Will I need to make reservations?

Hello fellow travelers!

My sister, girlfriend and I are planning a trip to Honduras for around two weeks in late February 2013, spending about half of our time on the mainland and the other half on Roatan to do some diving.

My girlfriend and I have some experience traveling overseas, mostly through SE Asia, and are hoping to keep this trip as open and spontaneous as possible. Throughout Asia we never had any problems finding a place to stay. We would show up in a town bus or train station, take a peek at our guidebook, fight through the crowds of touts, and scope out 2 or three spots before finding the one that fit us the best.

My Sister, on the other hand, hasn't traveled out of the country before and seems to be getting a little anxious about planning out the trip. I have gotten a few texts from her in the past few days saying that she has been researching places to stay... more »

Rooms Antigua, Panajachel, San Marcos and Quetzaltenango

Hello everyone.

Several years ago I spent a year in Mexico and it was of course, incredible. Now I have the bug again but I can only do 2 weeks so I'm hitting the spots listed above. I feel pretty confident I can get around and see what i want to see but I just don't want to waste time looking for places to saty once I get there.

I'm sure it has been posted a thousand times on this thread but if anyone can help me out and hook me up with some info I'd gladly buy you a beer if we run into each other!

Anyway, since I only have a short time to travel I want to stay in comfortable hotels or posadas or whatever. Just looking for relaxing, clean friendly places. I am on a budget but not as much as if I was staying for months so I'd really like to spend $10 U.S. a night or less, but I can go up in price it anyone thinks its a must stay there type of place.

Also, with a 2 week it... more »

Tikal by Bus

Hi, Guys!

This is my first post here in LP Forum and I hope someone can solve me one question. I'm going in January to Guatemala and I wanna go to Tikal by bus. I saw that there is one daily bus at 21:00 and 22:00 leaving Guatemala City and arriving Flores in the other day. Is it necessary to buy in advance? The website don't have one online plataform to sell tickets... Do you think it is ok to buy in the same day?

The other question is: How can I go from the bus station of Flores to Tikal? There is another bus or do I have to take one tour? My time is short there, so Im thinking to take one tour there.

Thank you for all, guys!

Going to Costa Rica for 10 days in January, where to go? Where to avoid?

Hello all!

I am new to these forums and seeking advice from Costa Ricans/people who have travelled to Costa Rica. I am going to Costa Rica for 10 days in January. We will be flying in and out of Liberia. I am travelling with my boyfriend and my best friend & we are renting a car.

Basically, we are trying to decide where to go. High on our list of things to do is rafting, ziplining, going to the sloth sanctuary, fishing, seeing a volcano & checking out some awesome beaches.

I want to have a great, stress free time. What I don't want is to try to pack in too much and spend most of our trip driving around. So, seasoned CRers, how many destinations would you recommend we undertake with our 10 day window? And if you could only go to 2 or 3 places, which would you recommend?

Thanks very much!

Travel from Frontera Corozal to Tikal

Would anyone have any information on travel from Frontera Corozal to Tikal? I plan to take a shuttle from Palenque to Frontera Corozal to stay for a couple of days. But don't know how to get to Tikal. Haven't been able to find much online.

10 days in Nicaragua... please help

Hello all

I am planing a solo trip to Nicaragua from January 2nd till January 12th.
this is my first time in central America, anytime that i get the urge to travel i just pack my bag, buy a ticket and go, i did that with Europe and mid east. but now im nervous about Nicaragua, the more i read about it the more i think maybe i wont find accommodation there (hotels, volcano tours ext...) if i don't book ahead.

can i just pack up go or booking hotels and adventures is a must?

please help!!!

ps if anyone is going at that time and like a travel buddy let me know

Panama - scuba

Looking to visit Panama for one week around the end of February. Would like to spend a lot of time scuba diving. In doing some research, it seems that a lot of the better dive-beach locations are in fairly secluded areas/islands. It looks like there are some places to dive out of Panma City, but I wasn't sure the relative quality of the diving. The island dive areas sound great, but I'd like to be somewhere with a little nightlife as well. I don't require world class clubs, just somewhere to be when it gets dark.

Monteverde vrs Reserva Santa Elena?

Hi, my family of four (kids 5 and 3) are wanting to see either Monteverde or Reserva Santa Elena. We will have 2 days in the area. We like to hike, can pass on the zip line, but would like to do a canopy walk on one of those elevated walkways. I would really appreciate any advice on which of these places we should go. Thanks in advance.

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