Tag: surfing
The Day I Was Robbed and Shot At in La Libertad, El Salvador
Perhaps unsurprisingly most travelers skip el Salvador when traveling accross Central America, making a brief stop in its capital city if at all because of a bus connection to be made. I however, wanted to spend a few days in this country torn apart by a civil war that took place between 1980 and 1992 [...]
Video: Surfing in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
One of the advantages of currently being based in Puerto Vallarta (Mexico) is that I can often enjoy my favorite sport: surfing. The area might not be one of the top surfing destinations in the world, but there are plenty of waves during the year to let me surf more days than not, and enjoy [...]
Taranaki in New Zealand– a hidden secret
It has always been known that New Zealand has an extravagant nature and is one of the mose traveler friendly countries in the world. This was emphasized right after the Lord of the Rings saga which was the ultimate free advertising could have gotten and rightfully so. Today Aotearoa (the Maori name for New Zealand) [...]
Surfing in Kenting, Taiwan
It is true that Taiwan has surf all around the island, but if there is a place worth emphasizing that is Kenting National Park, in Taiwan’s southernmost tip. Blessed with tropical temperatures and warm water year around there are waves 365 days/year in at least one of the several beaches the park has. It is [...]
Cloud 9- surfing Siargao in the Philippines
Let me begin this post on the Philippines by giving you some good advice: forget the overland route to Cloud 9 if surfing is your reason for going there. It takes about 4 days from Bohol, there is nothing interesting on the way, and it ends up being much more expensive. Your best bet is [...]
