Where Best To Go Backpacking • Indie Traveller

Central America is an amazing part of the world to travel. It’s the home of the ancient Mayan civilization and many vibrant cultures, it’s filled with rainforests and lava-spewing volcanoes, and you can chill out on amazing beaches all along the Carribean and Pacific coasts. Many parts of Central America are very cheap to travel in, too.

And that’s just scratching the surface!

But there are also some big differences between all the countries. I find the contrast between countries in Central America can be a little starker than in other regions such as Southeast Asia.

In Asia, you can go pretty much anywhere and be guaranteed a great time. In Central America, it can be a bit more hit and miss. Or at least, that was my subjective impression.

For instance, I got very excited about Guatemala, but then neighbouring Honduras felt like a bit of a dud. The differing cost of travel and security situation might have something to do with this, too.

I think it helps a lot to study…