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Date: 6th August 2011
Adventure
Excellent adventure, Phil. How will you return to CA and teaching kids who are probably a lot less interesting than Tino? Thanks for sharing. I see a travel book in the future.
From Blog: Tino
Adventure
Excellent adventure, Phil. How will you return to CA and teaching kids who are probably a lot less interesting than Tino? Thanks for sharing. I see a travel book in the future.
From Blog: Tino
Date: 28th July 2011
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
If this book hadn't already been written, I think you would have been the one to write it Phil. Thanks for sharing this story about Tino -- he sounds awesome.
From Blog: Tino
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
If this book hadn't already been written, I think you would have been the one to write it Phil. Thanks for sharing this story about Tino -- he sounds awesome.
From Blog: Tino
Date: 28th July 2011
Easy Rider
Get your motor runnin', Head out on the highway. Lookin' for adventure, in whatever comes your way. Born to be wild! Your story made me think of Dad. I think he could have been a Tino. Thanks again for sharing. Travel safe! Love!
From Blog: Tino
Easy Rider
Get your motor runnin', Head out on the highway. Lookin' for adventure, in whatever comes your way. Born to be wild! Your story made me think of Dad. I think he could have been a Tino. Thanks again for sharing. Travel safe! Love!
From Blog: Tino
Date: 26th July 2011
Dang it Phil!
You've left me on the edge of my seat. I'm dying to know just where the heck you are now or are you still sitting around drinking beer & watching birds? Inquiring minds want to know... You're the greatest! Love ya!
From Blog: I'm stuck at the Brewery and I can't leave
Dang it Phil!
You've left me on the edge of my seat. I'm dying to know just where the heck you are now or are you still sitting around drinking beer & watching birds? Inquiring minds want to know... You're the greatest! Love ya!
From Blog: I'm stuck at the Brewery and I can't leave
Date: 26th July 2011
nice
You rock Phil, good luck on the rest of the trip. keep me posted.
From Blog: I'm stuck at the Brewery and I can't leave
nice
You rock Phil, good luck on the rest of the trip. keep me posted.
From Blog: I'm stuck at the Brewery and I can't leave
Date: 26th July 2011
Should I mail bike parts to you?? ;)
From Blog: I'm stuck at the Brewery and I can't leave
Should I mail bike parts to you?? ;)
From Blog: I'm stuck at the Brewery and I can't leave
Date: 11th July 2011
Thanks!
Glad you made it safely & your journey is taking shape. Thanks for taking time to blog. I felt it. Travel safe. Love you.
Thanks!
Glad you made it safely & your journey is taking shape. Thanks for taking time to blog. I felt it. Travel safe. Love you.
Date: 16th February 2010
is there too much adventure?
Glad you survived this adventure. Something about getting iy out of your system? I can empathize with your mom. Take care, really take care. We want you back! Diana
From Blog: It's okay, I have an airbag, a gun, and a 40 cent benediction from the Black Christ
is there too much adventure?
Glad you survived this adventure. Something about getting iy out of your system? I can empathize with your mom. Take care, really take care. We want you back! Diana
From Blog: It's okay, I have an airbag, a gun, and a 40 cent benediction from the Black Christ
Date: 15th February 2010
Get your motor runnin'!
Don't know if you know that old "Easy Rider" song, but I think it fits! I'm kinda glad we weren't traveling with Roberto when we were there. What a life you lead! I love it. Travel safe! Love ya!
From Blog: It's okay, I have an airbag, a gun, and a 40 cent benediction from the Black Christ
Get your motor runnin'!
Don't know if you know that old "Easy Rider" song, but I think it fits! I'm kinda glad we weren't traveling with Roberto when we were there. What a life you lead! I love it. Travel safe! Love ya!
From Blog: It's okay, I have an airbag, a gun, and a 40 cent benediction from the Black Christ
Date: 15th February 2010
Beautiful Blogger
Phil Your blogs are great. Keep sending them-it means you're still alive and healthy! And you are now 31 years old (as of Feb. 8. Dad
From Blog: It's okay, I have an airbag, a gun, and a 40 cent benediction from the Black Christ
Beautiful Blogger
Phil Your blogs are great. Keep sending them-it means you're still alive and healthy! And you are now 31 years old (as of Feb. 8. Dad
From Blog: It's okay, I have an airbag, a gun, and a 40 cent benediction from the Black Christ
Date: 14th February 2010
Biker Gangs Unite!
Welcome back P.J.R! I thoroughly enjoyed this blog. How cool is it that you got invited along as the only gringo?! With every remembrance of Guatemala and every new blog of yours I read I am more certain that the best way to describe it is as a land of interesting and strange juxtapositions. We love hearing what you are up to and we love hearing about places that we know. It feels like we can live it with you from a distance.
From Blog: It's okay, I have an airbag, a gun, and a 40 cent benediction from the Black Christ
Biker Gangs Unite!
Welcome back P.J.R! I thoroughly enjoyed this blog. How cool is it that you got invited along as the only gringo?! With every remembrance of Guatemala and every new blog of yours I read I am more certain that the best way to describe it is as a land of interesting and strange juxtapositions. We love hearing what you are up to and we love hearing about places that we know. It feels like we can live it with you from a distance.
From Blog: It's okay, I have an airbag, a gun, and a 40 cent benediction from the Black Christ
Date: 14th February 2010
Hi Felipe. Just wanted to give you thumbs up for that one. Thats a thing I been thinking about many times. Really nice blog! /Rix
From Blog: I Wish I Had another Plastic Chair
Hi Felipe. Just wanted to give you thumbs up for that one. Thats a thing I been thinking about many times. Really nice blog! /Rix
From Blog: I Wish I Had another Plastic Chair
Date: 11th February 2010
Imagine if you had sold the tour. You would have some more money possibly but not this awesome story!
From Blog: It's okay, I have an airbag, a gun, and a 40 cent benediction from the Black Christ
Imagine if you had sold the tour. You would have some more money possibly but not this awesome story!
From Blog: It's okay, I have an airbag, a gun, and a 40 cent benediction from the Black Christ
Date: 18th January 2010
Hey Phil, you still here?
Hi Phil, I'm in Xela and wondering if you're still around. I like the blogs a lot! Email me!
From Blog: My New Best Friend
Hey Phil, you still here?
Hi Phil, I'm in Xela and wondering if you're still around. I like the blogs a lot! Email me!
From Blog: My New Best Friend
Date: 21st December 2009
sad
Breaks my heart!! but know that our government it's doing it's best as there are many NGO's and IGO's trying to help!!!
From Blog: The Death of Lake Atitlan
sad
Breaks my heart!! but know that our government it's doing it's best as there are many NGO's and IGO's trying to help!!!
From Blog: The Death of Lake Atitlan
Date: 15th December 2009
Thoughtful and Accurate blog
I just encountered your blog and wanted to say your evaluation of the problem here at the lake is right on the money. The solutions to the problem of cyanobacteria are so complex and require the cooperation of so many competing interests it seems impossible. There is a website http://www.lakeatitlanhealth.com that has a lot more information on the lake and cyanobacteria, this is a real growing problem around the world. Keep up the great blogging!
From Blog: The Death of Lake Atitlan
Thoughtful and Accurate blog
I just encountered your blog and wanted to say your evaluation of the problem here at the lake is right on the money. The solutions to the problem of cyanobacteria are so complex and require the cooperation of so many competing interests it seems impossible. There is a website http://www.lakeatitlanhealth.com that has a lot more information on the lake and cyanobacteria, this is a real growing problem around the world. Keep up the great blogging!
From Blog: The Death of Lake Atitlan
Date: 2nd December 2009
Self Destruction
It's so deeply, incredibly sad to read about the Lake's condition. We've heard of the deaths of many civilizations and "why" they perished. Easter Island is believed to be the result of human's lack of sustainability, and so on... Now the Lake. And soon the entire globe - yes, I believe that. It's not just the 'science' telling us, it's from our own observations! But the most troubling thing is how people and countries are trying to help the Lake (read: financially) but the gov't is doing its best to divert the monies into their pockets. Is anyone brave enough to give us bloggers some insight on what the gov't is doing (or not doing) about this situation?? In the meantime, I pray for the health of the Lake....and mankind.
From Blog: The Death of Lake Atitlan
Self Destruction
It's so deeply, incredibly sad to read about the Lake's condition. We've heard of the deaths of many civilizations and "why" they perished. Easter Island is believed to be the result of human's lack of sustainability, and so on... Now the Lake. And soon the entire globe - yes, I believe that. It's not just the 'science' telling us, it's from our own observations! But the most troubling thing is how people and countries are trying to help the Lake (read: financially) but the gov't is doing its best to divert the monies into their pockets. Is anyone brave enough to give us bloggers some insight on what the gov't is doing (or not doing) about this situation?? In the meantime, I pray for the health of the Lake....and mankind.
From Blog: The Death of Lake Atitlan
Date: 26th November 2009
Thankyou for that!
I am the brother you mention in the story... I´m already in Costa Rica with my wife and son patiently waiting for Jason and his girls to come down. I think you generally got Jason´s "story" down pretty well, and being more intimately familiar with his story than most people I feel compelled to compliment you on your apparent ability to listen and tune in to others. Most people´s favorite subject is themselves, and it is rare to find people who can take such a genuine interest in other people as you seem to do. In addition, your idea of writing a story about someone you met is such a good one that I am going to take the liberty of making it mine... hope you don´t mind. As with anyone, there is a lot more to Jason´s story, as you rightly guessed, and the story is ultimately his to tell. I can only tell you that I deeply respect and admire him, and in spite of the fact that he and I are often as different as night and day, we have one thing in common that binds us tightly together, which is that we both follow our hearts, and damn the consequences! The last paragraph of your blog is what inspired me to comment at all, by the way... perhaps it is because I lost everything myself (I moved my family to Costa Rica with nothing but a computer, 3 suitcases, and $2,000) perhaps it is because I have been reading Charles Eisenstein´s "Ascent of Humanity" which has put into words for me many of the concepts, beliefs, and philosophies I have been forming over the course of a lifetime. But whatever it is, I must agree with your conjecture: "Failure" is one of the surest ways to discover how deeply separated we are in our ridiculous "American Dream" lifestyle.... separated from each other, from happiness, from purpose, from Nature, from "God", etc. etc etc. Your very last sentence, especially, implies a truth that I think could only be understood by someone who has "lost it all"; that what we were pursuing all that time was captivity from which we needed to be freed..... and that our "comfortable lives of security" were never really comfortable (spiritually) nor were they secure, let alone the illusion that it was actually "living" that we were doing. Thanks for the blog. Levi
From Blog: Other People's Stories #1
Thankyou for that!
I am the brother you mention in the story... I´m already in Costa Rica with my wife and son patiently waiting for Jason and his girls to come down. I think you generally got Jason´s "story" down pretty well, and being more intimately familiar with his story than most people I feel compelled to compliment you on your apparent ability to listen and tune in to others. Most people´s favorite subject is themselves, and it is rare to find people who can take such a genuine interest in other people as you seem to do. In addition, your idea of writing a story about someone you met is such a good one that I am going to take the liberty of making it mine... hope you don´t mind. As with anyone, there is a lot more to Jason´s story, as you rightly guessed, and the story is ultimately his to tell. I can only tell you that I deeply respect and admire him, and in spite of the fact that he and I are often as different as night and day, we have one thing in common that binds us tightly together, which is that we both follow our hearts, and damn the consequences! The last paragraph of your blog is what inspired me to comment at all, by the way... perhaps it is because I lost everything myself (I moved my family to Costa Rica with nothing but a computer, 3 suitcases, and $2,000) perhaps it is because I have been reading Charles Eisenstein´s "Ascent of Humanity" which has put into words for me many of the concepts, beliefs, and philosophies I have been forming over the course of a lifetime. But whatever it is, I must agree with your conjecture: "Failure" is one of the surest ways to discover how deeply separated we are in our ridiculous "American Dream" lifestyle.... separated from each other, from happiness, from purpose, from Nature, from "God", etc. etc etc. Your very last sentence, especially, implies a truth that I think could only be understood by someone who has "lost it all"; that what we were pursuing all that time was captivity from which we needed to be freed..... and that our "comfortable lives of security" were never really comfortable (spiritually) nor were they secure, let alone the illusion that it was actually "living" that we were doing. Thanks for the blog. Levi
From Blog: Other People's Stories #1
Date: 25th November 2009
Very interesting, Phil.
Thanks for the thought-provoking blog, Phil. You sure meet some interesting people. Love you, MOM
From Blog: Other People's Stories #1
Very interesting, Phil.
Thanks for the thought-provoking blog, Phil. You sure meet some interesting people. Love you, MOM
From Blog: Other People's Stories #1
Date: 20th November 2009
You make me xela sick!
Hi Phil! As I sit here in the luxuries of the US and read your blog- despite the fact I love reading your stories, I start to feel sad and jealous about all of the joys of Guatemala that I missed this year since I failed to return! As your first roomie in wonderful Xela so long ago I look back on your travels- you have done so MUCH!! I hope all is well and enjoy some of that guatemalan simple life for me! I so disparately miss it! It is heart breaking to see the Lake like that, I really hope that that the slim chance can come true! ¡buen viaje!
From Blog: The Death of Lake Atitlan
You make me xela sick!
Hi Phil! As I sit here in the luxuries of the US and read your blog- despite the fact I love reading your stories, I start to feel sad and jealous about all of the joys of Guatemala that I missed this year since I failed to return! As your first roomie in wonderful Xela so long ago I look back on your travels- you have done so MUCH!! I hope all is well and enjoy some of that guatemalan simple life for me! I so disparately miss it! It is heart breaking to see the Lake like that, I really hope that that the slim chance can come true! ¡buen viaje!
From Blog: The Death of Lake Atitlan
Date: 17th November 2009
Inscore
You would make Cpt. Inscore proud with your ocean assessment! So fired up you got some time in the ocean.
From Blog: Lifeguard, are you sure those waves aren't dangerous?
Inscore
You would make Cpt. Inscore proud with your ocean assessment! So fired up you got some time in the ocean.
From Blog: Lifeguard, are you sure those waves aren't dangerous?
Date: 8th November 2009
Mourning
This makes me want to cry. How did it change so drastically in one month? Did something else happen to make the shift so swift, or was it just a culmination? On another note, the dog photo is wonderful. A picture really can say a thousand words, and that photo is a great commentary on the country of Guatemala.
From Blog: The Death of Lake Atitlan
Mourning
This makes me want to cry. How did it change so drastically in one month? Did something else happen to make the shift so swift, or was it just a culmination? On another note, the dog photo is wonderful. A picture really can say a thousand words, and that photo is a great commentary on the country of Guatemala.
From Blog: The Death of Lake Atitlan
Staci
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Wow
I've really enjoyed your reflections, Phil. Your writing is inspiring (and will be, I'm sure, for your students too).
From Blog: Reflections on Traveling Central America