For many travelers, the utterly mesmerizing and picturesque treasure of Antigua needs no introduction. It’s been a tourist hotspot for decades, and was very much a gem that captivated my young husband at the age of 22 when he first rolled through on a chicken bus, backpacking his way through Central America. And he’s been eager to return ever since….this…
It’s been quite some time since we’ve had a visitor, so I was absolutely elated when one of my best friends, Sarah, whom I’ve known for more than 20 years agreed to come down from North Carolina to Antigua for a visit. And I knew just the place I wanted to take her for a girls’s getaway…the famous Lago de…
From Ataco, El Salvador to Antigua Nearly a week and a half ago, we made the journey from Concepcion de Ataco, El Salvador to Antigua, Guatemala where we’ll be based for a month. Although the prospect of spending the day bouncing ~8-10 hours between multiple chicken buses sounded scintillating, we opted to hop on the van wagon with some other tourists…
At 45 and 47-year-old nomads, it’s sometimes hard to find our place…not only in the world, but amongst the ages. We live sandwiched in between two travel varieties…the more traditionally or early retired 50/60-somethings, who seemingly have unlimited funds… and the digi nomads, and/or ambitious, experience-driven and childless millennials, and Gen Z’s. We can relate a bit to both, but…
