Budget Travel in Sonora – Mexico When I planned my travels through Mexico’s far northwestern states of Sonora, Sinaloa and Chihuahua (then into central Mexico) I assumed that travel there would be the same as in the rest of Mexico in terms of plenty of hostels & other inexpensive accommodation options, inexpensive buses and easy, …
Gorgeous Colonial Alamos – Sonora Alamos is a small well-preserved Spanish colonial town in southern Sonora state. It’s one of Mexico’s 111 ‘pueblos magicos’ aka ‘magic villages’. Along with even smaller Magdalena del Kino further north (also a pueblo magico), Alamos is the only other colonial town in Sonora. The two towns are considerably different, …
Bahia de Kino – Sonora – Mexico Bahia de Kino (Kino Bay) is a broad, shallow bay on the Mexican mainland side of the long, narrow Sea of Cortez, and situated in the dry, hot state of Sonora. On the other side of the Sea of Cortez is famous Baja Peninsula. Sonora state lines the …
Magdalena de Kino – Sonora – Mexico Magdalena de Kino is a small historic town located about 1 ½ hours south of the US/Mexican border of Nogales and situated in the far northwestern state of Sonora. Magdalena is one of Mexico’s 111 ‘Pueblos Magicos’ aka ‘magic villages’. It’s also one of only two Pueblos Magicos …
The Fabulous Bocas del Toro Islands – Panama Bocas del Toro is an archipelago of a dozen or so fairly undeveloped ‘au naturale’ densely-forested, tropical islands situated just off the Caribbean coast of far northwestern Panama, close to the border of Costa Rica. They are inhabited by indigenous islanders who live in small isolated villages, …
News – I’m Returning to Mexico! Those who have been following my travels in recent years will know that I’ve spent more than 1 ½ years exploring the vast country of Mexico and have visited about 2/3 of its diverse destinations. I’ve already written 45 articles & photo galleries about my explorations in Mexico, all …
25 Highlights of Travels in Central America I just completed my extensive, 15-month explorations of Central America! Yes, in mid July, 2018, I flew out of Costa Rica to Phoenix, Arizona for a big family gathering, thus ending the final leg of my long, long jaunt through the 7-country isthmus that connects the North and …
8 Things Distinctive to Panama Unlike Costa Rica, where I couldn’t see anything distinctively Costa Rican for weeks and weeks after my arrival, in Panama I started seeing clear differences immediately. As soon as I crossed the border into Panama and took my first bus, the differences emerged. That bus driver was driving like …
I’ve Just Reached 20 Years of Solo World Travels ! Hip, hip hooray! I have been traveling the world for 20 whole years! I haven’t mentioned it until now because I’ve been so dag busy reviewing luxury hotels that I haven’t had time to write about this milestone, but… 2018 marks 20 whole years of …
Costs of Budget Travel in Costa Rica in 2018 I think every traveler has heard that Costa Rica is a very expensive country, probably the most expensive country in Central America. I certainly heard that over and over again by other travelers who had just visited or were about to visit. I read the same …
Hi! I'm Lash, an American nomadic world traveler who's been traveling solo since 1998. I’m passionate about traveling the world nomadically and then sharing it all with you. I hope to inspire you to travel the world, to entertain you with tales from the road, and to help you reach your travel dreams. Welcome! 
