by Maya Steiningerova | Last updated Oct 17, 2025 | Blog, Colombia, Exploring cities, Hiking & Trekking, Venezuela
In case you missed it, read our recap of Month 1 & 2, Month 3, Month 4 In December, we’ve visited our favourite country yet – Venezuela. It’s not easy for Venezuelans to live there right now. Their government is crazy and they lack the most basic thing – food. But...
by Maya Steiningerova | Last updated Oct 17, 2025 | Blog, Stories from the road
With closing the year of 2016, people stop and think what went well and what went wrong throughout the year. And I did the same. But I’m also trying to see the bad as part of the good. I learnt to change focus from the negative to the positive side of the situation....
by Maya Steiningerova | Last updated Oct 17, 2025 | Blog, Guatemala, People and Culture
All Mayan ruins are interesting and nice to look at in their own way. And we’ve seen quite a few of them in Mexico – Tulum, Teotihuacan in Mexico City, Palenque, Chichen Itza… But Tikal in Guatemala surprised us the most and felt authentic compared to others....
by Maya Steiningerova | Last updated Oct 17, 2025 | Blog, Canada, Photo Essays, Wildlife and Nature
Mountains, valleys, rivers, wildlife…Canadian Rockies are our favourite place. This photo essay was created to inspire you to visit Canada. You will see photos from Banff national park, Kananaskis country near Calgary and Yoho national park in British Columbia....
by Maya Steiningerova | Last updated Oct 17, 2025 | Blog, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela
In case you missed it, read our recap of Month 1 & 2, Month 3 During November 2016, we’ve visited Costa Rica, Panama and also landed on South American continent in Venezuela. Costa Rica and Panama are very similar with one big difference. Costa Rica is more...
by Maya Steiningerova | Last updated Oct 17, 2025 | Blog, Guatemala, Mexico
After Mexico, our second stop on a trip around the world was Guatemala. There are 3 ways that travelers take to cross from Mexico to Guatemala on land. Two of them are near Pacific and the last one is from Palenque through Guatemalan jungle to Flores. Here are the...
by Maya Steiningerova | Last updated Oct 17, 2025 | Exploring cities, Mexico, People and Culture, Photo Essays
San Cristobal de las Casas is a very colorful and pleasant town in the Chiapas state of Mexico. We spent there a whole week – walking in town, in the forest and mountain biking. It is situated in Chiapas mountains 2200 meters high above the sea level, so there...
by Maya Steiningerova | Last updated Oct 17, 2025 | Blog, El Salvador, Hiking & Trekking, Nicaragua
In case you missed it, read our recap of Month 1 & 2 We’ve visited our most favourite countries of Central America during the 3rd month of our trip around the world – El Salvador and Nicaragua (and Panama in November). And we would definitely like to return there...