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    Auflage: 9th edition
    Erschienen: Oktober 2016
    Seiten: 766
    Sprache: Englisch
    Preis: 22.00 €
    Illustration: Total Colour Pages
    Maße: 196x131x32
    Einband: Taschenbuch
    Reihe: Lonely Planet Travel Guide
    ISBN: 9781786571113

    Inhaltsverzeichnis

    PLAN
    YOUR TRIP
    ON THE ROAD
    Welcome to Central
    America6
    Central America Map8
    Central America's
    Top 1610
    Need to Know18
    First Time
    Central America20
    If You Like22
    Month by Month25
    Itineraries28
    Big Adventures,
    Small Budgets36
    Outdoor Activities39
    Countries at a Glance44
    MEXICO'S YUCATÁN
    & CHIAPAS48
    The Yucatán50
    Cancón50
    Isla Mujeres56
    Puerto Morelos58
    Playa Del Carmen59
    Isla Cozumel64
    Tulum66
    Cobá68
    Laguna Bacalar69
    Mahahual70
    Valladolid70
    Chichón Itzá72
    Mérida74
    Campeche79
    Chiapas82
    San Cristóbal
    de las Casas82
    Lagos de Montebello88
    Yaxchilán88
    Palenque89
    Agua Azul & Misol-Ha93
    Understand Mexico's
    Yucatán & Chiapas94
    Survival Guide95
    GUATEMALA99
    Guatemala City101
    Antigua114
    The Highlands127
    Lago de Atitlán128
    Chichicastenango144
    Santa Cruz del Quiché147
    Nebaj149
    Uspantán150
    Quetzaltenango (Xela)151
    Huehuetenango161
    Todos Santos
    Cuchumatán163
    The Pacific Slope165
    Retalhuleu165
    Parque Arqueológico
    Takalik Abaj166
    Champerico167
    Santa Lucía
    Cotzumalguapa167
    La Democracia168
    Sipacate169
    Escuintla169
    Monterrico169
    Central Guatemala172
    Salamá & Around172
    Biotopo del Quetzal172
    Cobán173
    El Oriente179
    Chiquimula179
    Esquipulas180
    Quiriguá183
    Lago de Izabal184
    Puerto Barrios188
    Punta de Manabique189
    Lívingston189
    El Petén193
    Sayaxché193
    Ceibal193
    Finca Ixobal195
    Flores & Santa Elena196
    El Remate201
    Tikal202
    Uaxactún210
    Yaxhá211
    El Mirador211
    Understand
    Guatemala213
    Survival Guide221
    BELIZE230
    Belize City234
    Northern Cays239
    Caye Caulker239
    Ambergris Caye
    & San Pedro243
    Northern Belize49
    Bermudian Landing49
    Altun Ha249
    Lamanai249
    Orange Walk250
    Corozal252
    Sarteneja254
    Belize City
    to Belmopan255
    Western Belize
    (Cayo District)255
    Belmopan255
    Hummingbird Hwy259
    San Ignacio260
    Mountain Pine Ridge
    & Caracol265
    West to Guatemala266
    Southern Belize267
    Dangriga267
    Central Cays270
    Hopkins
    & Sittee Point270
    Placencia272
    Punta Gorda276
    Toledo Villages279
    Understand Belize280
    Survival Guide282
    EL SALVADOR286
    San Salvador290
    Around
    San Salvador304
    Los Planes
    de Renderos305
    La Libertad305
    La Costa del Bálsamo306
    Santa Tecla309
    Western El Salvador310
    Parque Nacional
    Los Volcanes310
    Lago de Coatepeque311
    Santa Ana311
    Metapán314
    Chalchuapa316
    Ruta de Las Flores316
    Sonsonate322
    Tacuba322
    Parque Nacional
    El Imposible323
    Eastern El Salvador324
    San Vicente324
    Alegría325
    Isla Montecristo326
    Usulután326
    Bahía de Jiquilisco327
    San Miguel327
    La Unión330
    Beaches near La Union331
    Golfo de
    Fonseca Islands332
    Morazán332
    Northern
    ? Salvador334
    Suchitoto334
    Chalatenango336
    La Palma338
    Understand
    El Salvador339
    Survival Guide345
    HONDURAS351
    Tegucigalpa353
    Western Honduras365
    Comayagua365
    La Esperanza367
    Marcala368
    Lago de Yojoa369
    San Pedro Sula371
    Copán Ruinas374
    Copán
    Archaeological Site380
    Gracias384
    Northern Honduras388
    Omoa388
    Puerto Cortés389
    Tela389
    La Ceiba392
    Trujillo400
    Bay Islands402
    Roatán402
    Utila408
    The Moskitia414
    Laguna de Ibans414
    Reserva de la Biosfera
    del Río Plátano414
    Palacios415
    Brus Laguna415
    Puerta Lempira415
    Southern Honduras
    & Isla del Tigre416
    Understand
    Honduras417
    Survival Guide423
    NICARAGUA429
    Managua431
    Granada & the
    Masaya Región444
    Granada444
    Masaya455
    Parque Nacional
    Volcán Masaya456
    Southwestern
    Nicaragua457
    Rivas457
    San Jorge458
    Isla de Ometepe458
    Southern Pacific
    Coast464
    San Juan del Sur464
    León & Northwestern
    Nicaragua469
    León469
    Poneloya & Las
    Peñitas Beaches477
    Cosigüina
    Península Beaches477
    Northern Nicaragua479
    Estelí479
    Área
    Protegida Miraflor484
    Área Protegida Cerro
    Tisey-Estanzuela485
    Somoto485
    Jinotega486
    ON THE ROAD
    Matagalpa88
    Caribbean Coast491
    Bluefields491
    Pearl Lagoon494
    Corn Islands495
    Bilwi
    (Puerto Cabezas)499
    San Carlos & Around501
    San Carlos501
    Islas Solentiname502
    Rio San Juan503
    Understand
    Nicaragua505
    Survival Guide511
    COSTA RICA516
    San José520
    Central Valley &
    Highlands533
    Alajuela536
    Parque Nacional
    Volcán Poás537
    Parque Nacional
    Braulio Carrillo538
    Cartago539
    Valle de Orosi539
    Turrialba540
    Caribbean Coast542
    Tortuguero542
    Puerto Limón544
    Cahuita545
    Puerto Viejo
    deTalamanca549
    Sixaola554
    Arenal & Northern
    Lowlands554
    La Fortuna &
    Volcán Arenal554
    Tilarán558
    Los Chiles559
    Valle de Sarapiquí559
    Northwestern
    Costa Rica561
    Monteverde
    & Santa Elena561
    Liberia568
    Parque Nacional
    Rincón de la Vieja571
    VOLCÁN ARENAL, COSTA RICA P55
    UNDERSTAND
    La Cruz72
    Península de Nicoya573
    Playa del Coco573
    Playa Tamarindo576
    Playa Sámara580
    Mal País &
    Santa Teresa582
    Montezuma583
    Central Pacific Coast587
    Puntarenas587
    Parque
    Nacional Carara587
    Jacó588
    Quepos590
    Manuel Antonio593
    Dominical595
    Uvita597
    Southern Costa Rica
    & Península de Osa598
    San Isidro de
    El General599
    San Gerardo de Rivas600
    Palmar602
    Sierpe602
    Bahía Drake603
    Puerto Jiménez604
    Parque
    Nacional Corcovado606
    Golfito607
    Pavones608
    Paso Canoas609
    Understand
    Costa Rica609
    Survival Guide613
    PANAMA621
    Panama City623
    Around Panama City641
    Panama Canal642
    IslaTaboga644
    Archipiélago
    de las Perlas645
    Pacific Coast &
    Highlands646
    El Valle646
    Chitré648
    Pedasí649
    Sunset Coast650
    Playa Venao651
    Santa Catalina652
    Santa Fé653
    Chiriquí Province654
    David654
    Golfo de Chiriquí656
    Playa Las Lajas657
    Boquete657
    Parque Nacional
    Volcán Barú662
    Cerro Punta663
    Parque Internacional
    La Amistad663
    Bocas del
    Toro Province664
    Isla Colón665
    Isla Carenero673
    Isla Bastimentos673
    Almirante676
    Changuinola676
    Colón Province677
    Colón677
    Portobelo679
    Isla Grande680
    Comarca
    de Guna Yala681
    Darién Province684
    Metetí688
    Yaviza688
    El Real689
    Rancho Frío689
    La Palma690
    Reserva Natural
    Punta Patifto691
    Sambú692
    Understand Panama692
    Survival Guide700
    Central America
    Today708
    History710
    People & Culture717
    SURVIVAL
    GUIDE
    Directory A-Z724
    Transportation734
    Language739
    Index750
    Map Legend766
    SPECIAL
    FEATURES
    Big Adventures,
    Small Budgets36
    Outdoor Activities39
    Chichén Itzâ,
    Mexico in 3D62
    Tikal,
    Guatemala in 3D204

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    A
    accommodations 36-7, 724-5, see also individual locations language 739-40
    activities 39-43, see also individual activities, individual locations Actun Tunichil Muknal 264
    adventure sports, see individual sports Afro Central American people 718-20
    Agua Azul 93
    Ahuachapán 317-18
    air travel 734-5,736
    Alajuela 536-7
    Alegría 325-6
    Almirante 676
    Altagracia 461-2
    Altun Ha 17,249,17
    Amapala 416
    Ambergris Caye 243-9,244
    amusement parks Parque Acuático Xocomil 166
    Parque Chatún 181
    Parque de Diversiones Xetulul 166
    animals, see also wildlife- watching, wildlife centers & reserves butterflies 266
    flamingoes 41
    howler monkeys 249
    turtles 42,56-7,170,651
    whale-sharks 57
    Antigua 114-27, U6-17, 41
    accommodations 121-2
    activities 119
    courses 119-20
    drinking & nightlife 124-5
    festivals & events 121
    Map Pages 000
    Photo Pages 000
    food 122-4
    information 126
    LGBT travelers 125
    shopping 125-9
    sights 115-19
    tours 120-1
    travel to/from 127-8
    travel within 126-7
    Apaneca 318-19
    aquariums 408
    archaeological museums CCIT 207-8
    Centra Cultural Kumool 149
    Museo Arqueológico de Campeche 80-1
    Museo El Baúl 167
    Museo Lítico 208
    Museo Nacional de
    Antropología David J
    Guzmán 293
    Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología 105
    Museo Regional de Arqueología 366
    Museo Santa Bárbara 196
    archaeological sites 180
    Acrópolis (Copán Site) 383-4
    Actun Tunichil Muknal 264
    Altun Ha 17,249,17
    Ball Court & Hieroglyphic Stairway (Copán Site) 383
    Cahal Pech 260
    Calakmul 82
    Caracol 265-6
    Casa Blanca 316
    Ceibal 193-5
    Cerro Maya 252
    Chichón Itzá 72-4
    Chuitinamit 138
    Cihuatán 304
    Cobá 68
    Copán 16,380-4,38
    Dzibilchaltún 75
    Edzná 82
    Ek' Balam 75
    El Baúl Hilltop Site 167-8
    El Bosque 384
    El Mirador 211-13
    ElZotz 212
    Huellas de Acahualinca 434-5
    Joya de Cerón 304
    K'um'arkaj 147-8
    La Blanca 212
    Lamanai 249-50
    Las Piedras 168
    Las Sepulturas 384
    Los Sapos 379
    Lubaantun 279
    Mixco Viejo 172
    Monumento Nacional Arqueológico Guayabo 541
    Museo Cultura Cotzumalguapa 168
    Naranjo 212
    Nim Li Punit 279
    Palenque 13,89-91,90
    Parque Arqueológico Takalik Abaj 166-7
    Piedras Negras 212
    Quiriguá 183-4
    Río Azul 212
    Ruinas de Quelepa 328-9
    Ruinas de San Andrés 304
    San Bartolo 212
    Santa Rita 252
    Sitio Arqueológico Finca 6 602
    Stelae of the Great Plaza 383
    Tazumal 316
    TikallO, 202-10,204-5, 10, 204-5
    Tulum 66
    Túnel Rosalila & Túnel de los Jaguares 382
    Uaxactún 210-11
    Uxmal 75,21
    Xunantunich 266
    Yaxchilán 88-9
    Yaxhá 211
    Zaculeu 161
    Archipiélago de Bocas del Toro 10,10-11
    Archipiélago de las Perlas 645-6
    area codes, see also telephone services Belize 284
    Costa Rica 616
    El Salvador 348
    Guatemala 225
    Honduras 425
    Mexico 96
    Nicaragua 513
    Panama 704
    Área Protegida Cerro Tisey-Estanzuela 485
    Área Protegida Miraflor 484-5
    Arenal 554-61
    art galleries, see galleries arts 721-2, see also individual countries Ataco 319-20
    ATMs 728
    Belize 283
    Costa Rica 615
    El Salvador 347
    Guatemala 223
    Honduras 424
    Mexico 96
    Nicaragua 512
    Panama 702
    Awas 494
    B
    Bahia deJiquilisco 327
    Bahia Drake 603-4
    Balgue 462-3
    bargaining 21
    bathrooms 731
    Bay Islands 12,402-14, 403,12
    beaches Bando Beach 408
    Big Fowl House Beach 498
    Boca del Drago 667-8
    Cabañas Playa Blanca 57
    Cosigüina Peninsula 477-9
    Goat Beach 498
    Isla Martín Pérez 332
    Jimmy Lever Beach 498
    Las Flores 331
    Las Peñitas 477
    Otto Beach 498
    Playa Aserradores 478
    Playa Avellanas 577
    Playa Bluff 667
    Playa Brava 332
    Playa Cocles 550
    Playa Del Carmen 59-64,60
    Playa del Coco 573-6
    Playa El Coco 469
    Playa El Cuco 331
    Playa El Ostional 469
    Playa El Tunco 15, 306,15
    Playa El Zonte 306
    Playa Esteran 331
    Playa Hermosa 468
    Playa Jagüey 331
    Playa Jiquilillo 478
    Playa Las Lajas 657
    Playa Las Tunas 331
    Playa Maderas 468
    Playa Majahual 332
    Playa Montezuma 584
    Playa Negra (Cahuita) 546
    Playa Negra (Isla del Tigre) 416
    Playa Norte 57
    Playa Sámara 580-2
    Playa Santo Domingo 459,462
    Playa Tamarindo 576-80, 578
    Playa Venao 651-2
    Playa Venecia 459
    Poneloya 477
    Punta Jesús María 459
    Red Frog Beach 674
    Tela 389
    Wizard Beach 674
    Belize 45,230-85,232-3
    accommodations 230, 282
    border crossings 98, 277,285
    budget 231
    climate 230
    consulates 282-3
    culture 281-2
    drinks 231
    economy 280
    embassies 282-3
    environment 282
    food 230,231
    highlights 232-3,232-3
    history 280-1
    internet access 283
    itineraries 231
    LGBT travelers 283
    measures 285
    money 230,231,283
    opening hours 283
    public holidays 283-4
    tourist information 284
    travel seasons 230
    travel to/from 285
    travel within 285
    visas 284
    volunteering 284-5
    websites 231
    weights 285
    Belize City 234-8,235, 236
    Belmopan 255-9
    Bermudian Landing 249
    bicycle travel 737, see cycling Big Falls 279
    Bilwi (Puerto Cabezas) 499-501
    Biotopo del Quetzal 172-3
    Biotopo Monterrico-Hawaii 170
    birds 421
    birdwatching 40, see also wildlife-watching Belize 251,254
    Costa Rica 555-6,564, 605
    El Salvador 310-11
    Guatemala 170,172-3, 201-2,208,219
    Honduras 365,376
    Mexico 75
    Nicaragua 484
    Panama 644,689-90, 700
    Bluefields 491-4
    Blue Hole National Park 259
    Blue Hole Natural Monument 246
    boat trips 736,737
    Belize 239,245,270
    Costa Rica 542,560,586
    Guatemala 170-1,192
    Honduras 369,390,410
    Nicaragua 446,449,494
    Panama 642,665,668
    Boca de Sábalos 503-4
    Bocas del Toro Province 664-77,666-7,10
    Bocas del Toro town 667-73,669
    Bolas de Fuego 27
    books 420,708, see also individual countries Boquete 657-62,658
    border crossings 732,735-6
    Belize 98,227,285
    Costa Rica 618-19,705
    El Salvador 227,349-50, 427
    Guatemala 98,182,227, 285,349,427
    Honduras 227,350, 427,514
    Mexico 98,227,285
    Nicaragua 427,514, 618-9
    Panama 619,689,705
    Brus Laguna 415
    budget 19,36-8, see also individual countries bus travel 735,737-8
    business hours 729
    C
    Cahal Pech 260
    Cahuita 545-9,546-7
    Calakmul 82
    Campeche 79-82,80-1
    Cancun 50-6,54
    accommodations 53
    activities 50,53
    drinking & nightlife 55
    food 53,54
    shopping 55
    sights 50
    travel to/from 55-6
    canoeing, see also kayaking Costa Rica 543,556,613
    Honduras 410
    canopy tours Belize 280
    Costa Rica 556,565
    El Salvador 318
    Guatemala 208
    Honduras 397,399
    Nicaragua 465
    Panama 660,674
    canyoning Costa Rica 556,565,588
    car travel 735-6,738
    Caracol 265-6
    Carazo Towns 454
    Caribbean Coast 491-501, 542-54
    Cartago 539
    Catarina 453
    cathedrals, see churches &
    cathedrals caves Actun Tunichil Muknal 264
    Blue Hole National Park 259
    Centro Turístico Cueva de las Minas 181
    Cuevas de Ak'tun Kan 196
    Cuevas de Taulabé 370
    Nivida Bat Cave 674
    Nohoch Che'en Caves Branch Archaeological Reserve 255
    Caye Caulker 17,239-43, 240,17
    Cayos Cochinos 399
    Ceibal 193-5
    cell phones 731
    cemeteries 400
    cenotes Cenote Azul 69
    Cenote Choo-Ha 68
    Cenote Multún-Ha 68
    Cenote Sagrado 73
    Cenote Tamcach-Ha 68
    Cenote X'Kekén 71
    Cristalino Cenote 61
    Central Pacific Coast 587-97
    Central Valley & Highlands (Costa Rica) 533-41, 534-5
    Cerro El Pital 338
    Cerro Punta 663
    Cerro Tute 654
    Chalatenango 336-7
    Chalchuapa 316
    Champerico 167
    Changuinola 676-7
    Chiapas 82-93,51, 84-5, see also Mexico's Yucatán & Chiapas Chichén Itzá 72-4,62-3
    Chichicastenango 144-7, 145,29
    children, travel with 725
    Costa Rica 614
    El Salvador 348
    Guatemala 221-2
    Honduras 423
    Chiquimula 179-80
    Chiriqui Province 654-64
    Chitré 648-9
    chocolate tours Belize 260,276
    Costa Rica 551,555,560
    Panama 670
    Chuitinamit 138
    — churches & cathedrals 471
    q Antigua Catedral (Managua) 431
    Basílica de Esquipulas ? 181
    Basílica de Suyapa 353
    Catedral de Granada 445,2,12
    Catedral de León 470
    Catedral de San Isidro 392
    Catedral de Santa Ana 312
    Catedral de Santiago 115
    Catedral (Estelí) 479
    Catedral San Juan 487
    Catedral Metropolitana (Managua) 435
    Catedral Metropolitana (San Salvador) 290
    Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Paz 329
    Cathedral (Comayagua) 365-6
    Cathedral (San Pedro Sula) 371
    Convento y Museo San Francisco 445
    Iglesia Católica Copán Ruinas 376
    Iglesia de Chalatenango 337
    Iglesia de la Merced (Gracias) 385
    Iglesia de la Recolección 470
    Iglesia de San Félipe 679
    Iglesia de San Francisco 119
    Iglesia de San José 626
    Iglesia de San José
    Orosi 539
    Iglesia de San Pedro 644-5
    Iglesia de Santo Tomás 144
    Iglesia El Calvario 293, 313
    Iglesia El Carmen 313
    Iglesia El Rosario 290
    Map Pages 000
    Photo Pages 000
    Iglesia La Merced (Comayagua) 366
    Iglesia La Merced (Granada) 445
    Iglesia La Merced (Tegucigalpa) 353
    Iglesia Los Dolores 353
    Iglesia Parroquial Santiago Apóstol 137
    Iglesia (Trujilo) 400
    Iglesia y Convento de Nuestra Señora de la Merced 115
    Moravian Church (Bluefields) 492
    Moravian Church (Pearl Lagoon) 494
    Nuestra Señora de Asunción 317
    St John's Cathedral 234
    Templo de San Bernardino 71
    Templo El Calvario 173
    cigar tours 481
    Cihuatán 304
    Cinquera 339
    climate 18,25-7,18, see also individual countries Cobá 68-9
    Cobán 173-7,174-5
    coffee 319
    coffee tours Costa Rica 539-40,565
    Guatemala 174
    Nicaragua 484
    Panama 660
    Colón 677-8
    Colón Province 677-81
    Comarca de Guna Yala 681-4
    Comayagua 365-7
    consulates 725-6
    Belize 282-3
    Costa Rica 614
    El Salvador 345-6
    Guatemala 222
    Honduras 424
    Mexico 95-6
    Panama 701
    Copán Ruinas 16,374-9, 375
    Copán Archaeological Site 380-4,381,16
    Corinto 478
    Corn Islands 495-9
    Corozal 252-4,253
    Corral de Mulas 327
    Costa Maya 15
    Costa Rica 46,516-620, 518-19
    accommodations 516, 613-14
    border crossings 618-9
    budget 517
    children, travel with 614
    climate 516
    consulates 614
    culture 612
    customs regulations 614
    disabilities, travelers with 617
    discount cards 617
    drinks 517, 615
    embassies 614
    food 516,517,615
    highlights 518-19,518-19
    hiking 542,546-7
    history 609-12
    itineraries 517
    landscape 612-13
    LGBT travelers 529,615
    maps 615
    money 517,615-16
    opening hours 616
    public holidays 616
    safety 616
    telephone services 616
    time 616
    toilets 616-17
    tourist information 617
    travel to/from 517,618-19
    travel within 619-20
    visas 617
    volunteering 617-18
    websites 517
    wildlife 613
    Cotton Tree Chocolate Factory 276
    courses, see drumming courses, painting classes, language courses, individual locations crocodiles 588
    Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary 251
    culture 717-22
    Belize 281-2
    Costa Rica 612
    El Salvador 342-3
    Guatemala 217-18
    Honduras 420-1
    Mexico 94
    Nicaragua 509-11
    Panama 696-8
    customs regulations 725, see also individual countries cycling 43
    Costa Rica 555
    Guatemala 130,221
    Honduras 385
    Mexico 66,68,75
    Panama 665-7
    D
    dancing classes Belize 247
    Guatemala 109,154
    Honduras 390
    Mexico 61,78
    Nicaragua 435,467
    dangers, see safety Dangriga 267-9,268
    Darien Province 684-92, 686-7
    safety 690-1,730, David 654-6,655
    Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) 27
    Diria 454
    Diriamba 454
    disabilities, travelers with 732
    Costa Rica 617
    El Salvador 348
    Guatemala 226
    Honduras 426
    Nicaragua 513
    Panama 704
    discount cards 725, see also individual countries diving & snorkeling 42-3
    Belize 239,243-4,270-1, 272
    Costa Rica 547,573,577, 590,603
    El Salvador 293
    Guatemala 143
    Honduras 393,403-4, 409-10
    Mexico 50,57,58-9, 66,70
    Nicaragua 498
    Panama 646,649,652, 665,668,679
    Dominical 595-7
    drinking & nightlife, see individual locations drinks 726,740-1
    driving, see car travel drugs 730, see also legal matters drumming courses 270,276
    Dzibilchaltün 75
    ecotourism 709
    Costa Rica 540,555
    Honduras 368,415-16
    Nicaragua 494
    Edzná 82
    Ek' Balam 75
    El Castillo 504-5
    El Castillo de San Felipe 186-7
    El Día de Todos los Santosa 164
    El Estor 187-8
    El Mirador 211-13
    El Oriente 179-93
    ElPetén 193-212,194-5
    El Real 689
    El Refugio 503
    El Remate 201-2
    El Salvador 45,286-350, 288-9
    accommodations 286, 345
    arts 342,343
    books 343
    border crossings 349-50
    budget 287
    children, travel with 348
    climate 286,345
    consulates 345-6
    culture 342-3
    customs regulations 346
    disabilities, travel with 348
    drinks 287
    economy 339-40
    embassies 345-6
    emergencies 346
    environment 343-50
    festivals & events 294
    food 286,287
    health 346
    highlights 288-9
    history 340-2
    internet access 346
    itineraries 287
    LGBT travelers 347
    money 287,347
    opening hours 347
    politics 339-40
    public holidays 347
    religion 342-3
    safety 345
    telephone services 348
    tourist information 348
    travel seasons 286
    travel within 350
    travel to/from 349-50
    visas 346
    volunteering 293-4, 335,348
    websites 287
    El Triunfo de la Cruz 391
    El Valle 646-8
    El Zotz 212
    electricity 725
    embassies, see consulates emergencies 742, see also individual countries environmental issues deforestation 220-1,282, 344-5,700-6
    endangered species 282,613
    invasive species 94
    mining 344-5,700-6
    Esquipulas 180-3
    Esteli 479-83,480
    etiquette 20
    events, see festivals &
    events exchange rates Belize 230
    Costa Rica 517
    El Salvador 287
    Guatemala 100
    Honduras 352
    Mexico 49
    Nicaragua 430
    Panama 622
    F
    farms Arch's Iguana Farm 407
    Costa Rica 560
    festivals & events 25-7, see also individual countries Azuero 650
    Bolas de Fuego 27
    Carnaval 393
    Carnaval Mitos y Leyendas 473
    Día de la Purísima Concepción 473
    Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) 27
    El Día de Todos los Santosa 164
    Envision Festival 597
    Festival de la Luz 602
    Garifuna Day 389,390
    Garifuna Settlement Day 27,267
    Las Fiestas de Zapote 524
    Masacre del 23 Julio 1959 472-3
    National Garifuna Dance Festival 390
    Palo de Mayo 492
    Panama Jazz Festival 630,633
    Quema del Diablo 145
    San Jerónimo 455-6
    San Lázaro 455
    Semana Santa 26,472
    films 708
    Finca El Paraíso 187
    Finca Ixobal 195
    Finca Santa Leticia 318
    fishing Belize 239,272,276
    Guatemala 105
    Honduras 390
    Nicaragua 492
    Panama 649,667,700
    Flores 196-201,199
    food 726, see a/so individual locations language 740-1
    forts El Castillo de San Felipe 186-7
    Fortaleza De Coyotepe 455
    Fortaleza de San Carlos 501
    Fortaleza de San Fernando de Omoa 388
    Fortaleza Santa Bárbara de Trujillo 400
    Fortress (Laguna Bacalar) 69
    Fuerte de San Cristóbal 385
    Fuerte de San Miguel 80-1
    Fuerte San Jerónimo 679
    Fray Bartolomé de las Casas 179
    free-diving, see diving &
    snorkeling
    G
    galleries El Arbol de Dios 290
    Galería Pop-Wuj 144
    Image Factory 234
    La Antigua Galería de Arte 119
    Memorias Frágiles 374
    Museo de Arte 151
    Museo de Arte de El Salvador 290
    Museo del Hombre 353-6
    Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno 105
    Pen Cayetano Studio Gallery 267
    gardens, see parks &
    gardens Garifuna people 390, 719-20
    Garifuna Settlement Day 27,267
    Garifuna Villages 391-2
    Gatun Locks 678-9
    gay travelers, see LGBT
    travelers Glover's Reef Atoll 270
    Golfito 607-8
    Golfode Chiriqui 656-7
    Golfo de Fonseca Islands 332
    Golfo Dulce 598-9
    government travel advice 731
    Gracias 384-7
    Granada 12,444-51,446-7
    accommodations 448-9
    courses 445
    drinking & nightlife 450
    entertainment 450
    festivals & events 448
    food 449-50
    history 444-5
    sights 445
    tourist information 451
    tours 445-7
    travel to/from 451
    Great Corn Island 496-7
    Guanacaste National Park 257
    Guatemala 44,99-229, 102-3
    accommodations 99,221
    activities 221
    arts 218-19
    border crossings 98,182
    budget 100
    children, travel with 221-2
    climate 99
    consulates 222
    culture 217-18
    disabilities, travelers with 226
    drinks 100
    economy 213-14
    embassies 222
    environment 219-29
    food 99,100
    health 222
    highlights 102-3
    history 214-16
    internet access 222
    itineraries 100
    Guatemala continued language 100
    legal matters 222-3
    LGBT travelers 223
    money 100,223
    national parks &
    reserves 220
    opening hours 223
    politics 213-14
    public holidays 224
    religion 218
    safety 224-5
    telephone services 225
    time 100
    tourist information 226
    travel seasons 99
    travel to/from 227
    travel within 227-9
    visas 226
    volunteering 226
    websites 100
    women travelers 226
    work 226
    Guatemala City 101-14, 104 108-9
    accommodations 106-7
    drinking & nightlife 107-10
    food 107
    information 110-11
    shopping 110
    sights 101-6
    travel to/from 111-13
    travel within 113-14
    health 726-7, see also individual countries Highlands (Guatemala) 127-65
    Highlands (Costa Rica) 533-41,534-5
    highlights 8-17,8-9
    hiking 39-40
    Costa Rica 537,538,555, 564,571,588,594, 603,606
    El Salvador 310-11,323, 329,337
    Guatemala 138,139,149, 153,164,221
    Honduras 366,368,369, 371,393,397
    Nicaragua 458-9,484, 496
    Map Pages 000
    Photo Pages 000
    Panama 659,662-3, 667,700
    history 710-16
    Belize 280-1
    Cold War 714-15
    Copân Site 380
    Costa Rica 609-12
    democracy 716
    dictatorships 714
    El Salvador 340-2
    football 419
    Guatemala 214-16
    Honduras 417-20
    independence 711
    Maya 710
    Mexico 94
    Neocolonialism 715-16
    Nicaragua 505-9
    Panama 692-6
    religion 711-12
    Spanish settlement 710-11
    hitchhiking 738
    holidays 729-30
    Honduras 45,351-428, 354-5
    accommodations 423
    border crossings 227, 350,427,514
    budget 352
    children, travel with 423
    climate 351,423
    consulates 424
    culture 420-1
    customs regulations 423
    disabilities, travelers with 426
    drinks 352
    embassies 424
    food 351,352
    highlights 354-5
    history 417-20
    internet access 424
    itineraries 352
    legal matters 424
    LGBT travelers 424
    measures 426
    money 352,424-5
    opening hours 425
    post 425
    public holidays 425
    safety 425
    smoking 425
    telephone services 425
    tourist information 426
    travel seasons 351
    travel to/from 426-7
    travel within 427-8
    visas 426
    volunteering 426
    websites 352
    weights 426
    women travelers 426
    work 426
    Hopkins 270-2
    horseback riding Costa Rica 547,556, 565-6,589
    Guatemala 221
    Honduras 379,385, 398,404
    Nicaragua 465
    hot springs & spas Aguas Termales (Copán Ruinas) 379
    Aguas Termales Presidente 387
    Centro Turístico Terma del Río 387
    Costa Rica 571
    Eco Termales Hot Springs 555
    Luna Jaguar Spa Resort 379
    Paradise Hot Springs 555
    Parque Nacional Rincón de la Vieja 571
    Pozos Termales 647
    Huehuetenango 161-3,162
    Hummingbird Hwy 259-60
    immigration 734
    indigenous peoples 718-20, see also individual groups insurance 727-8
    internet access 728
    internet resources 19
    Isla Bastimentos 673-6
    Isla Boca Brava 656-7
    Isla Cañas 649
    Isla Carenero 673
    Isla Colón 665-77
    Isla Conchagüita 332
    Isla Cozumel 64-6,65
    Isla de Coiba 653
    Isla de Ometepe 16, 458-64,460,16
    Isla del Tigre 416-17
    Isla Espíritu Santo 327
    Isla Grande 680-1
    Isla Madre Sal 327
    Isla Martín Pérez 332
    Isla Meanguera 332
    Isla Méndez 327
    Isla Montecristo 326
    Isla Mujeres 56-8
    Isla Taboga 644-5
    Isla Venada 503
    Isla Zacatillo 332
    Isla Zapote 503
    Islas Solentiname 502-3
    itineraries 28-35,28,30,
    31, 32, 34-5, see also
    individual countries
    J
    Jacó 588-90
    Jinotega 486-8
    Jinotepe 454
    Joya de Cerén 304
    Juayúa 320-2
    K
    kayaking, see also canoeing Costa Rica 560,588-9
    Honduras 410
    Nicaragua 447,463
    Panama 665,701
    kitesurfing 239,498
    Kriol people 719
    K'um'arkaj 147-8
    L
    La Blanca 212
    La Campa 388
    La Ceiba 392-7,394
    La Costa del Bálsamo 306-9
    La Cruz 572-3
    La Democracia 168-9
    La Ensenada 391
    La Esperanza 367-8
    La Fortuna 554-8
    La Garnacha 485
    La Laguna de Alegría 325
    La Libertad 305-6
    La Palma 338-9,690-1
    La Unión 330-1
    Lago de Atitlán 15,128-65, 129,15
    Lago de Coatepeque 311
    Lago de Izabal 184-8
    Lago de Yojoa 369-70
    Lagos de Montebello 88
    Laguna Bacalar 69-70
    Laguna de Ibans 414
    Laguna de Olomega 329
    Lamanai 249-50
    Lancetilla Botanical Garden & Research Center 392
    landscape Costa Rica 612-13
    Honduras 421-3
    Nicaragua 511
    language 21,739-46
    language courses Costa Rica 521,538, 564-5,577-8,581
    El Salvador 335,346-7
    Guatemala 119-20,130, 139-40,149,153-4,171
    Honduras 376
    Mexico 59
    Nicaragua 435,445,465, 479-80,489
    Panama 629,668
    Lanquin 177-8
    Las Isletas 449
    Las Perlitas 477
    legal matters 728, see also individual countries Leon 469-76,472-3
    accommodations 473-4
    courses 471
    drinking & nightlife 475
    entertainment 475
    festivals & events 471-3
    food 474-5
    history 470
    sights 470
    tourist information 475-6
    tours 471
    travel to/from 476
    LGBT travelers 728
    Belize 283
    Costa Rica 615
    El Salvador 347
    Guatemala 223
    Honduras 424
    Mexico 96
    Nicaragua 512
    Panama 702
    Liberia 568-70,569
    libraries 293
    lifestyle 720-1
    literature 420,708
    Little Corn Island 497-9
    Livingston 189-93
    Los Chiles 559
    Los Cobanos 306
    Los Planes de Renderos 305
    Lubaantun 279
    M
    Mahahual 70
    Mai Pais 582-3
    Managua 431-44,436-7, 438,443
    accommodations 435-7
    activities 431
    courses 435
    drinking & nightlife 439-40
    entertainment 440
    festivals & events 435
    food 437-9
    history 431
    shopping 440
    sights 431
    tourist information 440-2
    travel to/from 442
    travel within 434,443
    Mancarrón 502
    Manuel Antonio 593-5,592
    Mapa en Relieve 101
    maps 728
    Marcala 368
    markets Chichicastenango 144
    Guatemala City 105,110
    Mercado de Artesanías de Masaya 455
    Panama City 638
    Quetzaltenango (Xela) 159
    San Salvador 301
    Masachapa 443-4
    Masaya 455-6,454-5
    Masaya region 444-57
    massages Belize 245
    El Salvador 331
    Guatemala 142
    Matagalpa 488-91
    Maya people 718
    medical services 726-7
    meditation Guatemala 142
    Honduras 384
    Mérida (Mexico) 74-9, 76-7 23
    Mérida (Nicaragua) 463-4, Mestizos 717
    Metapán 314-16
    Meteti 688
    Mexico's Yucatán &
    Chiapas 44,48-98, 51, 52-3
    accommodations 48,95
    border crossings 98, 227,285
    budget 49
    climate 48,95
    consulates 95-6
    culture 94
    customs regulations 95
    discount cards 95
    drinks 49
    economy 94
    embassies 95-6
    emergencies 96
    food 48,49
    highlights 51
    history 94
    itineraries 49
    LGBT travelers 96
    money 49,96
    opening hours 96
    public holidays 96
    safety 95
    tourist permits 96-7
    travel seasons 48
    travel to/from 97-8
    travel within 98
    visas 97
    volunteering 59,97
    websites 49
    Miami (Honduras) 392
    military 730
    Mirador el Boquete 454
    Miramundo 338
    Misol-Ha 93
    Mixco Viejo 172
    monasteries 115,118-19
    money 19,728-9, see also individual locations Monterrico 169-72
    Monteverde 561-8, 562-3,14
    Montezuma 583-7,584
    Monumento Nacional Isla Barro Colorado 644
    Morazán 332-4
    Moskitia, the 414-16
    motorcycle travel 735-6,738
    Mountain Pine Ridge 265-6
    Moyogalpa 459
    Mt Pleasant 496
    museums BioMuseo 628-9
    Cacaopera Museum 333
    Casa de los Venados 71
    Casa de Montejo 74-5
    Casa del Tejido Antiguo 118
    Casa K'inich 376
    Casa MIMA 101
    Casa Museo Comandante Carlos Fonseca 488
    Casa Museo Judith Kain 500
    Centro de Textiles del Mundo Maya 83
    Centro Monseñor Romero 292
    Cojolya Association of Maya Women Weavers 137
    Culture House (Great Corn Island) 496
    El Campamento Guerrillero Simulado 333
    Galería de Héroes y Mártires (Estelí) 479
    George Price Center for
    Peace &
    Development 257
    Gran Museo del Mundo o Maya 74
    Gulisi Garifuna Museum i—
    267 é
    Miraflores Visitors Center 642
    Museo Balam 163
    Museo Capitán Dulché 57
    Museo Casa Galeano 385
    Museo de Antropología e Historia 457
    Museo de Antropología e Historia de San Pedro Sula 371
    Museo de Arqueología Maya 376
    Museo de Arte Contemporáneo 629
    Museo de Arte Fundación Ortiz-Gurdián 470
    Museo de Arte Religioso Colonial 627
    Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo 520-1
    Museo de Café 488
    Museo de Chocolate 445
    Museo de Escultura 382
    Museo de Jade 521
    Museo de la Arquitectura Maya 80
    Museo de la Medicina Maya 83
    Museo de la Palabra y La Imagen 290-2
    Museo de la Revolución Salvadoreña 333
    Museo de Leyendas y Tradiciones 470
    Museo del Canal Interoceánico 627
    Museo del Ferrocarril 101
    Museo de Oro Precolombino y Numismática 520
    Museo de Paleontología, Arqueología y Geología 180
    Museo de Sitio Panamá
    Viejo 628
    Museo Digital de Copán 376
    Museo Historico Cultural de la Costa Caribe 491-2
    museums continued Museo Historico de la Revolución 470
    Museo Ixchel 105
    Museo Ixkik' 151
    Museo Juan Santamaría 536
    * Museo Maya de Cancón
    S 50
    ** Museo Nacional de S Costa Rica 520
    "o Museo Nacional de Historia 101
    Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Jorge I barra 106
    Museo para la Identidad Nacional 353
    Museo Popol Vuh 105
    Museo Regional del Oriente 329
    Museo Rubén Darío 470
    Museum of Belize 234
    music 21,722
    Belize 281
    Garifuna 390
    Guatemala 154,158,218
    Panama 633,698
    N
    Naranjo 212
    national parks & reserves 220,344,422, see a/so parks & gardens Área Protegida Cerro Tisey-Estanzuela 485
    Área Protegida Miraflor 484-5
    Biotopo Cerro Cahuí
    201-2
    Biotopo Chocón Machacas 192
    Biotopo del Quetzal 172-3
    Blue Hole National Park 259
    Cloudbridge Nature Reserve 600
    Coiba National Park 653
    Guanacaste National Park 257
    Isla de Coiba 653
    Monumento Nacional Cañón de Somoto 486
    Monumento Nacional Isla Barro Colorado 644
    Parque Arqueológico Takalik Abaj 166-7
    Map Pages 000
    Photo Pages 000
    Parque Eco-Arqueológico Los Naranjos 370
    Parque Internacional La Amistad 663-4
    Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo 538
    Parque Nacional Cahuita 545
    Parque Nacional Carara 587-8
    Parque Nacional Cerro Azul Meámbar 370
    Parque Nacional Chirripó 601
    Parque Nacional Corcovado 606-7
    Parque Nacional Cusuco 371
    Parque Nacional Darién 691
    Parque Nacional El Imposible 323-4
    Parque Nacional Jeannette Kawas 391
    Parque Nacional La Tigra 365
    Parque Nacional Los Volcanes 310-11
    Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio 13,593, 13, 33
    Parque Nacional Marino Ballena 597
    Parque Nacional Marino
    Golfo de Chiriquí
    656-7
    Parque Nacional Marino Isla Bastimentos 674
    Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas de Guanacaste 576
    Parque Nacional Montaña de Celaque 388
    Parque Nacional Montaña de Comayagua 366
    Parque Nacional Montaña de Santa Bárbara 370
    Parque Nacional Pico Bonito 398-9
    Parque Nacional Rincón de lía Vieja 571-2
    Parque Nacional San Lorenzo 679
    Parque Nacional Soberanía 643
    Parque Nacional Tapantí- Macizo Cerro de la Muerte 539
    Parque Nacional Tortuguero 542
    Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal 554
    Parque Nacional Volcán Barú 662-3
    Parque Nacional Volcán Masaya 456-7
    Parque Nacional Volcán Poás 537-8
    Parque Nacional Walter T
    Deininger 305
    Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Caño Negro 559
    Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde 14
    Reserva Biológica Indio- Maíz, Aguas Frescas 505
    Reserva Biológica Indio-Maíz, Caño Sarnoso 505
    Reserva Biológica Indio- Maíz, Río Bartola 505
    Reserva de Biosfera Bosawás 489
    Reserva de la Biosfera del Río Plátano 414-15
    Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Celestún 75
    Reserva Natural Absoluta Cabo Blanco 584
    Reserva Natural Estero Padre Ramos 478-9
    Reserva Natural Isla Juan Venado 477
    Reserva Natural Laguna de Apoyo 452-3
    Reserva Natural Volcán Mombacho 452
    Reserva Santa Elena 565
    Río Blanco National Park 280
    Shipstern Conservation Management Area 254
    Talamanca Reserve 600-1
    natural hazards 730
    Nebaj 149-50
    Nicaragua 45,429-515, 432-3
    accommodations 429,511
    border crossings 427,514
    budget 430
    climate 429
    consulates 512
    culture 509-11
    disabilities, travelers with 513
    embassies 512
    festivals 455
    food 429
    history 505-9
    internet access 512
    itineraries 430
    legal matters 512
    LGBT travelers 512
    money 430,512
    opening hours 512
    public holidays 512-13
    safety 513
    telephone services 513
    tourist information 513
    travel to/from 430,514
    travel within 514
    visas 513
    volunteering 513
    nightlife, see individual locations Nim Li Punit 279
    Northern Honduras 388-402
    Northern Lowlands 554-61
    Northern Nicaragua 479-91
    Northwestern Costa Rica 561-73
    Northwestern Nicaragua 469-79
    Nueva Ocotepeque 387 0
    Omoa 388-9
    opening hours 729, see also individual countries Orange Walk 250-2
    paddle boating 410
    painting classes 435
    palaces Palacio del Ayuntamiento 115
    Palacio de los Capitanes Generales 115
    Palacio Nacional de la Cultura 101
    Palacio Nacional 292
    Palacios 415
    Palenque 13,89-93,90, 13, 29
    Palmar 602
    Panajachel 129-37,132-3
    Panama 46,621-706, 624-5
    accommodations 621, 700
    activities 700-1
    arts 698
    border crossings 619, 689,705
    budget 622
    climate 621
    consulates 701
    culture 696-8
    customs regulations 701
    disabilities, travelers with 704
    drinks 622,701-2
    electricity 701
    embassies 701
    environment 698-706
    food 621,622,701
    highlights 624-5
    history 692-6
    internet access 702
    itineraries 622
    legal matters 702
    LGBT travelers 702
    money 622,702-3
    opening hours 703
    politics 692
    public holidays 703
    religion 697-8
    safety 703-4
    sports 698
    telephone services 704
    tourist information 704
    travel seasons 621
    travel to/from 704-6
    travel within 705-6
    visas 704
    websites 622
    Panama Canal 642,708, 643
    Panama City 14,623-41.
    626-7 630-1,634,14
    accommodations 630-5
    courses 629
    drinking & nightlife 637
    entertainment 637-8
    festivals & events 630
    food 635-7
    information 638-9
    shopping 638
    sights 629
    tours 629-30
    travel to/from 639-41
    travel within 641-2
    Panchimalco 305
    paragliding 119,130
    parks & gardens, see
    also national parks &
    reserves Aprovaca Orquídeas 647
    Carambola Botanical Gardens 407
    Cerro Tzankujil 142
    Finca Los Monos Botanical Garden 667
    Green Iguana Conserva- tion Project 260
    Jardín Botánico Dr Alfredo Barrera Marín 58
    Jardín Botánico (Gracias) 385
    Jardín Botánico La Laguna 290
    Lancetilla Botanical Garden & Research Center 392
    Orquigonia 173
    Parque Balboa 305
    Parque Histórico Nacional Loma de Tiscapa 434
    Parque Metropolitano La Sabana 521
    Parque Minerva 105
    Parque Nacional Las Victorias 173
    Parque Nacional (San José) 520
    Parque Natural Metropolitano 629
    Parque Santa Lucía 74
    Parque Swinford 392
    Plaza de la Revolución 431
    Tree of Life 545
    Turicentro Agua Fría 337
    Parque Arqueológico Takalik Abaj 166-7
    Parque Internacional La Amistad 663-4
    Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo 538
    Parque Nacional Carara 587-8
    Parque Nacional Corcovado 606-7
    Parque Nacional El Imposible 323-4
    Parque Nacional La Tigra 365
    Parque Nacional Los Volcanes 310-11
    Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio 13,593,13,33
    Parque Nacional Marino Isla Bastimentos 674
    Parque Nacional Montaña de Comayagua 366
    Parque Nacional Pico Bonito 398-9
    Parque Nacional Rincón de la Vieja 571-2
    Parque Nacional San Lorenzo 679
    Parque Nacional Soberanía 643
    Parque Nacional Volcán Barú 662-3
    Parque Nacional Volcán Masaya 456-7
    Parque Nacional Volcán Poás 537-8
    Parque Nacional Walter T
    Deininger 305
    Paso Canoas 609
    passports 734
    Pavones 608-9
    Pearl Lagoon 494-5
    Pedasí 649-50
    Pedro Miguel Locks 642
    Península de Nicoya 573-86,574-5
    Península de Osa 598-609, 598-9
    Perquín 333-4
    Piedras Negras 212
    Placencia 272-6,273
    planning basics 18-19
    Belize 45,230-1
    budgeting 19,36-8
    calendar of events 25-7
    Costa Rica 46,516-17
    El Salvador 45,287-8
    Guatemala 44,99-100
    Honduras 45,350-1
    websites 19
    Mexico 44,48-9
    Nicaragua 45,429-30
    Panama 46,620-1
    travel seasons 18,25-7
    Playa Del Carmen 59- 64,60
    Playa del Coco 573-6
    Playa Las Lajas 657
    Playa Sámara 580-2
    Playa Tamarindo 576-80, 578
    Playa Venao 651-2
    Pochomil 443-4
    poetry 722
    police 728,730
    El Salvador 301
    Guatemala 111,126, 159,200
    Honduras 424
    Nicaragua 512
    Panama 703
    politics 708-9
    Poneloya 477
    Portobelo 679-80
    postal services 729, see also individual countries poverty 709
    public art 721
    Murals (Esteli) 479
    National Assembly Pedestrian Walk 434
    Panama Canal Murals 629
    public holidays 729-30, see also individual countries 5
    Pueblos Blancos 453-4
    Puerta Lempira 415-16 x Puerto Barrios 188-9 y Puerto Cortés 389
    Puerto Jiménez 604-6
    Puerto Limón 544-5
    Puerto Morelos 58-9
    Puerto Viejo de Talamanca 549-54,550-1
    Punta de Manabique 189
    Punta Gorda 276-9,277
    Punta San Juan 327
    pura vida 612
    Quema del Diablo 145
    Quepos 590-3
    Quetzaltenango (Xela) 151-61,152,156-7
    Quezaltepeque 290
    Quiriguá 183-4
    R
    rafting 43
    Costa Rica 540,560, 591,595-6
    El Salvador 314-15
    Honduras 398
    Panama 659,701
    Raiti Pura 494
    Rama Cay 492
    Rancho Frío 689-90
    Refugio de Vida Silvestre Cuero y Salado 400
    Refugio de Vida Silvestre La Flor 469
    religión 720, see a/so individual countries reserves, see national parks & reserves Reserva de la Biosfera del Río Plátano 414-15
    Retalhuleu 165-6
    Río Azul 212
    Río Blanco National Park 280
    Río Bulaba 653-4
    Río Cangrejal 397-8
    Río Dulce 184-6
    Río San Juan 503-5
    Rivas 457-8
    Roatán 402-8,406-7
    Far East 406-7
    French Harbour 407
    Sandy Bay 407-8
    West Bay 408
    West End 403-6
    robbery 730-1
    round-the-world tickets 735
    Ruinas de Quelepa 328-9
    Ruinas de San Andrés 304
    Ruta de las Flores 16, 316-22
    safety 730-1, see also individual countries sailing Belize 239,244,245
    Guatemala 184
    Panama 668
    Salamá 172
    Sambo Creek 399
    Sambú 692
    San Antonio 280
    San Bartolo 212
    San Carlos 501-2
    San Cristóbal de las Casas 82 7,86-7
    San Fernando 503
    San Gerardo de Rivas 600-2
    San Ignacio 260-5,262
    San Isidro de El General 599-600
    San Jorge 458
    San José 520-33,522-3
    accommodations 524-7
    drinking & nightlife 529
    entertainment 529-30
    festivals & events 524
    food 527-9
    shopping 530
    sights 520-1
    tourist information 530-1
    tours 521,524
    travel to/from 531-3
    travel within 533
    San Juan de Oriente 453, 466
    San Juan del Sur 464-8,33
    San Manuel Colohete 388
    San Marcos 454
    San Marcos La Laguna 141-3
    Map Pages 000
    Photo Pages 000
    San Miguel 327-30,328
    San Pedro 243-9,244
    San Pedro Columbia 279
    San Pedro La Laguna 139-41
    San Pedro Sula 371-4
    San Ramön 463-4
    San Salvador 290-304, 291,292-3,296 298
    accommodations 294-7
    activities 293-4
    drinking & nightlife 300
    entertainment 300
    food 297-300
    information 301-2
    shopping 300-1
    sights 290-3
    travel to/from 302
    travel within 302-4
    San Vicente 324-5
    Santa Ana 311-14,312
    Santa Catalina 652-3
    Santa Cruz 462
    Santa Cruz del Quiche 147-9
    Santa Cruz La Lagun 143-4
    Santa Elena 196-201, 561-8,562-3
    Santa F6 653-4
    Santa Lucia 364-5
    Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa 167-8
    Santa Rosa Sector 572
    Santa Tecla 309-10
    Santa Teresa 582-3
    Santiago Atitlän 137-9
    Sarteneja 254-5
    Sayaxche 193
    Semuc Champey 178-9
    Sierpe 602-3
    Sipacate 169
    Sittee Point 270-2
    Sixaola 554
    smoking 731
    snorkeling, see diving &
    snorkeling Somoto 485-6
    Sonsonate 322
    Southern Costa Rica 598-609
    Southern Honduras 416-17
    Southern Pacific Coast 464-9
    Southwestern Nicaragua 457-64
    Spanish language 739-46, see also language courses spas, see hot springs &spas stand-up paddleboarding 573
    street art, see public art Suchitoto 334-6
    Sunset Coast 650-1
    surfing 42
    Costa Rica 550,576-7, 581,588,595-6,608
    El Salvador 305,306, 308,331
    Guatemala 169
    Nicaragua 465
    Panama 652,665,668, 700-1
    swimming 731
    Costa Rica 547,594,603
    Honduras 368
    Mexico 61,68,71
    Nicaragua 462
    T
    Tacuba 322-3
    Tazumal 316
    Tegucigalpa 353-65, 358-9 362
    accommodations 356-7
    drinking & nightlife 360
    entertainment 360-1
    festivals & events 356
    food 357-60
    information 361
    shopping 361
    sights 353-6
    travel to/from 361-3
    travel within 363-4
    Tela 389-91
    telephone services 731, see also individual countries theft 730-1
    Tikal 10,202-10,204-5,11, 204-5
    Tilarân 558-9
    time 731,742
    tipping 21
    Belize 283
    Costa Rica 616
    El Salvador 347
    Guatemala 223
    Honduras 425
    Panama 703
    Tobacco Caye 270
    Todos Santos Cuchumatân 163-5
    toilets 731
    Toledo 279-80
    Tornabé 391
    Tortuguero 542-4
    tourist information 732, see also individual locations tours Belize 260-1,276
    Costa Rica 521,539-40, 543,551,555,560, 565,590,590-1,604-5
    El Salvador 318,323
    Guatemala 174,208
    Honduras 369,376,393, 397,399,410,415-16
    Nicaragua 465,481,484, 486,489,500
    Panama 642,646,659- 60,663-4,674-5,685
    transportation 734-8
    language 742-3
    travel seasons 18,25-7, see also individual countries travel to/from Central America 734-6
    travel within Central America 736-8
    trekking, see hiking Trujillo 400-2,401
    Tulum 66-8
    Turrialba 540-1
    U
    Uaxactún 210-11
    Uspantán 150-1
    Usulután 326-7
    Utila 408-14,410-11
    Uvita 597
    Uxmal 75
    V
    vacations 729-30
    vaccinations 727
    Valladolid 70-2
    Valle de Orosi 539-40
    Valle de Sarapiquí 559-61
    violence 709
    visas 732, see also individual countries Volcán Arenal 554-8,4
    volcanoes Cerro de Oro 138
    El Salvador 315
    Parque Nacional Los Volcanes 310-11
    Santiaguito 153
    Volcán Barú 662-3
    Volcán Chaparrastique 329
    Volcán Izalco 310
    Volcán San Pedro 139
    Volcán Santa María 153
    Volcán Tajumulco 153
    Volcán Tolimán 138
    volunteering 732-3
    Belize 284-5
    El Salvador 293-4,335, 348
    Guatemala 226
    Mexico 59,97
    W
    walking, see hiking waterfalls Agua Azul 93
    Cascada de los Ensueños 366
    Cascada San Ramón 463
    Catarata Río Fortuna 555
    Cataratas Nauyaca 595
    Chorro El Macho 646
    La Escalada de los Gigantes 369
    Los Siete Altares 190
    Misol-Ha 93
    Montezuma Waterfalls 584
    Pulhapanzak 370
    Salto Estanzuela 485
    water sports, see individual sports weather 18,25-7,18
    websites 19, see a/so individual locations Western Belize 255-67, 256-7
    wetland reserves Refugio de Vida Silvestre Cuero y Salado 400
    whale sharks 409
    white-water rafting, see rafting wildlife, see animals wildlife centers & reserves, see also aquariums Alturas Animal Sanctuary 595
    Biotopo Monterrico- Hawaii 170
    Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary 251
    Iguana Research &
    Breeding Station 408
    Isla Cañas 649
    Jaguar Centro de Rescate 550
    Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary 255
    Panama Rainforest Discovery Center 644
    Parque Hawaii 170
    Refugio de Vida Punta Izopo 391
    Refugio de Vida Silvestre Isla Iguana 649
    Refugio de Vida Silvestre
    Islas Taboga y Urabá
    644
    Refugio de Vida Silvestre La Flor 469
    Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde 564
    Reserva Natural Punta Patiño 691
    Roatán Marine Park 403
    Tortugario Monterrico 170
    wildlife-watching 40
    Costa Rica 555-6,603
    Guatemala 201-2
    Mexico 56-7,57,75
    Panama 643,651
    women travelers 733
    Guatemala 226
    Honduras 426
    work 733
    World Heritage Sites Antigua 114-27, U6-17
    Casco Viejo 623,626-7
    Coiba National Park 653
    Copán Archaeological Site 16,380-4
    Isla de Coiba 653
    Joya de Cerén 304
    Parque Nacional Darién 691
    Quiriguá 183-4
    Reserva de la Biosfera del Río Plátano 414-15
    Tikal 10,202-10,204-5, 10, 204-5
    Xunantunich 266
    Y
    Yaviza 688-9
    Yaxchilán 88-9
    Yaxhá 211
    yoga Belize 245
    Costa Rica 585,608 j;
    Guatemala 142
    Yucatán 48-9,5-82,51,
    52-3, see also Mexico's <
    Yucatán & Chiapas m
    Z
    Zaculeu 161
    ziplining Belize 266,280
    El Salvador 318
    Honduras 387
    zoos, see also aquariums,
    wildlife centers &
    reserves Bat Jungle 564
    Belize Zoo 255
    Butterfly Garden 564
    El Níspero 647
    La Aurora Zoo 106
    Macaw Mountain Bird Park 374-6
    Monteverde Theme Park 564