To the north of the city of Leon is a string of 10 volcanos which rise up out of seemingly nowhere from the flat coastal plain. The youngest of the volcanoes is Cerro Negro, which is only about 150 years old and around 700 meters tall. It is also covered in black rock and shale […]
Posted by cindy on June 30th, 2007 | Filed under: Nicaragua | 1 Comment »
Are now up in the photo gallery.
Posted by Matthew on June 29th, 2007 | Filed under: Honduras | No Comments »
We just passed a couple of important milestones in our trip—4000 km biked and 150 days on the road! Speaking of the road, with the exception of our little stretch of unpaved road that we encountered on route to La Esperanza, the roads here have been surprisingly good, meaning that the pavement is smooth and […]
Posted by Matthew on June 19th, 2007 | Filed under: Honduras, Nicaragua | 2 Comments »
We posted a couple of little movies on our YouTube page. One is a train of leaf-cutter ants working hard in the forest. The other is of some flooding that occurred in downtown Tegucigalpa after a one-hour rain storm that began just as we were arriving in town at our hotel a couple of days […]
Posted by Matthew on June 16th, 2007 | Filed under: Movies, Honduras | No Comments »
We’ve posted our best of Guatamala pictures in the photo gallery. The GPS and map pages have also been updated. Enjoy!
Posted by Matthew on June 12th, 2007 | Filed under: General, Guatemala | No Comments »
We’ve noticed so far in Honduras (and sometimes in Guatemala, too) that it’s much more common as a one-word greeting to use “Adios!” rather than “Hola!” At first, I was a bit unsure as to whether it was supposed to be somewhat disparaging, as if to say “Scram!”, but now, after having tried it myself […]
Posted by cindy on June 12th, 2007 | Filed under: Honduras | No Comments »
Why Cuba is exporting health care to the US
An Alternet article with more details about the Cuban medical schools we mentioned earlier. There are no sources to back up the alledged high quality of Cuban health care, but the part about them training doctors from all parts of the world is certainly true.
Posted by Matthew on June 7th, 2007 | Filed under: General | No Comments »
First off, an update on my illness. I was wrong before; my last tests came back negative for infection. The doctor was stumped, and prescribed for me antibiotics against ulcer-causing bacteria as a last resort. I started feeling better after starting the antibiotic regimen, but I think I was on the mend anyway, so the […]
Posted by Matthew on June 2nd, 2007 | Filed under: Guatemala | No Comments »