GUATEMALA | Friday, 14 Sep 2007 | Views [995]
We awake at 4:30 am to the all so familiar wounds of calling roosters, along with the sunlight slipping through the slits in our eyes. We hear firecrackers ripping in the distance, crackling through the sky. We're still on Spain time, and our stomachs ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
GUATEMALA | Thursday, 13 Sep 2007 | Views [962]
Up early, a last Starbuck's in hand, nearly now a memory from the developed world, and a last minute push to get an untested website up and running. Despite heroic efforts all night and early morning, as Darrin reluctantly admitted, never launch untested ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
SPAIN | Wednesday, 12 Sep 2007 | Views [755]
Europe is well established with transportation infrastructure, and
there are big lessons to be taken from Europe for the states.
Especially in San Diego, where the train runs north to south, and
let's you off at stops with no means of getting to critical ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
SPAIN | Tuesday, 11 Sep 2007 | Views [799]
We’ve
been to Madrid several times over the past years, so our days here we
spend wandering the streets, on breaks from our administrative chores
that keep us cooped up in our guest house - the Gran Duque. However,
on todays exercise break through ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
SPAIN | Monday, 10 Sep 2007 | Views [773]
We
have only a couple days left in Europe to finish up our blog, calculate
and pay estimated taxes, and wrap up bills and other administrative
chores. The lack of information in Tarifa kept us from getting on
timely busses, so we caught a mid day ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
SPAIN | Sunday, 9 Sep 2007 | Views [795]
Ok,
we're starting to get concerned that bad conditions of water and
weather patterns surround us, like some big negative energy force. We
awake this morning, Darrin considering to take another kite-surfing
lesson, only to find the wind completely ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
SPAIN | Saturday, 8 Sep 2007 | Views [1020]
Tarifa
is world renowned for it's wind and prime kite-surfing conditions. We
arrive mid day at the bus stop, and can't find a map our tourist
information booth anywhere. We walk down the main street, and all we
see are wall-to-wall kite-surfing ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
SPAIN | Friday, 7 Sep 2007 | Views [889]
We take a fine luxury liner bus after dropping off our car in Lagos,
direct to Sevilla, Spain. We've spent time in Sevilla a few years ago,
it's a gorgeous little historical town, with parks, museums, placa's
and architecture that's full of culture ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
PORTUGAL | Thursday, 6 Sep 2007 | Views [856]
It's
now been nearly 3 more days, and the surf is non-existent. We stop off
at Carrapateira to kick it on the beach and rent a board if the surf
comes up. The only thing up today is the wind, it's blowing fierce,
and those guys out in the water ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
PORTUGAL | Wednesday, 5 Sep 2007 | Views [1107]
Driving
up the west coast is easier and quicker than we had originally
imagined. In the Algarve, the roads are well labeled, and very easy to
get around. So we figured today we'd head across the border from the
Algarve into the Alentejo, which ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
PORTUGAL | Tuesday, 4 Sep 2007 | Views [1882]
As
we drive north of Sagres, the coastline of Portugal grows more
dramatic. The furthest southwesterly point on the European continent
is Cabo de Sao Vincente, a windswept point, jutting far out into the
ocean, equipped with lighthouse and fortaleza ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
PORTUGAL | Monday, 3 Sep 2007 | Views [1041]
The
surf still has not picked up, aside from one day where it maybe reached
1M, but still wasn't worth paying the exorbitant cost (about $50 US) to
rent the equipment to surf the couple hours on a long board and thick
neoprene. So we now hear a ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
PORTUGAL | Sunday, 2 Sep 2007 | Views [871]
It's always interesting talking to EU locals about the impact the EU
has had on their own country. While the Portuguese economy did quite
well when it was first integrated into the EU, the 2000's have not been
easy years for Portugal. Locals sing ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
PORTUGAL | Saturday, 1 Sep 2007 | Views [1282]
The weather here has been unbearably hot the past few days, literally
it's about 35 degrees just after sunrise, and by mid-day our skin is
cooking and the rubber sealant on our backpack zippers are bubbling and
melting. The water is too cold to ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
PORTUGAL | Friday, 31 Aug 2007 | Views [4220]
I
know the job of lifeguarding well, as it paid my way through
university. Not all lifeguard jobs are alike. Different skills for
different conditions and different degrees of difficulty and physical
exertion are required. My admiration goes ... Read more >
Tags: Work
PORTUGAL | Thursday, 30 Aug 2007 | Views [1030]
After chatting with our surf shop owner buddy, Celios, we're keen to
try a real local Portuguese specialty seafood dish. The Algarve coast
is known for some very specific dishes; arroz con piexe (rice and fish
stew), caldeirada (big pot with all types ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
PORTUGAL | Wednesday, 29 Aug 2007 | Views [1112]
We've been told tonight is special, there will be great bonfires and
festivities on the beach at midnight here, it's a scene not to miss.
Locals have been coming to the beach for years at midnight on August
29th, to dunk their bodies into the freezing ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
PORTUGAL | Tuesday, 28 Aug 2007 | Views [1026]
The Algarve Coast is known for it's freshly prepared seafood. The
fisherman are out in force, in boats and clinging to the cliff sides so
high above the sea - I'm not sure how they find a reel with fishing
line long enough to reach the water line, ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
PORTUGAL | Monday, 27 Aug 2007 | Views [1336]
After
two days of spending our time at a beach with absolutely no waves, not
even a ripple on still water... We decide to bus it to a small surf
town called Sagres. Sagres is located on the very southwestern tip of
Portugal, and for that matter, ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
SPAIN | Sunday, 26 Aug 2007 | Views [1245]
After traveling for so many months in countries that culturally shun
and prohibit public displays of affection, we are conditioned not to
hold hands in public, and are accustomed to seeing absolutely no
display of affection or emotion between people.... Read more >
Tags: Culture
PORTUGAL | Saturday, 25 Aug 2007 | Views [1231]
Up
early this morning, we decide to train it further along the southwest
coast to a beach town called Lagos. A quaint town, surrounded by river
channel and ocean, this is one of the most touristy places on the south
coast. We haven't been able ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
PORTUGAL | Friday, 24 Aug 2007 | Views [3221]
We
overnighted last night in Madrid, one of my most favorite cities in
Spain, en route to Portugal. Madrid is one of those magical European
cities, for me, that holds a ton of culture, history, and a place where
I immediately feel at home. Gorgeous ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
SPAIN | Thursday, 23 Aug 2007 | Views [1303]
Living
on the road is very different from the two to three week holiday that
we've been accustomed to taking. We are often asked about what it's
like to be on "permanent vacation" for over a year. The question
causes us to reflect ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
SPAIN | Wednesday, 22 Aug 2007 | Views [1128]
At
first we thought the concept of the RTW ticket was fabulous. To go
with One WOrld versus Star Alliance was a no brainer. One World had
the dominance of providers in Sough America, as well as presence
everywhere else we wanted to go. So we booked ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Tips
SPAIN | Tuesday, 21 Aug 2007 | Views [1664]
I
feel compelled to write a little note on the importance of girlfriends,
as a special part of this trip for me has been the chance to reconnect
with some of my best friends that live so far away. The most magical
part of the deep friendship with ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
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