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Many Adventures of a Nomadic Poet A young poet with Asperger's makes travel his passion, and away he goes...

Tale of Stone Lady

BELIZE | Thursday, 16 Feb 2012 | Views [1994]

As I'm in the car with Matt, Claire, and Maddi, I was thinking of going to Spanish Lookout to hopefully meet some Mennonites but I decided to go along with them west toward Guatemala. They were discussing visiting the Mayan ruin of Xunantunich (pronounced ... Read more >

Tags: maya, ruins


Photos: Barton Creek

BELIZE | Tuesday, 14 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery


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Barton Creek Outpost

BELIZE | Tuesday, 14 Feb 2012 | Views [1685]

Today is Valentines Day and I'm with my greatest love: the world! I'm really excited to be at the Barton Creek Outpost, and they're not kidding when they say it's an outpost. And they mean "Outpost" with a capital "O". Run by ... Read more >


Caye Caulker a-cruisin'

BELIZE | Monday, 13 Feb 2012 | Views [1518]

Waking up from a sound sleep of only a few hours at 3 AM as a result of barking dogs I sit there, playing Dr. Mario and staring at the wall, only leaving my room a while later to have a shower. I was unable to fall back asleep and not able to leave the ... Read more >

Tags: beaches


Photos: Caye Caulker

BELIZE | Monday, 13 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery

free love, relaxation, magical sunsets....the quintessential Caribbean place!
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Photos: Belize City

BELIZE | Sunday, 12 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery


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Belize at Last

BELIZE | Sunday, 12 Feb 2012 | Views [816]

This morning I left Federico's house with most of my stuff, two dead camera batteries, and a little bit of power in the remaining one. Federico let me leave some of my stuff because I'll be back in a few days. After hitching two rides in the back of ... Read more >


Giant Stelae

GUATEMALA | Saturday, 11 Feb 2012 | Views [973]

Flores has Tikal, Honduras has Copan, Chiapas has Palenque...but there are many other Mayan sites dotted around the northern half of Central America. The truly adventurous, however can make the journey past all the banana plantations to the legendary ... Read more >


Photos: Quiriguá

GUATEMALA | Saturday, 11 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery

Mayan ruin in southeastern Guatemala
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Copan

HONDURAS | Thursday, 9 Feb 2012 | Views [1420]

The first great Mayan site I'd visit on my "journey of rediscovery" would be Copan: Honduras' most famous. This morning I awoke early so I can make my way toward Copan, as it's about a 2-hour drive from La Entrada to Copan Ruinas despite ... Read more >

Tags: maya


Photos: Copán

HONDURAS | Thursday, 9 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery


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Photos: La Entrada

HONDURAS | Wednesday, 8 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery


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Swimming in Colour

EL SALVADOR | Tuesday, 7 Feb 2012 | Views [1690]

Most travellers to Northern Central America make a B-line for Antigua, Tikal, or the Bay Islands, but here I am in Suchitoto: a rather undiscovered colonial town overloaded in colour! And I made an excellent choice by coming here yesterday! Whilst ... Read more >


Photos: Suchitoto

EL SALVADOR | Monday, 6 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery

Much like Antigua or Granada, but without all the crowds
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Suchitoto, Ahoy!

EL SALVADOR | Monday, 6 Feb 2012 | Views [1423]

Erick woke me early as he was getting ready for work. Christian was getting out on his bicycle toward San Miguel and I'd be setting out toward Suchitoto. After having breakfast, Erick left for work and then Christian had all his stuff packed and set ... Read more >


Rivers, trucks, and pupusas

EL SALVADOR | Sunday, 5 Feb 2012 | Views [3053] | Comments [1]

Awake at the first ray of light were Erick, Christian, and myself. Not a drop of rain descended from the heavens as we slumbered peacefully deep in the northeast of Morazan. We wash up and then take a donation to Miguel before we opt for a refreshing ... Read more >

Tags: adventures, food, hitchhiking


Celebration of Cacao

EL SALVADOR | Saturday, 4 Feb 2012 | Views [2993]

All three of us were up at the crack of dawn this morning! Erick and Christian were discussing going to to Cacaopera, but I was thinking of visiting the war museum in Perquin. As we ate breakfast and sipped coffee I decided on joining them! And it ... Read more >

Tags: adventures


Photos: Morazán

EL SALVADOR | Saturday, 4 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery


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El Salvador quintessentially

EL SALVADOR | Friday, 3 Feb 2012 | Views [1660]

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


Photos: Marcala

HONDURAS | Friday, 3 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery

I passed through Marcala and some beautiful pine forest on my way to El Salvador
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Photos: Tegucigalpa

HONDURAS | Friday, 3 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery

Honduras' capital
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Photos: Eastern Honduras

HONDURAS | Thursday, 2 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery

The drive between Danli and Tegucigalpa is quite beautiful
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Honduran journey

HONDURAS | Thursday, 2 Feb 2012 | Views [1599]

Honduras, finally! As my 20th country visited, I was ready to journey! The flag of Honduras has two blue bars and five blue stars, and I saw that as I got my stamp through the border post which isn´t bad by Central American standards. The other border ... Read more >

Tags: hitchhiking


Colourful Esteli

NICARAGUA | Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012 | Views [2197] | Comments [1]

Esteli is so colourful and beautiful! This morning I was up at the crack of dawn and on an all-day photo safari. With some pain from my recent dental procedure, I made my morning tea and went online for a bit. I tried to call Flor but she wasn't ... Read more >

Tags: buildings, cities, colour, photography


Photos: Estelí

NICARAGUA | Monday, 30 Jan 2012 | Photo Gallery


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Ranchero country

NICARAGUA | Monday, 30 Jan 2012 | Views [1842]

Saying goodbye to Brandon and family minutes earlier, the bus pulled away from Managua's bus terminal. This is the furthest north I've headed in Nicaragua by far, and I must say I'm glad I took this ride by day because it is beautiful! Mountains, ... Read more >

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Travelling in spirit

NICARAGUA | Sunday, 29 Jan 2012 | Views [1625]

I'm in Nicaragua again! Damn I've done a lot of repeat journeys. According to my passport, I've been to Costa Rica 7 times, Fiji 4 times, Nicaragua 3 times, New Zealand 3 times, Australia twice, and England twice! Today was a day of ripoffs until I ended ... Read more >


Photos: Jaco

COSTA RICA | Monday, 23 Jan 2012 | Photo Gallery


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Photos: Parque Nacional Carara

COSTA RICA | Sunday, 22 Jan 2012 | Photo Gallery


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Carara and Jaco

COSTA RICA | Saturday, 21 Jan 2012 | Views [967]

My next dentist appointment, which will get my crowns put in isn't until Thursday. Mario isn't here yet either so today I'd be making a move to see another area of Costa Rica. Whilst this is my fourth trip here I feel like I haven't seen a huge amount;... Read more >


Finishing my dental work

COSTA RICA | Friday, 20 Jan 2012 | Views [1508]

Today was really intense! And I was almost not here today; when I went to board my flight to Costa Rica yesterday the lady at the counter told me that since I didn't have a ticket out of Costa Rica, that I had to either buy a plane or bus ticket. Fortunately, ... Read more >


Londontown: Lovin' town

UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 13 Apr 2011 | Views [1391]

Three weeks ago, I heard the phone ringing, saw it was London callin' and I answered! Here I am on this grey day. Even though it's a typical London day, I can easily deal with London's weather over that of most other places I've lived or been to. This ... Read more >

Tags: food, history, museums


My Rosetta Stone

UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011 | Views [2355]

It may be a long way from being the real thing, but my own wooden Rosetta Stone is here with me in the British Museum, right in front of the plexiglass that protects the real Stone! The real Rosetta Stone is thousands of years old and used as the key ... Read more >

Tags: mementos, museums


A True Travel Love Story

UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 10 Apr 2011 | Views [2289] | Comments [1]

As I sit here at Maria's flat in Brentford, a suburb of London, I think of all the beautiful and nice girls I've met on my travels. Throughout my journeys, from high atop the icecaps of Iceland, to the paddocks of New Zealand, to the dusty streets ... Read more >

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Photos: Beachy Head

UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 9 Apr 2011 | Photo Gallery

Beachy Head and Eastbourne
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Cliffs of Chalk

UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 9 Apr 2011 | Views [1405]

After taking two trains to get from London to Eastbourne, Maria and I set out for our excursion to the chalk headland of Beachy Head. Today the weather is beautiful and perfect for today's extraordinary hike! There are like 25 of us on this journey.... Read more >

Tags: beaches, cliffs


Coconuts

PANAMA | Sunday, 14 Nov 2010 | Views [862]

Here I am at Hostal Bastimentos sipping my third or fourth pipa (what a coconut full of water is called out here), quenching my thirst. Damn it tastes good! Much better than a can of Red Bull! And it's only 25 cents. Here in Panama I've drunk heaps ... Read more >


Cold day in Bocas

PANAMA | Saturday, 13 Nov 2010 | Views [1282]

Today I was actually shivering! Despite the fact that I'm only 500 miles or so north of the Equator, I was cold! It was stormly out there in the islands that mean "mouth of the bull" in Spanish. As I got a bottle of water and some tasty papaya ... Read more >


Red Frogs of Bastimentos

PANAMA | Friday, 12 Nov 2010 | Views [4639]

Ahhhh, Isla Bastimentos! My favourite island of the Bocas archipelago. Of all my fine moments in Panama, seeing the colourful red frogs of Bastimentos must be my finest Panamanian moment. One to celebrate over a cold beer or a warm cuppa. For years ... Read more >

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Photos: Bocas del Toro

PANAMA | Wednesday, 10 Nov 2010 | Photo Gallery


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