I’m in Costa Rica right now and am scheduled to fly back to California tomorrow. But I might not be there for long. I got offered a job as a volunteer coordinator for a Canadian NGO in Nicaragua. The pay is decent and the job provides free room and board and get this, free Spanish… Read More So long Nicaragua….See Ya Soon?
I’ll be flying back to the US in four days. And I’m afraid. But not for the reasons you’d think. I’m not particularly worried about finding a job or making new friends (I’ve got a lot of experience at doing both) and even though I’m not ecstatic about moving in with the ‘rents again, I… Read More No One Ever Died of Boredom…Right?
I’d just arrived on the top of the volcano when it started to storm. From inside the visitors’ center I watched as the sky darkened and the rain came down in sheets. Thunder boomed overhead. “When does the last bus go back down?” I finally thought to ask. It was getting dark and I didn’t… Read More Alone and Stranded on a Volcano
Two days ago I noticed that my hair had mysteriously turned hippie on me. And not in a good way. It was long, scraggly, full of split-ends and so dry that if you’d rubbed a handful of it together you might have sparked a fire. In fact, my hair had become so dry and prone… Read More Hair Today…
These were for sale in the tourist market in Granada, Nicaragua. I don’t want to make fun of these too much because obviously a lot of time and care was put into them. I mean, just look at the detail in the man’s Tom Selleck moustache. And the artist even thought to add a touch… Read More Would You Buy These?
You can learn a lot from travel. Always negotiate, hide some money in your shoe in case you get robbed and never trust an American hippie in a Hawaiian shirt walking a three-legged dog. I met the hippie a half an hour after I reached the island. I was looking for a hostel and he… Read More Adventures on Hippie Island: Part 2
Would you pay to have sex in a garage? No? Well if you lived in Central America you might.… Read More Auto Hotels and Love Hotels
The view from the beach of Ometepe Island, Nicaragua I’ve been on the island of Ometepe for about a week now and I’m so in love with it that I’m thinking that I might never leave (I’m kidding mom, I’ll definitely be leaving soon. Probably…Maybe). Just so that I’ll follow up on that promise though,… Read More Still in Nicaragua…But Not For Much Longer!
A photo of my hostel, which is more like a hippie commune than an actual business. You can rent a hammock or sleep in a tent in the backyard and if you agree to paint a mural on one of the walls or pieces of furniture, you get to stay for free. Cool, huh? I’m… Read More Adventures on Hippie Island
Photo by Pavel Ševela / Wikimedia Commons I joke around a lot about being addicted to travel but sometimes I wonder if I have a serious problem. If you’ve ever traveled for any considerable amount of time then you’ve probably heard the “Aren’t you running away from your problems?” question. It’s a tough one to… Read More The Travel Bug: Friend or Foe?