Comments on: Returning to Roatan

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 20:00:12 +0000

In reply to Leigh. This comment made me smile! Thanks Leigh :)

By: Leigh

Leigh — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 22:51:30 +0000

The Beach House looks fabulous, adding it to the list, which is growing longer and longer every time you post 🙂

By: Steph

Steph — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 22:13:39 +0000

In reply to Alex. Thanks Alex -- it does! I am just always intrigued by how travel bloggers make their choices / set their itineraries, because your lives are so different from mine. Thanks for shedding some light on it :)

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 03:23:41 +0000

In reply to Naville. I bet there is! Latin America certainly has my heart, so I'm sure I'll return someday and I'd love to check out those spots.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 03:23:03 +0000

In reply to Steph. No worries! I have to manually approve the first comment from every reader to help prevent spam. From now on, all yours will be auto-approved! :)

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 03:20:00 +0000

In reply to Steph.

First of all, thanks for the kudos and for reading Alex in Wanderland! As for your question, hmmm, well of course I can only answer for myself. I know tons of travel bloggers who adore Europe but I actually read a very very small percentage of what’s out there so not sure what the overall trends are. I definitely agree with the statement that Europe just does not capture me in the same way as Southeast Asia or Latin America (I think I’ve written that exact statement before!), and it’s hard to articulate why. Even when I was a kid and my parents were the ones footing the bills for our family vacations I was always begging to go the Galapagos, not Germany!

I guess perhaps it feels a little more familiar culturally? And yeah, considering the prices, I’d have to REALLY want to go in order to justify the trip. I have loved the parts of Europe that I’ve explored (Iceland and Greece are two major favorites) but I admit that I won’t be rushing back. There are just areas of the world that I want to see so much more! Hope that answers your question, at least a bit 🙂

By: Naville

Naville — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:59:57 +0000

I love that you came back to Honduras. Honduras is the best place for the tourist as it is cheap and can find many backpackers fellow friends. I recommend next time here to go to Intibuca, La Esperanza, Gracias, Lempira which are not beach side places but have the most cultural heritage. You can see people still wearing the Mayan traditional suites and experience a real life in a mayan community (which we have many). People always center just in Copan and Roatan but there is much more to see than just those two things. 🙂

By: Steph

Steph — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:53:33 +0000

Oops — I’m sorry, Alex, I see now that my comment is just awaiting moderation. Technology fail on my part!

By: Steph

Steph — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:52:45 +0000

Why did you delete my previous comment? :'(

By: Steph

Steph — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 17:54:20 +0000

Hi Alex! Kind of a random question for you, just a curiosity I’ve developed while reading lots of different travel blogs. First off, let me say that I LOVE reading your blog regardless of what destination you’re in! But I’m curious why you (and most travel bloggers) aren’t as interested in Europe? Most bloggers just say something vague like “oh, Europe doesn’t capture me the same way,” which I guess I get if they really don’t like art. But I know you love art and went to art school — so Europe seems like it would be right up your alley. I used to assume it’s because Europe is so expensive (which totally makes sense, and readers could sympathize!), but I’ve really never heard a blogger say that, they just say they’re not as interested in it. Any reason you’re not as into it?