![Basílica de Asunción (León, Nicaragua) [Foto]](nicaragua/thumb/21.jpg)
![Costa-Rican Mountains [Foto]](costa-rica/thumb/02.jpg)
Even though I have visited all countries in Central America (at least for a short while), I cannot say that I truly know them all. During my RTW trip 2008/09, I spent three month in the Southern part of this region, namely in
- Nicaragua (for learning Spanish),
- Costa Rica (for doing some volunteering work), and
- Panama (as a short side trip from Costa Rica).
![Chichén Itzá (Mexico) [Foto]](../../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/OI000163-360x270.jpg)
![Goff's Caye (Belize) [Foto]](../../wp-content/uploads/2016/02/OI000277-360x270.jpg)
In winter 2016, I returned to the Northern part of this region for another two-months-long Central America trip, during which I visited the following countries:
- Mexiko (for Mayan sites and cenotes in Chiapas and on Yucatán peninsula),
- Belize (for snorkeling in the Caribbean),
- Honduras (for a visit of the ruins of Copán),
- El Salvador (for a short taste of the country), and
- Guatemala (for some hiking in the Guatemalan highlands).