Central America 2000

From Worldtraveller

On September 14th 2000, two intrepid young travellers set out on a six and a half week journey through central America, aided generously by the University of London Convocation Trust, University College London and the Friends of UCL. They visited 4 countries, took 450 anti-malaria pills, went to the tops of 5 volcanoes, saw 3 huge spiders, got bitten by millions of mosquitoes, visited 2 evil saints and generally had an exciting time. They returned to England on October 28th 2000 and attempted to resume normal life. This site contains a full account of the journey, and some (not all!) of our 1700 photographs. Read on!

Main page / The participants / Acknowledgements / About this site / Contact / A map of Central America

Main page / Introduction / The way to San José / Up to Poás / Irazú (Ovavu) / Crazy exploding volcanoes / Onwards and upwards / Into Nicaragua / Ometepe / The Immaculate Concepción / Raindrops keep falling on my head / Return of the Masaya / Through the volcanoes / Silent cyclists and snakes / Border nightmare / Copán just fine, thanks / Latin American driving / Antigua / We climb our first volcano / Down to the lake / Quite high / Evil saints and sunrises / Very high / Best sunrise ever seen / Towering temples at Tikal / The end of everything / Epilogue