Bryce
Bryce Samuel Tyler Joined: April 15th 2005
Logged in: March 19th 2007
Logged in: March 19th 2007
Travel Blog Posts
blue collar bites!
i'm such a blogger failer. i went and got a desk job in Grand Rapids, MI. i was climbing trees as an arborist for a while, but then i got an offer to work a desk job and thought "why the heck not". so here i am, wishing i was out there with the rest of you guys...cheer me up would ya? i even cut my long hair so i could look like one of them. i feel a little out of my element i guess. but we'll see how it goes. i'll have to suggest a manditory business trip to antarctica or something. my buddy was just in cuba, making me jealous. alright, later...as long as they don't boot me off this site for being a seatwarmer pencilpusher corporateer. bryce... read more
The first waterfall
Some friends from the capital came up to Santiago and we all took off for 27 waterfalls. I had heard about it, that it was awsome, but it exceeded my expectations by far. The beginning of the trail was in a quiet field of sugar kane. We walked about half a mile to the first charco where there was a little hut with beer and rum and a locker to put your valuables and dry stuff. Looking back, I shouldn't have taken my digital camera because it did get wet. But it still works perfectly, so no harm done. The first waterfall was small but had a large pool to swim around in and a spot to jump in from about fifty feet above, lots of fun! Then going upstream, in many places the stream was ... read more
Camping trip with Luke and friends
I went to Jarabacoa this past weekend and had a blast. I love it up there. It brings back memories of growing up in rural Alaska with the mountains and country. Except in the bush we didn’t have a colmado on every corner to buy food at. Friday, after school got out, I had to take a guagua to La Vega and then another from La Vega to Jarabacoa. The trip was enjoyable thanks to Presidente, nothing like relaxing after a long week. I met an older man in his seventies in one of the guaguas who lives there. He was sent here in the sixties by Johnson with 20,000 other troops to settle the civil war that had developed between the Loyalists and the Constitutionalists. It will be exactly 40 years ago on the 28th ... read more
cooking
so yesterday i came home from a day of teaching english and ninety degree weather 32 C. i unlocked the door to my room (which is weird because for about 2 months i didn't even have a door) and flung my laptop and books on my bed, stripped my uniform shirt off and proceeded to do what every guy does no matter what country your in- go and look in the fridge. There's something to be said about the psychological relief that takes place when you look in the fridge. It is a feeling of security or what? It is always one of the first things I do, and usually there isn't a whole lot there. Anyway, while I was musing over the lack of food in the house, my door slammed shut like it has ... read more
