Projects Abroad: High School Students Make a Difference
Projects Abroad gives high school students the opportunity to travel abroad during summer vacation and experience new cultures through volunteering
Central America
GoNOMAD travel articles about Central America.
Guatemala Photo Gallery by Paul Shoul
A photo gallery of images from Antigua, Tikal, Chichicastenango, Quetzaltenango, Panajachel, Cantel Guatemala by Paul Shoul
A Volcano With Views of Two Oceans
Panama: Climbing a Volcano With Views of Two Oceans By Ron Mitchell The taxi driver drops us off in the dark forest at two o’clock in the morning. He promises that somebody will come around to pick us up later in the afternoon. I find the trailhead with the help…
House Building in Guatemala
A fourteen-year-old from Seattle joins his cousins to help build a house for a needy person in Guatemala how much does it cost to build a house in Guatemala
Learning To Surf in Costa Rica: You’re Never Too Old
Costa Rica: Ben Barnhart takes a surfing lesson in Playa Samara on the west coast of Costa Rica and learns how to get up and ride the waves with the locals.
Panama City, Panama: Top 5 Things to Do
Top 5 things to do in Panama City, such as visiting the Canal and the Amador causeway, the city museums, and the walking areas of this lush jungle place.
Glorious Guatemala: Sunday Night In Antigua
A Frenzied Meal Quest in Antigua By Michael Chrisman So it’s Sunday. The family I’m staying with is taking a break today. I’m on my own for dinner. It’s about 7:30 at night, therefore dark. It’s always dark here at 7:30; that’s what being close to the equator does to…
A Locavore in Costa Rica: Living the Dream
Is Costa Rica really the happiest place in the world? By Mary A. Nelen According to an international poll, the ecotourism paradise is number one on the “World Database of Happiness” with number 2 being Denmark and the United States at 20 out of 148. “Pura Vida” is Costa Rica’s…
Staying Healthy When Traveling to Risky Areas
Maintaining a Healthy Life-Style while in Uncharted Territories By Lisa Linsley If you are traveling to lesser-developed countries, you have probably been warned by your family and friends about malaria, E. coli, and dengue fever, not to mention Delhi belly, more commonly known as travelers’ diarrhea. “As serious as these…
Yaxchilan Ruins in Chiapas: Portal to a Lost Civilization
Chiapas takes you back in time By Anna Laird Barto The path leads me deeper into the jungle, where towering gum and ceiba trees block the sunlight, their limbs dripping with lianas and red bromeliads. The canopy is alive with humming insects, bird song, and howler monkeys’ eerie guttural cries….
Touring the Real Panama: Wildlife, Beaches and Tribal Villages
A tour company that offers a variety of tour packages in Panama, including visits to the Kuna Yala tribe in the San Blas Islands and the Embera tribe
Tehuacalco, Mexico: Yope Giants Lived Here
Habeeb Salloum visits the pyramids and palaces of the Tehuacalco Archaeological Zone near Acapulco, a center of the Yope Civilization which reached its peak a thousand years ago.