El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua |
What is the Chicken Bus? For international backpackers, the term, “chicken bus” is synonymous with Central America. During six months of traveling through the region, I even heard a few locals use the term. Structurally they are former yellow school buses from the... 
El Salvador, Food and Drink |
Stuffed Corn-Masa Cakes El Salvador is synonymous with pupusas, the lightly-charred, corn-masa cakes filled with soft, savory ingredients. In appearance, they’re similar to the Mexican gordita, the Venezuelan arape and the Guatemalan doblado. With the exception... 
El Salvador, Food and Drink |
What is Nixtamalization? I wasn’t familiar with the term until I became curious about pupusas and wondered how the corn differed from the tortillas and tamales of Mexico and Central America. It doesn’t. They’re made with masa harina corn flour or... 
El Salvador, Festivals and Holidays, Mexico, Nicaragua |
Carving pumpkins and roasting pumpkin seeds in Mexico As our neighbor and heavy consumer of American culture, Mexicans have incorporated a little Halloween into their Day of the Dead (Nov 1 & 2) festivities. Some kids will go trick-or-treating and wear costumes...
My love for Latin-based cultures, languages and travel inspired the name, Latin Atlas. These are countries heavily influenced by Roman culture and whose countrymen speak Romance languages such as Latin America and Latin-based Europe.