 2025 we made our way across the border on foot from Costa Rica to Nicaragua – and what a rough experience that was. Any person with a general understanding of holidays and traffic patterns could easily assume that two days before Christmas in Latin America would be an awful time to travel through the only land crossing between the two countries. However, in an effort to keep the trip cheap and spend Christmas in Granada, we ended up on a two-day, chaotic journ

Picture this: colorful streets, lively markets, the largest lake in Central America, and a volcano as your backdrop – this is Granada,...

Nestled within the vast waters of the largest lake in Central America, Lake Nicaragua, lies a hidden gem: Las Isletas. These 365 islands,...

Welcome back to the Ring of Fire! While we’ve been lucky enough to visit quite a few volcanoes during our travels, including both dormant...

23,000 years ago in what would later become western Nicaragua, a large lake began to form in the caldera of an extinct volcano. Today,...

If you’re like us and are always searching for the cheapest way to get from Point A to Point B, there’s a good chance you’ll find...