Ecotourism Road Trip: Tahoe to Nicaragua (and back)

2009 has certainly been an exciting year around here, Tahoe Paddle Fest in August, the El Dorado County Geotourism Project this summer, and wrapping up the entire year with the Ecotourism roadtrip of a lifetime to Central America from Lake Tahoe, California (with a focus on Cultural, Adventure and Sustainable Tourism for Destinations).

Unfortunately, due to a web hosting mishap, our website was deleted, including 2 years of blog entries. But fortunately, we got lots of new material for you. And now that the Tahoe winter is setting in quickly (it’s 3 degrees and dumping snow as I write this in Meyers – South Lake Tahoe), we’ll have something to do besides drink stiff eggnog while huddled around the fireplace.

Mexico's beautiful Michocan Coast

Over 7 weeks, the Subaru Forester covered some serious ground: Mexico, Belize (Responsible Tourism Conference), Guatemala (Tikal & Chichicastenango’s market), Honduras (Copan Mayan ruins & Gracias colonial country), El Salvador and Nicaragua (honestly, mostly surfing there , and much more. I stayed with Mayan villagers in remote Belize, visited the 2nd largest barrier reef in the world, climbed the Mayan skyscrapers of Tikal, Pelenque, Copan, Caracol & Chichen Itza, went on a tour of an organic chocolate farm and even ate some spicy grasshoppers and participated in a human rights march in Oaxaca. Who says all the action happened in the 60’s?!

Volcano between Tepic and Guadalajara, Mexico

Stay tuned for more as we repopulate this blog and add some new Sustainable Tourism (including Ecotourism, Geotourism, Adventure, Agritourism & Cultural Tourism) resources to the site, along with new blog entries.

Mayan family selling textiles under "the arch" in Antigua, Guatemala

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