by Matthew Allison | Mar 1, 2007 | Central America
March 2007: My main reason for visiting El Salvador was to surf its amazing, uncrowded waves. However, I was also curious about the country itself—known for its history of gang violence, particularly MS-13, and a dark past of civil war that claimed thousands of...
by Matthew Allison | Jul 5, 2000 | Central America
July 2000: Guatemala in my opinion is one of the most interesting countries in Central America. It has rainforests, indigenous cultures that still practice their traditions, colonial architecture, pyramids and some of the best and most accessible volcanoes anywhere in...