Wow what a special place! Witches Rock (Roca Bruja or Pena Bruja) is located in Santa Rosa National Park in Northern Costa Rica. The actual beach is called Playa Naranjo and Witches Rock is the mesmerizing massive rock monument sitting in the ocean right in front of the best surfing on the beach. Most people …
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Tourism in El Salvador is built around surfing. El Salvador was one of the countries we were a little unsure about originally to due to safety concerns, but everyone who had been told us not to worry. The violence here is well reported on in the media, but as we expected it is kept completely …
Its that time…time to leave Mexico for the Guatemalan frontera. We learned a lot about being on the road, saw some amazing sights, met wonderful people, and improved our Spanish in Mexico, but we were really ready for something new. And we definitely found it. [pe2-image src=”http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8JqWALi1nmY/VUFExhCuJRI/AAAAAAAAxrU/AyZRD34ot_0/s144-c-o/IMG_4072.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/115263927216347870948/GuatemalaRuinsVolcanosAndSpanishBlog23TravelingtheamericasCom#6143266984184128786″ caption=”Sunrise at the top of Acatenango. One …
We spent two weeks exploring and surfing the Oaxacan Coast from Puerto Escondido to Salina Cruz. This area is really famous amongst surfers around the world, but was surprisingly not too crowded. [pe2-image src=”http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0C-6cfz14sg/VTv7fqcshFI/AAAAAAAAxKQ/7jXF87x5WYI/s144-c-o/IMG_3821.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/115263927216347870948/SurfingTheMexicoOaxacaCoastBlog22#6141779038238966866″ caption=”My favorite wave, Chipehua” type=”image” alt=”IMG_3821.JPG” ]
After driving out of the tropical forest of Chiapas, we headed back west towards Oaxaca. Oaxaca city, located in the state of Oaxaca, was another place we were really looking forward to when we were getting ready for this trip. We had heard of rich Mexican and indigenous cultures and amazing food, and was so …
It was hard to pull ourselves away from the beautiful beaches and amazing kiting in the Yucatan, but the road was calling us, and this time it was calling us to the lush tropical landscapes in the southeastern part of Mexico, the state of Chiapas. If you haven’t noticed by now, Mexico is full of …
Jenine and I like to alternate between cities and beaches every couple of weeks. We had just wrapped up an amazing time in Mexico City, and I was dying to get to the Yucatan to catch the end of the windy season for kiteboarding. There is generally good wind in the Yucatan from Dec through …
Its been awhile since we last posted about taking Spanish classes in Guanajuato. Since then we’ve actually made it all the way to the Yucatan (with no service in Isla Blanca – therefore no blog posts!), and are currently driving west again towards Oaxaca to finish out Mexico. Before heading to the coast of Yucatan …
With long-term travel, we felt it was important to establish our goals. One of our major goals of this trip is to become fluent in Spanish. I’ve taken Spanish in the US on and off sporadically all my life, not getting past the basics, but I was determined to change that on this trip. The …
We are currently in Guanajuato taking 2-3 weeks of intensive Spanish (at Escuela Falcon) and loving this amazing university town. It’s nice to enjoy the cool air and experience city life again, but the last two weeks we explored some of the best surf and coastline we have ever seen. This patch of paradise was …
Playas Bonitas and Buenas Olas (Waves) on the Nayarit and Michoacan Coast Read More »