The little plane for the flight over Darian: the army came out to guard it Analytics and Darian. I recently enjoyed a visit from a good friend who lives in…

Volcanoes dot the landscape throughout Central America The current seismic event is in little, beautiful and organized Costa Rica. The major eruption is just 50 km’s from San Jose, CR’s capital…

The ruined Cathedral in Old Managua Once again I have had the pleasure of travelling through all 6 Spanish-speaking countries of Central America. On this Travelsphere trip I was met…

Beautiful Granada, on the shores of lake Nicaragua Nicaragua is a very hot and very friendly country. In many ways its dramatic volcanic environment is an unfortunate place to wedge…

No Guns! No Drugs! No Minors! Recently I was in Copan, Honduras, one of that country’s (very) few genuine tourist attractions. After visiting the spectacular Mayan archeological site, we checked…

*This article was written in 2015, before Donald Trump was elected president. The recent attempt to overthrow the US government simply seems the inevitable culmination of years of hate-mongering, lies…

As the smallest country on continental America you are, of course, interesting. With 6 million people crowded around five active volcanoes, your fairly lush, tropical landscape is dramatic and active.…

The Nicaraguan flag (as one could guess) It has been several years since I was last in Nicaragua and, like many academics of my generation, Nicaragua has always been more…

Poas Volcanos near San Jose – I was incredibly lucky to see anything – it is a cloud forest ! La Mitad del Mundo – the middle of the earth,…

“the rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor and there’s a mighty judgement coming, but I may be wrong” —Leonard Cohen, Tower of Song I have…