USA | Tuesday, 19 Feb 2008 | Views [116]
After we crossed into Texas we spent a couple of days at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. This is where the whooping cranes hang out in the US. There are only about 500 world-wide and it is a treat to see even a couple of them. Then it was on to ... Read more >
Tags: Family
USA | Thursday, 14 Feb 2008 | Views [206]
Friends say they would love to travel the way we do. That, of course, isn’t the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. They really don’t want to miss out on family gatherings. They can’t imagine spending Christmas Eve on a kibbutz ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
USA | Wednesday, 13 Feb 2008 | Views [109]
Tuesday was another long distance drive with little to report. The roads are pretty good and we are making good time despite the intermittent rain. It is a flat and uninspiring part of Mexico but I don’t miss driving on the winding mountain roads ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
MEXICO | Sunday, 10 Feb 2008 | Views [150]
It took a long time yesterday to drive the 175 miles to the Mexican border but it was the easiest crossing yet. Our Guatemalan papers were just a day old and our vehicle permit for Mexico was still valid so the only thing we had to do was have our ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
GUATEMALA | Friday, 8 Feb 2008 | Views [128]
We left Copan around 7 o’clock so we could arrive at the border at La Florida before the crowds. We quickly and painlessly processed out of Honduras and went through immigration into Guatemala. But our car papers had expired for the C-4 countries ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
GUATEMALA | Thursday, 7 Feb 2008 | Views [188]
The crown jewels of Mayan civilization are Tikal, Chichen Itza, Palenque, Uxmal, and Copan and now we have visited all of them. Like the others Copan was occupied from around 1400 BC until 600 AD and then declined. It lacks the towering pyramids ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
HONDURAS | Tuesday, 5 Feb 2008 | Views [132]
It isn't easy to like Nicaragua. The border crossing isn't bad but the roads can be terrible. The local people are friendly and accomodating but the police hassled us again. No fire extinguisher. Rather than even try to negotiate in Spanish I repeated ... Read more >
Tags: People
COSTA RICA | Friday, 1 Feb 2008 | Views [226]
We spent our next to last night in Costa Rica in the farming village of Upala in the NW part of the country, a good jumping off point for exploring the Cano Negro Refuge. We originally planned to spend the night in Liberia but since Connie flawlessly ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
COSTA RICA | Tuesday, 29 Jan 2008 | Views [117]
It is February and we are beginning the trek homeward but computer access from our laptop is sketchy. No photos and no detailed entries until we get it squared away. Sorry.
Tags: I should have known better!
COSTA RICA | Tuesday, 29 Jan 2008 | Views [170]
I am writing this while in semi (I hope!) police custody. We spent our last two days in Panama in the mountain town of Cerro Punta. At an altitude of 1800 meters it is a good base from which to explore both Barca Volcano and La Amistad National Parks.... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
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