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December 30, 2003Christmas on the CarribeanAfter Rio Dulce, I pretty much made a beeline for Honduras. My destination was the Carribean island of Roatan, where I was meeting my family (parents and brother) for Christmas. I spent a week there with them and it was...Read this update Hothothot, coldcoldcoldI left Livingston on the 18th. Jonathan and Richard were the only people left from our group, and they came to see me off, which was very nice. I was tempted to stay longer in Livingston, but I stil wanted...Read this update December 21, 2003Livingston, mon...The next morning we all pulled ourselves out of bed. I was feeling pretty awful. I'd gone to bed relatively early (midnight, which is late here), but got repeatedly woken up by an obnoxious girl screaming into her cell phone....Read this update Posted by sarahr on December 21, 2003 06:37 PM
Category: So, THIS is that Gringo Trail They're Always Talking About!For most of this trip I've been traveling alone. "Well, duh," you might say. "We know that." But this has actually been a bit of a surprise. In Asia, I was always traveling from place to place with other people....Read this update December 16, 2003Paradise Ain't CheapAfter Tikal, I headed for the Finca Ixobel, a legendary traveler's spot. Everybody who'd been there insisted I had to go. I heard about the amazing food, congenial atmosphere, comfortable acommodations and beautiful surroundings and decided I'd check it out...Read this update December 14, 2003Pyramids in the MistAfter I recovered from the bad chicken (what a great opening line!), I headed to Flores, in the north of Guatemala. It's a relatively long journey, but the road is probably the best in Guatemala, and I took an express...Read this update December 12, 2003Finding a place to rest my weary headAfter I left Xela, I went back to Antigua and discovered that it is actually kinda boring. The only interesting thing is that I never seem to be able to find a decent hotel quickly. The first time I wandered...Read this update December 10, 2003Xela - Spanish funI started Spanish lessons the next afternoon. Again, I was struck by how fortunate I was yo be the buyer in a buyers' market, able to waltz into town and start lessons the next day. The only concession I had...Read this update |
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