Published on Travelbinger Central and South America are typically ranked right above Southeast and South Asia on lists of most affordable regions of the world to travel. But not all countries in a region are the same. I backpacked through Central America – although I skipped Honduras — this past September through December and noticed drastic price variation between the six Central American countries I visited. Backpacking through a country is going to give a different experie

Published on Travelbinger Guatemala is a country with so much to offer, from stunning nature like Lake Atitlán, Semuc Champey and Acatenango Volcano, to ancient Mayan ruins like the famous Tikal, to the colonial charm of the city of Antigua. The heavy Mayan influence can be felt all throughout the country, from the delicious food to the traditional clothing many of the women wear. With one of the highest indigenous populations of any Latin American nation, there is so much vi

Published on Travelbinger Morocco is one of the most geographically and culturally diverse countries I have ever visited. For a country the size of the state of California, you could be on the Mediterranean coast in the morning and riding a camel in the Sahara Desert by evening, passing through two mountain ranges on the way there. While Arabic and Amazigh are the official languages, I heard Spanish, French, and English as well as other Berber indigenous languages throughout

Surviving the pandemics of coronavirus and anti-Asian racism Written for American University course Communications 420, April 2021 The world shut down 13 months ago when country after country declared COVID-19 a public health emergency, and eventually, the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic on March 11, 2020. In the months following the WHO’s declaration, hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) began to rise. The past year has been one