2 articles
15 April 2026
mexicoYucatán Peninsula Travel Guide: Ruins, Cenotes, and the Caribbean Coast
The Yucatán Peninsula holds the largest concentration of Mayan ruins in the Americas, a coastline that splits between backpacker-heavy Tulum and family-resort Riviera Maya, and 6,000 freshwater cenotes. Here's how to navigate it.
Henrik Vinter
30 January 2026
costa ricaCosta Rica for First-Timers: How to See the Country Without a Package Tour
Costa Rica compresses an unusual range of ecosystems—cloud forest, rainforest, dry forest, two coastlines, active volcanoes—into a country the size of Switzerland. Getting between them takes longer than a map suggests; roads are slow and winding, which makes routing decisions critical. Two weeks is the right amount of time for independent travel; one week forces cuts that hollow out the experience.
Henrik Vinter