Honduran Family Shots and Tamalitos
The family portraits are of some friends in Tela, Honduras. Jess took the photos with her Mamiya. The family were my neighbours during my time living in the small Caribbean coastal city of Tela a few years ago. On our recent visit, we managed to call in for a feed, catch-up and an impromptu photo-session. [...]
Young Taxi Driver – Honduras
Throughout a year living in Honduras in 2005-06, I noticed that a lot of the younger crew were pretty into following the American rapper/gangster trend. In fashion terms, the guys were sporting gigantic baggy t-shirts, bling and baseball caps, many with the maker’s sticker and price-tag still attached. Music-wise, gangster rap’s latino cousin reggaeton was [...]
Christmas Gift Options – From Us! Stela9
Check out our Etsy store, Stela9, for some late Christmas gift ideas! A few of Jess’ photos are up, but if you’ve seen one on Cloud People Adventures you like, give us a holler and we can get it up on Etsy for you. There is also a range of jewellery and some hand-crafted leather [...]
Market in Antigua, Guatemala – Food
Markets in Central America are filled with fresh produce and an assortment of delicious foods being prepared, and the one in Antigua, Guatemala is no exception. Right on the edge of the ‘tourist’ part of town, the market attracts Antiguenyos as wells as people that live in nearby towns and tourists alike. It’s an unmissable [...]
Welcome to Noosa – Meet Bill
The summer has arrived. Yet the dark clouds and driving rain have persisted in hampering Bill’s favourite beach pursuit. Today as he awoke and the rays streamed through patchy cloud, he chose not to miss what has been a rare opportunity lately. He opened his draw and found the neatly folded pair of red budgie [...]
Wikileaks – A Traveller’s Thoughts
We all know that Wikileaks has been the hot news topic of the week. Actually, when I’m travelling I sometimes get completely shut off from the outside world, so maybe we don’t all know. I have the luxury at the moment of sitting behind a computer to do some reading and the Wikileaks story has [...]
AWARE Animal Shelter Guatemala, Video
A little while back we spent some time working at the AWARE Animal Shelter in Sumpango, not too far out of Anitgua, Guatemala. We really enjoyed our time there with the dogs and cats, and had a go at shooting this video. Looking for some meaningful volunteer work in Guatemala? AWARE is certainly a place [...]
What to do when Children Approach for Money.
Traveling through poorer countries (economically speaking), it’s a given that at some stage during your journey you will be approached by children after a bit of money. Their techniques may include begging, selling trinkets, polishing shoes or even trying to steal. Some will be the friendliest kids you’ve ever come across, others might kick you [...]
