NICARAGUA | Thursday, 19 Jun 2008 | Views [561]
I´ve been in Leon for two days now and can say, without hyperbole, that this is the hottest weather I have ever survived (and without air conditioning at that). It has been around 100 both days, with heat indices even higher, and UV indices at 10. Which ... Read more >
Tags: earthquakes, leon, nicaragua
NICARAGUA | Wednesday, 18 Jun 2008 | Views [505]
I have learned many lessons on this trip, some of them more important than others. For instance, I have always known that wearing sunscreen is of utmost importance when your skin has the natural hue of a ghost. However, what I have learned ... Read more >
Tags: granada, life lessons, nicaragua
NICARAGUA | Monday, 16 Jun 2008 | Views [719]
I wrote this yesterday, but it didn't seem to load properly so here is a second attempt to post it. Today I made the trek from Playa Tamardino, in Costa Rica, to the colonial town of Granada, in Nicaragua. I booked my bus ticket from Liberia to Granada ... Read more >
Tags: life lessons, nicaragua
COSTA RICA | Saturday, 14 Jun 2008 | Views [492]
I'm finishing up three days here at Playa Tamarindo, on the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica. I wasn't entirely sure what to expect when I came here, given Lonely Planet's utter dismissal of this beach town, and after three hours on a sweltering ... Read more >
Tags: costa rica, hostels, tamarindo
COSTA RICA | Wednesday, 11 Jun 2008 | Views [805]
Sorry it´s been so long since I´ve posted! Monday morning bright and early Chris, Megan, and I began the bus-ferry-bus journey to get us to Montezuma, a sleepy little beach town in the Nicoya penninsula. The weather was lovely leaving Monteverde, and ... Read more >
Tags: costa rica, montezuma, travel friends
COSTA RICA | Sunday, 8 Jun 2008 | Views [696]
Hello once again, dear readers! Things have been lovely here in Monteverde though some drama has unfolded. But everything in its proper order. Yesterday Chris, Megan, Adam, Tiera, and I went on a three-hour hike through the Santa Elena Reserves and ... Read more >
Tags: costa rica, im a klutz, montezuma
COSTA RICA | Friday, 6 Jun 2008 | Views [441]
So we finished up at Arenal with great success: the morning at the waterfall in La Fortuna (definitely check out those pictures) and the evening at the volcano. It was cloudy but this time we went with a local guide named Mr. Lava Lava, highly recommended ... Read more >
Tags: costa rica, monteverde, travel friends
COSTA RICA | Thursday, 5 Jun 2008 | Views [502]
Hello friends! I had a wonderful time rafting yesterday through the Pacuare river. My boat did capsize, but our guide later told us he did it on purpose because it was "fun". Actually, after surviving it, it was fun. But in the moment I was ... Read more >
Tags: arenal, costa rica, im a klutz
COSTA RICA | Monday, 2 Jun 2008 | Views [421]
Hello dear readers! I have made it to Costa Rica and am spending my second night in San Jose, the capital. I spent this morning wandering around the city (looking like a tourist idiot with my backpack on my front given the rate of petty theft ... Read more >
Tags: costa rica, san jose
ITALY | Saturday, 29 Mar 2008 | Views [598]
I can definitely say this was my favorite trip to Europe by far. First of all, no tour bus or huge group of like-minded people (school trip, choir tour). Secondly, I had someone to talk to (very different from my solo backpacking trip last summer). It ... Read more >
Tags: bologna, certaldo, cinque terre, italy, milan, pisa, tarcento, trieste, verona, wine
USA | Thursday, 19 Jul 2007 | Views [383]
I got out of my bed at the Zurich Youth Hostel 21 hours ago. I distinguish "got out of my bed" from "woke up" since I didn't actually sleep last night for fear of oversleeping my alarm and missing my flight. Silly me. No need to fear ... Read more >
Tags: exhausted yet happy, home, new york
SWITZERLAND | Wednesday, 18 Jul 2007 | Views [353]
The internet at the hostel is terrible. It just has these spasms where it doesn't work for a minute or two or three, but it continues to deduct your time. Well I was checking email just now and trying to check in for my flight and I had two minutes left, ... Read more >
Tags: hungry, switzerland, wi-fi, zurich
SWITZERLAND | Tuesday, 17 Jul 2007 | Views [401]
I made it to Zurich just fine... it seems that sleeper cars on night trains are actually quite comfortable and I slept the best since coming on this trip. Am seriously a fan of sleeper cars. My hostel is clean and huge and also the nicest of all of ... Read more >
Tags: wandering, wi-fi, zurich
GERMANY | Monday, 16 Jul 2007 | Views [405]
...all backpackers, no matter their age or nationality or length of trip, have a distinct smell. It's not dirt or body odor necessarily... it is just the smell of people who have been wearing the same clothes, surrounded by the same people every moment ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, germany, smelly backpackers, trains
GERMANY | Sunday, 15 Jul 2007 | Views [473]
Well the day is winding down and my feet are killing me because all day today has been walking through museums. It's been pretty sweet but still, I need to chill out tonight. Started off with a tour (in German so I have *no idea* what was said) of the ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, germany, hot hot hot, museums
GERMANY | Saturday, 14 Jul 2007 | Views [357]
Well the sun is out and it is hot! Today is the first day it hasn't rained since I came to Europe, but I think it would have been a nice relief from the heat as it was close to 90 degrees today. Despite all of attempts at sunscreen I have a lovely burn ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, germany, wandering
GERMANY | Friday, 13 Jul 2007 | Views [424]
Well I made it to Berlin (definitely the hardest city to navigate thus far but I attribute it to its sheer size, which hardly compares to everywhere else I've been). My hostel is quite nice and I will definitely make friends considering I'm in a room ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, food, germany, wi-fi
GERMANY | Friday, 13 Jul 2007 | Views [351]
I added a post script to my last blog on MySpace (same as the entries I post on here) about my disappointment with HP5 and I got two comments on how I was sooo wrong. So I responded with the following blog, which I am now going to share with my readers ... Read more >
Tags: germany, hamburg, harry potter
GERMANY | Thursday, 12 Jul 2007 | Views [410]
So my long day in Hamburg is winding down and I thought I'd check in with a brief report. As per David's suggestions I took a tour of the Rathaus (city hall) this morning and seriously, this building is *gorgeous*. Also hit up an exhibition on Otto Dix ... Read more >
Tags: dance, germany, hamburg
GERMANY | Wednesday, 11 Jul 2007 | Views [466]
Sorry, but I had to say it. Amsterdam was cool. Yes, indeed, Amsterdam was fun. But in the hour I've been in Hamburg I am so much happier and nothing *really* has even happened. Maybe it's that Germany is that much better than Holland? Who knows; I'm ... Read more >
Tags: germany, hamburg, more rain
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