Nasty Nomad

today i had one of the most amazing days of my trip!!!!! i went hiking to a waterfall, passing by an ancient mayan fertility site and it was amazing!!! at the waterfalls we got to climb around and dive into natural pools and such!!!! then we went on a canopy tour: u are hooked up to steel zip lines with a harness and u go from one tree to the other. on the course we did 15 zip lines, the longest one being 1km long!!!! normally u are just above the treeline (so maybe 20m in the air) but at the highest point i was at least 100 m in the air!!!! it was mental!!!!! tomorrow im gonna cook for the owners of Twisted Tanya's, the best restaurant here in copan. its famil;y owned and they ... read more

Holy Shit!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant believe that i have to go back to rome in about 50 days!!! ive already been traveling for more than 9 months!!! im in Utila now, kind of in a funk. just tryin to figure out what to do next... and like everything else in this trip the plans have once again changed!!!! in the end im not going to stay in utila to get my divemaster certification. im going to cuba by catamaran!!!! im leaving next sunday or omnday!!! me and robin are going with this german guy who has been traveling the carribbean since 94 taking people around!!!! thre guy seems cool and the catamaran is PIMP!!!! so what is PROBABLY gonna happen is i go to cuba for about a week. the trip there by catamaran will take 4/5 ... read more

Its 8 months ive been on the road!!!! Jesus, it feels like ive started yesterday... then again it feels like ive been doing this for 3 years!!!!!! Belize was amazing!!!! On christmas day we had a bbq on the beach!!! it was incredible!!! we had jerk chicken, grilled snapper, and grilled lobster, obviously prepared by yours truly.... :) i also made new years dinner, which consisted of lasagna, roast pork shoulder, and other delicacies.... yyyeeaaaaaahhhhh!!!!! apart from it being my fiorst time in the caribbean, i loved belioze so much bc of the fact that everywhere, and ay time, they are playing dancehall music!!!!! i love it!!!!!!! heading to honduras next, to get my divemaster certification!!! then probably heading to ny to work for 6 months or so, save some money and go back to traveling!!!! ... read more

YYYYYEAAAHHHHHH!!!!!! im in a town called lanquin. its very close to Semuc Champey, apparntly one of the most beautiful places in central america, and posibly the world. ill be sure to post pics. did u see i finally managed to put some up of lake atitlan? right now im stayinhg in a hostel compound type thing with bungalows and the like called el retiro right on a river!!!! we're in a really remote valley in the middle of guatemala and the place i absolutely breathtaking!!!!!!!! and guess what??? i was offered work here on the second day i got here!!!!!! and ive only been here 3 nights!!!!!! i spoke with the restaurant/bar manager (a dutch guy who been here for 2 years called dennis) and told him that i was heading into mexico but i would ... read more

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I MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I GOT OUT OF MEXICO!!!!!! Im goin back in a couple weeks though... ;) However i made it through the border w no problems!!! i didnt even pay a fine!!!! i gave them the innocent me look and told the customs officers i had realized in mexico city the day before that my visa had expired (''im so sorry officer, i completely forgot about it...'') and called the french embassy and they said to get down to the border and just pay a fine. to my amazement in 15 minutes i had my exit stamps and i didnt even have to pay a cent!!!!! th setting was everything i expected and more... there's a river that divides mexico and guatemala (i crossed at a town called Talisman) and you have tyo cross a ... read more

ok, so im back in mexico city. guanajuato was amazing!! great people, lots of fun, and a beautiful place. architecturally its VERY similar to a small maountain town in spain, italy or france. in fact someone told me it was made to look like toledo. its also really cool bc there is a network of tunnels that cars use to get around the city. i was gonna stay for a aocuple months but decided against it. i need to keep traveling in the right direction at least!!!! i would also have liked to go back to the desert to finally try peyote but i guess it just wasnt my time... today i went to see three tattoo artists about getting a tattoo of a 'sugar skull' of dia de los muertos. i love that in this ... read more

ok, so im in the bus station of San Luis Potosi waiting to head back to Guanajuato via Dolores Hidalgo (the buses to Guanajuato finish at 13:15!?!?!?). I went with this friend called DJ to go look for peyote in the desert (dont worry ma, its for spiritual enlightenment, seriously) and we had no luck. we ended up camping out in the desert which was REALLY cool. We then went to this semi ghost town called Real de Catorce, where there are supposed to be tours that take you out to the desert, but it didnt feel right. The guys would try to sell you horseback tours, and then whispering would tell you about going to the desert, and try to charge ridiculous amounts to go there. so in the end i turned it down. according ... read more

wow, i love mexico city. it's HUGE but its got a lot of character, so its lots of fun. plus having a good friend from here (Lonjas, met him in Oaxaca) makes it a lot easier to get around and know where to go. been here nearly two weeks and probably gonna stay on longer. im trying to get a work visa; Lonjas' family is gonna try to help me. they're all reall, REALLY nice people. i made dinner the other day, and im hapy to say they were duly impressed... ;) going to see Soulwax and Toomanydjs tomorrow, and probably Kanye West on friday!!!! Im renting a room for two weeks tomorrow with Gerardo, the carzy bartender from the party hostel i was staying at (Hostel Amigo, i HIGHLY recommend it to anyone passing through ... read more