Comments on: Backpacking Central America: Routes, Costs & Travel Tips

By: Marek

Marek — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 21:59:39 +0000

In reply to Sarah.

Hi Sarah… it’s a good question and hard to say, as I only have a 9-month-old daughter as my personal reference right now. 🙂 I honestly find it hard to travel with a baby (I don’t yet know about kids), but it definitely gets a lot easier if you can travel more slowly.

I find the most annoying part is really changing your accommodation… gathering all the baby stuff, finding another place that has a cot, using transportation while carrying all your luggage etc. all adds to the logistics. Traveling by myself I change accommodation every 2-3 nights. With baby in tow I like to stay in accommodation for at least a week every time (or nice to have a campervan or something so you have a base). This makes it easier with the evening routine too.

It’s not mad, but need to adopt a different travel style for sure. Having 4/5 months and some patience makes it feasible! I say go for it 😀

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 11:01:58 +0000

Hello Marek,
This was such a good read, we are planning to do the ‘Gringo Trail’ next October for around 4/5months. We’ve got two children, a baby who won’t yet be walking and a toddler. We know it’s going to be very different from our other adventures and we’re happy to figure it out as we go. Are we mad travelling overland with them?

By: Marek

Marek — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 14:39:14 +0000

In reply to Jay kelley. I count 5 mentions of Belize in the article ;)

By: Jay kelley

Jay kelley — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 15:35:54 +0000

Interesting but no Belize? Only y country down there that speaks English and you ignore it?

By: Marek

Marek — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 15:07:57 +0000

In reply to Catarina Marques.

As far as I know Belize’s land borders are open. 🙂 You can check FB groups to be 100% sure… such as ‘Backpacking Central America’ and “PanAmerican Travelers Association’.

By: Catarina Marques

Catarina Marques — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 15:01:44 +0000

Hi! Do you know if is it still possible to cross Belize to Guatemala border?

By: Marek

Marek — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 19:34:25 +0000

In reply to JoAnn. Glad you found it helpful. And indeed why not! Should be an amazing trip! :)

By: JoAnn

JoAnn — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 17:54:25 +0000

reading thru some of your material. I’ve been living in Leon, Nicaragua for 11 years = but thinking about returning to the USA. I’m planning on waiting until spring of ’22, AND i’m thinking if it’s my last trip i might as well take the bus and make it a once in a lifetime tour..lol .. i’m 69 years old and have never taking the bus across Central America – so heck why not? make it an ‘event’
so thanks for the info. it helped me get a general idea of the NICA thru Mexico trip. (i’ve bus’d back and forth to TICA a million times)

By: Marek

Marek — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 08:45:13 +0000

In reply to D Guzman.

I get the frustration and agree that ‘bad news’ at home often goes ignored but bad news from distant places gets much more attention. In Europe and in the USA especially there are plenty of killings and shootings. But I still think there are specific safety concerns in Central America. A traveler I met was shot at in Guatemala… in Nicaragua a guesthouse had been raided by a gang. I don’t normally mention these things because they are rare (and sometimes the traveler was stupid to get into a bad situation). But I do think Central America is objectively a less safe area than Europe where I’m from (I don’t know about the USA). Hopefully my take is balanced so that it doesn’t stop anyone from visiting Central America, just making them a bit more cautious so that nothing happens to them.

By: D Guzman

D Guzman — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 02:25:40 +0000

Marek,is nice that u try to share your adventures with others,but I’m really sick of u travelers talk to much about central America and their killings,if u guys hear one killing in Guatemala or Salvador,u keep talking and repeating the same killing over and over and over till u get tired of that one. But u guys never,never say anything at all of all the mass killings,rapes,killings in church,schools,disappearance,that happen “daily” in your own home in USA or europe,people driving trucks where there is another group of people. It’s crazy here,we are living in hell here,but u guys keep it quiet,u just like to talk about other countries,is true they are killings there too,but is the cartels or drug dealers,that they kill themselves,they are not after civilians or tourists,they don’t need your pennies they are millionaires. Just think about it & keep traveling.