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Imagine walking through pristine valleys surrounded by 20,000 foot (6000m) snow capped peaks and soaring Andean condors. Cascading waterfalls adorn both sides of the valley walls. Glacial lakes and streams guide you through soft green meadows while colorful flowers, bright red quenoa trees, and high altitude cactus accompany you every step of the way. THIS is the Santa Cruz Trek; a 4 day-3 night hike through Peru's Cordillera Blanca or White Corridor. The Cordill...

San Juan del Sur; Nicaragua's premier surf town and a cool little drinking village where the locals like to go fishing. This is where I chose to spend the last couple weeks I have here in Central America; relaxing and trying to improve my surfing skills. My contract as a tour leader with Gap Adventures is behind me. No more welcome meetings, no more passengers to look after, no more hotel reservations to make, and certainly much less problem solving. It’s ...

Photos of one of my tour groups on the Volcano Trail... Guatemala to Costa Rica in 17 days.

I almost got run over three times in the parking lot but the effort was worth it. I have a pretty cool collection of photos now. I spent a couple hours today meandering around Grand Central Chicken; my given name for the Antigua Guatemala Bus Terminal. The workhorse of Guatemala is the famous "chicken bus"; retired yellow school buses sent down from the U.S. After shuttling American kids back and forth from school for 10 years or about 150,000 miles, they are c...