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December 28, 2006

Sky Trek canopy tour

Skytrk The Sky Trek canopy tour at Arenal Volcano is a once in a lifetime experience. You will fly over the rainforest and have the volcano on one side and the lake on the other, it's as close as you'll get to  experience heaven and for some of you maybe the only one lol. The view is going to take your breath away, with the rainforest down below, just awesome!. The adrenaline levels of flying on the canopy cable will also left you speachless. Apart from the wonderful experience, it is also incredibly safe and well run. The tour has and excellent parize and you will gladly pay it again for a next round.

December 25, 2006

Tamarindo

Tamarindoolliespoint Tamarindo is a popular destination, located on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, and has awesome beaches and incredible rain forests. There are many lagoons filled with wildlife, and volcanoes too!
This town is also a surfer's mecca and sport fishing point. The boat captains have a record on marlin, sailfish and gian tuna catches, and are specialist in deep bluewater fishing.
Scuba diving and snorkeling is other major activity, the area offers amazing reefs and crystal waters, and also you can see the Giant Leatherback Turtle lay their eggs on the National Park Las Baulas.

December 22, 2006

Punta Gorda

Belize1 Punta Gorda is a town in Belize and is the capital of the Toledo District. Although the town has a Spanish name its inhabitants are mostly English speaking, primarily from Garifuna, East Indian, and African decent. It is a seaport and fishing town located on the Caribbean Sea, and was a small fishing village before being settled by the Garifuna emigrants from Honduras back in 1823.

December 20, 2006

Ambergris Caye

Snorkeller Ambergris Caye is the largest of several hundred islands, located in the northern most waters of Belize. The beaches are mostly shells, so you will need foot gear. You will many piers, where you can rent a boat for diving, deep-sea fishing, or sailboating to the other islands. If you're staying for a couple of days, make sure to snorkel or dive the spectacular reef, it is the largest in the Western hemisphere. The best places to eat are Papi's on Front Street, which serves great, local, inexpensive food, and Casa Picasa at the southwest part of town.

December 18, 2006

Altun ha

Worl_altunha_lAltun ha was an ancient Maya city, located 30 miles north of Belize City. Its largest temple is the "Temple of the Masonry Altars" with 54 feet high, and the entire area contains the remains of 500 structures in 5 square miles. The site started to be excavated and restored in 1965 by a team of the Royal Ontario Museum, and one of its most important discoveries was a large piece of jade of 10 pounds, carved into the image of the head of Kinich Ahau, the Maya Sun God.

December 15, 2006

Yojoa Lake

YojoaYojoa Lake is about 100 km of Comayagua, between Cortes and Santa Barbara, at 700 meters above sea level, and over the highway that leads to Tegucigalpa. Here you can enjoy the natural beauty of the lake, as well as water sports and bird sighting. It is natural lake, surrounded by mountains that can reach up to 2.600 meters, like Santa Barbara Hill. This majestic mountains guard 2 of the most important National Parks of Honduras, Park Azul Meambar (southern shore of the lake) and Park Santa Barbara (northern shore of the lake). the bio diversity is hard to match, for instance, only counting the birds species there´s over 373!

December 13, 2006

Tegucigalpa

TegucigalpaTegucigalpa is the capital of Honduras, and it used to be a miner´s town. For several years, the capital was Comayagua, a colonial city built over a fertile valley, but the history tells us, that Dr. Marco Aurelio Soto, former President of Honduras, married a woman from Tegucigalpa, and she was looked down by the high society from the capital, Comayagua. For that reason, Dr. Soto made the decision of change the capital to Tegucigalpa. After that, Tegucigalpa became not only a huge miner center, but also the capital, and it´s name, comes from the Nahuatl tongue, and means "mountain of silver"

December 09, 2006

Roatan

Roatan Roatan is the biggest island of the Bay Islands of Honduras, and the one with the biggest infrastructure, with a highway that crosses the whole island. It has a mountain chain and it is surrounded by coral reefs, offering perfect conditions for scuba diving and sport fishing. Roatan has many communities, but the biggest and more important is Coxen Hole, named after one of the many pirates that made history in the island. In all the islands of Bay Islands, the predominant language is English, even though it is not the official one of the country, but some residents doesn´t speak Spanish, so you don´t have to worry about language barriers when visiting this amazing islands.

December 07, 2006

Trujillo at Night

Nightlifetrujillo Trujillo is a small town, but the cultural influences and the caribbean tropical climate contributed to create a very cheerful environment at nights. The best places to go are:
Bahia Bar (Bay Bar), and tradition in Trujillo, with a tropical style and latin american music, it is located at the beach in the zone near the airport, and it offers restaurant service until 10 pm. Gringo Bar, relatively new, decorated with taste and with a casual design, it has become the favorite place for English speakers, and it also offers restaurant service, and pretty soon casino. Cocopanndo, located at Barrio Cristales, is a combination of disco and bar, with pop music. The dance floor is practically on the beach. Disco Horfez, it is the disco with more tradition of the city and it is located pretty near from the park.

December 05, 2006

Lake Managua

Lake_managua Lake Managua is also known as Lake Xolotlán and it is located in the the city of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. It´s name comes from the Spanish conquerors from "Mangue", which was their name for the Mánkeme tribes, and agua, wich means water. The lake has been severely polluted, in part by Kodak dumping mercury into the lake in the 1950s. Despite the pollution, some of the people of Managua still live along the lake's banks and eat the fish. It is also joined by the Tipitapa River to another lake, Lake Nicaragua; however, due to the extreme pollution, the bull sharks of Lake Nicaragua can't join Lake Managua.

Daniel Mackie

  •  Nick: BaCKPacker
     Name: Daniel
     Age: 26
     NY - USA

    I like backpacking, hiking, xtreme sports.
    Laid back kinda guy =)

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