As I’m planning a little jaunt to somewhere in Latin America to be covered extensively here later, I ran across a very interesting and possibly free travel opportunity to Central America, and it is actually legitimate.  The travel opportunity is the Trek Research Study Program.  The program offers research participants up to $1500, depending on trip duration and completion, to travel to almost anywhere in Mexico or Guatemala.

So Free travel to Mexico or Guatemala. Got your attention yet? (more…)

Just a look at the prices of traveling in Guatemala and you may consider it for your next budget travel or backpacking trip. Here’s an awesome list of prices I found covering a traveler’s necessities while traveling in Guatemala.

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The Arizona Daily Star has a column that includes a great travel overview of Costa Rica. The column was written by the enlightened one himself (or so we are led to believe)…Arthur Frommer. But I trust the AZ Star, and the article is a good read. So I’ll attempt to give a rough summar of a trip to Costa Rica, based on the article.

You WILL fly into San Jose, Costa Rica’s capital. I’m pretty sure about this because it’s the only international airport in the area. Then you’ll spend the night at a hotel there, probably close by.

After spending a night in San Jose, (more…)