One woman’s quest to learn Spanish leads her to Antigua, a city in the central highlands of Guatemala. After three weeks of school, she returns home with more than new language skills. She... Read more >>

Tattoos, baggy pants, and tank tops have given way to the J. Crew look for gang members in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, who are aiming to lower their profile in response to... Read more >>

The humid jungle wind playfully tossed my sundress skyward as I, shaking, placed a Croc-shod foot onto what had to have been the 1,347th wooden step. My fingers clutched the frail railing in a... Read more >>

“The food of the soul of the earth.” We were in the epicenter of Mayan civilization, and it felt like that. A sense of awe is inevitable in Guatemala. So is hunger. My traveling partner,... Read more >>

Chicken Breasts Stuffed With Apple and Bleu Cheese, Served with Duo of Wine Reductions Zumo is a wine bar and restaurant in Guatemala City (click here for more about my eating adventures in... Read more >>