Highland Guan

Reserva El Jaguar – Nicaragua

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28 – 30 March 2014 The border crossing into Nicaragua at Los Manos was a bit hectic, but we made it through the border in just under 2 hours and made it to Estelí before dark. We decided to stay at a hostel that night so we could use the internet to make plans for the rest of our time in Nicaragua. We stayed at a popular backpackers hostel [...]

Honduras Part 2: Pico Bonito, Rio Santiago, Aguan Valley, Parque Nacional La Muralla, and La Tigra

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19-28 Mar 2014 Pico Bonito, Rio Santiago, Aguan Valley, Parque Nacional La Muralla, and La Tigra Pico Bonito and Rio Santiago Pico Bonito National Park is probably the most widely known birding destination in Honduras, though information on access is pretty slim online, as most of the fame goes to the excellent, though very expensive, Lodge at [...]

Sierra de las Minas – Guatemala’s hidden cloud forest gem

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18-19 March 2014 We first heard about Las Minas while we were volunteering at El Triunfo in Chiapas. The park guard, Ismael, told us that Las Minas is incredible, the best birding in Guatemala, and one of his favorite places outside of El Triunfo. With such high recommendations our curiosity was sparked. Where is this Las Minas place? The [...]

Guatemala – a Little bit of everything – Fuentes Georginas, Los Tarrales, Finca el Pilar, and Cayalá

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8 – 16 March 2014 A little bird (named John Cahill) told us that he had heard several Maroon-chested Ground-doves at Fuentes Georginas, and that there was a lot of seeding bamboo there, so we pretty much had to go check it out. In 8 months on the road we had thus far found essentially zero seeding bamboo, which is where rare, elusive, nomadic [...]

San Cristóbal de las Casas and surrounding areas

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Oct & Nov 2013 We started our trip with barely passable Spanish, learned over years traveling in Latin countries, studying in the car and trying to pick up bits and pieces where we could. Never having formally studied Spanish, my Spanish was a mess, and while Kathi had studied a little bit, it was long ago and years of French confused things [...]