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It’s All about the Kids
Costa Rica: Magic of the Million Hole road
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It was certainly one of those moments of glory, when you have to pinch yourself to realize that what you just saw was not a dream. It was not.
The Ugly Girl
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Armando had married a few days ago, but that didn’t stop him from accompanying me to celebrate Carnaval in Salvador. He’d judge the candidates as we walked down the streets of the Pelourinho: “Look at that one. She’s hot.” But I expected an abundance of beautiful people. After all, this is Brazil we’re talking about.
Values, Principles, and Love
Photo by authorThe little round sign above the door told me I was at the right place: Aldea Yanapay – Otra Forma de Vivir. As I searched for the corresponding buzzer, a voice approached from behind.
Reminisces from Beunos Aires, Argentina
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I´m on my way home, and it´s really late, from the best party I have ever been to … and had a FAB-U-LOUS time. The Gay Mardi Gras was on tonight beginning at Plaza De Mayo, and ending at Congresso, travelling along the famous and historic Avenida De Mayo.
Of Legs and Livestock
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Ow. What the hell was that? Did something just stab my foot? I try and lift my leg up enough to see what this piercing pain in my ankle is but it’s no use. These dilapidated bus seats are to small to do much more than sit up straight and look forward. So I rub my hand across my ankle to rub the pain from it. I bring my hand back to my lap only to discover my own blood smeared across my finger tips. Oh great, I’m in a health hazard of a bus in a third world country and I’m bleeding. Thats just great. What the hell could have done that? Contorting my self into quite a bizarre posture I manage to get my head down enough to peak under the seat.
“SSSQQUUAAKK” Whoa, crap. What the… As soon as I peak under the seat, my face is the prime target of the chicken tied up in a burlap sack stuffed under my seat. My twisted position barley lets me escape its beak in time. The guy behind me kicks his man eating beast to get it to shut up. Once I convince myself that the man behind me keeps kicking the chicken and my feet for my own safety, I sit back and think to my self that this two hour bus ride is off to a great start and can’t get much worse.
Come Strangers, Stay Free, Part Friends
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For most travelers, the single largest expense following plane tickets is accommodation. Even at the low end, hostel sleepers will spend between $10 and $20 per night for their bed in a dorm-style room. Over two weeks, that adds up to $140-280; over six weeks, $420-840. Two weeks of hotels runs $700-1680. Now imagine you could free up that amount of money to continue your travels. Where else would you go? How much longer would you be able to travel?
Three years ago I discovered a way to reduce my lodging costs to zero. I did this by becoming a member of the Hospitality Club. HC is the largest free international network of hosts and travelers. After registering and creating a profile, you can search the database for potential hosts in your destination of choice. You contact your selections via the website (or email or even instant messenger, if they’ve listed their details) and negotiate your potential stay. Then you show up, make friends and stay happily ever after . . . or something like that.
Reminisces from Misiones, Argentina
I have finally arrived in Iguazu, after spending a whole day traveling from that jungle lodge … here it is again. It was only about 300 km away, but took all day, as the rickety bus from the nearby pueblo of El Soberbio, stopped all the time, spending ages at each town it entered … really it was boring .. but there was an elderly guy next to me that looked Slavic, and we spent most of the time chatting in Ukrainian! This part of Argentina is teeming with Slavs!
Erik the Broken Hearted And The Perils of Tropical Volcanoes
“A man sits as many risks as he runs. For as long as a man is alive, there is a chance that he may die.”
