Monthly Archives: October 2009
Baby Boomer Traveling: Making the World a Better Place
Third in a series on traveling with a mission in Costa Rica by Doris Gallan.
Non-profit – and some for-profit – organizations in Costa Rica offer travelers the opportunity to work in helping orphans, organic farms and preserve animals and their [...]
Weekly Travel Tips – More Traveling with Kids
This might sound super obvious, but I find my husband constantly forgetting to do this easy but insanely necessary act: Ask my son before we head off in car, bus, or train if he has to PEE!
And, of course, 10 [...]
Family Travel – Atitlan’s Villages, Guatemala
After a successful bargaining deal with the head hancho of the Panajachel Piers in Guatemala, we were on our way.
The tour was to take us to 4 villages. The first one was Santa Catarina la Laguna. Now that I’ve [...]
Photo Friday – Billboards in San Pedro La Laguna, Atitlan Guatemala, Who Wants to Advertise Here?
If you want to market your business in San Pedro, a small town in Guatemala, you have a lot of competition. This is the Times Square of San Pedro de la Laguna, Lake Atitlan.
On top of that, can you read [...]
Costa Rica Wildlife – 9 Reasons the Baird’s Tapir has Changed Its Behavior
One of the largest mammals to be found in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, the Baird’s Tapir, was named after the American naturalist Spencer Fullerton Baird who traveled to Mexico in 1843 and observed the animals. Since then the [...]
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