I made it to Buenos Aires! But not without a whole lot of adventure of course... After Cartagena, I stayed on the Caribbean coast and ended up in the small-ish town of Santa Marta. We arrived at the hostel (I was still travelling with the Irish girls I met on the boat from Panama) and we were each given a drawing of a vagina and were told to hang on to these for later. What the...? Turns out it was international woman´s day and some people at the hostel were putting on a concert with games (hence the vag drawings) to [View Full Entry]

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Well needless to say it´s been an adventures few weeks. San Jose was a lot different than I remember it from 8 years ago. A lot more cosmopolitan. Did some good shopping and some good wandering. But after a few days, started to get the beach urge again. Made my way to Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean side. It is amazing just how different the Caribbean is from the Pacific, visually and culturally. Stayed at this cool but very crowded hostel called rocking J´s. It´s only tents and hammaks and they packed the people in. I think it has space for [View Full Entry]

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Hi again from the lovely surf town of Santa Teresa. Still living the beach life which consists of a lot of surfing, reading, more surfing and perhaps some serious lying around. Tough life. But I have managed to do some cultural outings. After I got to montezuma, I rented a bike in town and biked the 9km to Cabo Blanco, one of Costa Rica's first National parks. The bike ride was beautiful. Right along the ocean on one side and lot's of beautiful farmland on the other. And because it's a dirt road and in the dry season the dust can [View Full Entry]

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Hola from the sweltering country of Costa Rica. Man is it hot here! I guess that´s what happens when you go to Central America in the middle of the dry season. After a month, I finally left San Juan Del Sur but not without some trepidation. Absolutely loved the beaches, people, food...you name it. Also, finally broke down and bought a surf board. It´s a great used board that I rented from the nicest man in Nicaragua (Manuel...you´re the bomb!). After about a week on this board I was completely in love with it and convinced Manuel to sell it to [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone...sorry I suck at this blogging thing. All is good, still in San Juan Del Sur. Really great place with lot´s of amazing people. I´ve been staying on the neighbouring beach at a campsite/hostel called Matilda´s. Absolutely stunning beach with barely anyone on it. At night I fall asleep to the sound of crashing waves and crazy howler monkeys. The surfing is great but I am getting the snot kicked out of me. I was all cocky and rented a really short board and basically got tumbled in the whitewash all day long. But after many bruised shins I finally [View Full Entry]

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I finally made it off Utila island but not without some troubles. A huge storm came in and i´m convinced the boat captians just go whenever they want willy nilly so the boat didn´t run for three days which doesn´t seem like a long time but when it´s pouring rain and there is nothing to do but stare at each other it can seem endless. The ride itself was fun for me but I don´t get seasick so I was all good but most of the boat was throwing up. Good times. Getting out of Honduras was an adventure in [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone...still in Honduras! I just can't leave this island...I've decided to stay here for Xmas. The divemasters have invited me to dinner and it sounds like it's going to be a feast and huge party so I couldn't pass it up. I'll hopefully make it to Nicaragua soon as I am looking forward to surfing. Still diving lots, seeing tons of cool stuff. I really can't wait to dive all over the world, very addictive. Not much else going on. I usually get up at 6am to get on the boat and dive until lunch. The afternoon is mostly [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone, i´m in honduras in the Bay Islands getting my ass kicked by rain. But as of tomorrow i am a certified diver and am absolutely loving it. I went with underwater visions which is a great dive place on utila and for $230 I get my open water certification, 4 nights accomodation in this great dorm on the ocean and 2 free fun dives. Plus the people and instructors are great. So much so that i´ve decided to stay on an extra four days and do my advanced open water. Just can´t get enough! The island is nice but [View Full Entry]

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So I finnished school the other day and got my diploma. Another piece of paper i´ve recieved from some school that will do absolutely nothing for me. I could wallpaper my room with these. That´s not entirely true...my spanish is much better than when I first got here. Now I at least have some idea what the hell is going on. The last few days have been awsome. Met some really amazing Americans (can you believe that) and we had quite the piss-up my last night in Antigua. It also happened to be one of the American´s birthday so we [View Full Entry]

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Español Es Muy Dificil Today is my second day of Spanish school and my fourth day in Antigua. My day goes something like this: 1. Wake up to insane church bells that have no rythym and appear to go off at anytime not just on the hour. 2. Eat whatever bizarre food my host family puts in front of me. Today I swear it was gruel (but love her to death for trying). 3. Practice spanish for 4 hours with my maestra. And when I say practice I mean me sitting there looking at her confused. 4. Break. Eat more [View Full Entry]

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