GUATEMALA | Sunday, 19 Feb 2012 | Views [1528]
"La Casa de Federico" is what I said to the driver as I got on the sardine-packed bus toward San Jose (in Guatemala, not Costa Rica). He knew precisely how to get there! Driving seemingly in a circle around Lake Peten it was pouring down ... Read more >
Tags: nature, organics, people
EL SALVADOR | Friday, 3 Feb 2012 | Views [1661]
Within a few days I went through perhaps the ugliest border crossing I've ever seen (Penas Blancas) to perhaps the most beautiful, and that's the crossing into northeastern El Salvador! It's a beautiful setting high in the mountains with a log cabin-... Read more >
Tags: adventures, mountains, nature, people
USA | Thursday, 23 Sep 2010 | Views [1842]
The Gem State! Land of potatoes, hippies, neo-Nazis, elk, and the largest Basque population in North America: Idaho is perhaps the closest state to Alaska within the "Lower 48". As Howard and my mother crossed the state line heading south ... Read more >
Tags: nature
NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 30 Apr 2009 | Views [8550]
Conditions really deteriorated since last night when it wasn’t too cold and I could see the stars but this morning it was very cold and gloomy, like it was on the verge of rain. Anyways, I packed up my tent and all my other stuff and ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, nature, tramping, wilderness
NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 5 Nov 2008 | Views [4191]
Ian told me that if I want to get to Mason Bay before dark, that it isn’t worth it to go around the mud on the track. We went through the Paterson Inlet and then up the Freshwater River. Ian has to time the ride to go at high tide. At 6:00, I ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, beaches, kiwi, nature, wilderness