CRAW Region #2, Country #10: Peru After Ecuador was so fascinating, I wondered what would be left to say about Peru. Wouldn’t you know, Peru is even more fasciniating. Peru is the land of great mysteries. I think the place to start in Peru is with part history and part Read more…
CRAW Region #2, Country #9: Ecuador Having passed easily through the almost cursory border crossing procedures, you are ready to begin your journey through Ecuador. Prepare to travel through one of the most biologically diverse nations on earth. The good news is that the human threat is pretty moderate by Read more…
CRAW Region #2, Country #8: Colombia If you think the countries of Central America had some fascinating origins, you haven’t heard anything yet! The land that makes up present day Colombia has been there and back… Literally. The first thing you have to do is to eliminate the idea that Read more…
CRAW Region #1, Country #5: Nicaragua Your entry into Nicaraugua is something special. You depart Guasaule, Honduras and cross Rio Guasaule into Guasaule Nicaraugua. Your Nicarauguan tour will be one of the most scenic of the trip so far. You can breathe a sigh of relief, as Nicaraugua is the Read more…
When you think of the stereotype of a banana republic, you are thinking about El Salvador. Before the Spanish Conquest present-day El Salvador was in the territories of three different indigenous states along with several principalities. Map by Juan Migue showing the political makeup of Central America at the time Read more…
CRAW Region #1, Country #2: Guatemala Entering Guatemala from the Mexican state of Chiappas, we are finally in the heart of Maya country. So often we think of the succession of MesoAmerican cultures as almost monolithic. The Olmec, Toltec, Maya, Aztec, etc. as if they held sway over the entirety Read more…