La Playa Matilda

or, Paradise Found, Nicaragua

A Brief and Fated Romance

or Two Weeks in San Salvador

In the Orbit of Ometepe

I find myself on the southwestern shore of a giant volcanic island in the…

Rain in Xela

I came into the city of Quetzaltenango- which absolutely everyone calls by its Maya name, Xela- for the second time on a cold and rainy…

Adrift in the Land of the Rich Coast

Thanksgiving. Playa Samara on the Nicoya Peninsula, northwest of Costa Rica. Feeling tropical…

Laguna de Apoyo

or; the Waters of Support are not enough

Antigua

I spent exactly thirty nights in Antigua, which means old, or ancient, and whose name is actually Antigua Guatemala, or old Guatemala, as it was…

Atitlan at Last

There is something about El Lago de Atitlan. Something mysterious and elemental and profound. A vast lake in the highlands of…

Terremoto and other Tribulations

Just as I was settling in to my new life as a student of teaching english, strange and disturbing…

The Canyonlands of Santander

It has taken me awhile, but I have found the next good place. One that I think I can immerse myself in for…