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q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. laguna de apoyo (san simian, 2 nights), leon (hotel, 3 nights), little corn island (las palmeras, 1 night) q. favourite meal a. cuban food at el bodegon. a ex-pat owned restaurant with an alley-shaped courtyard. their menu is very simple; pick one of six […]
Read Moreas perhaps the most frequently visited town by tourists, antigua has no shortage of hotels or places to indulge in meals and accomodations. casa santo domingo is exactly one of those places. as one of the oldest hotels of antigua, it is much more than simply a hotel. the sprawling grounds are immaculate and are […]
Read Moreon our third day in antigua we planned for a daytrip out of the city. the landscape of guatemala is riddled with volcanos and mountainous passes; antigua itself is nestled between a trio of volcanos with two additional volcanoes nearby that are very popular for hiking. volcano fuego is the most active of the three. […]
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it should be no surprise that after a few months on the road, that our fitness level is sorely lacking. yes, we tend to walk almost everywhere we need to go however neither of us have broken much of a sweat doing anything active in quite some time, maybe since our hike in hong kong. […]
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we had originally planned to do this hike on our first stopover through hong kong but with thundershowers all week and one hiker being hit by lighting just a day prior to our arrival we opted against getting our brain cells fried. the hike starts from chai wan which is on the east side of […]
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Karan and I decided to hike to the Big Buddha of Hong Kong while the boys get their tennis fix. The sky was overcast which was a relief as I was grossly underprepared for a hike that day. I was wearing jeans and a t-shirt and within 10 minutes, I was sweating buckets. For some […]
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