Introduction

I was in Central America from July 3 to September 1, 2005. My mission was to work on my Spanish and explore a single region's culture and pace a little more deeply than my earlier trips had allowed.

Best 6 pictures.

Central America route map, with links to the complete photo archive.

Trip itinerary.

Trip journal.

(Note: you can still access the version of the journal in blogger.com format at: derzblog.blogspot.com. I decided to reformat the journal to put the days in the proper order.)