I can't explain it but only when traveling do you constantly run into the same people in different cities, different hostels and different ends of the country. After getting dropped off in Puerto Viejo at 10am (waking up at 5am to catch the bus) I'm lugging my backpack down the dirt roads hoofing it over to Rockin J's hostel, (which is supposed to this massive backpacking compound where you can rent tents, rooms or even a hammock to sleep on the beach at night), when I hear someone calling my name. I turn and there's Kristen and Sam, a Bostoner and [View Full Entry]

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Next stop, Santa Elena in Monteverde to walk in the cloud forests. Now I ended up having 2 options of getting there. My first option was to do the 4 hour tip completely on horse back through the rain forest which would have been an amazing option if my knees weren't completely shot from the Cerro Chata Trek...they're shaking just thinking about it. So I opted for option number 2...hitching a ride with Ashleigh and Jessica (Alana had to go back to San Jose) in their cushy 4x4 rental car for a road trip through Costa Rica. Once we go [View Full Entry]

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I would have to say my first adventure began the morning leaving San Jose over to La Fortuna to see Costa Rica's currently active volcano. Waking up way too early and being more than half asleep I met Ali, a married American from Wisconsin, Alma a cute Israel living in NYC and Jeroen a very tall and thick bearded Hollander at the local bus stop. The bus ride itself was uneventful but once we landed in La Fortuna we were bombarded by local tour guides trying to get us into this and that hotel/hostel including a one very persistent Costa [View Full Entry]

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Hey guys, it´s been almost 1.5 years since my last blog entry and since I got so much flack for not writing last year on my trip to Brazil and Argentina with Alex and Paul I thought I´d take up the digital pen and revive the adventures of the wandering hungarian. So this time, it´s Costa Rica for 2 weeks. At first I wanted to do Buenos Aires for, well, all the reasons I´ve been talking about for the past year....the beautiful women, amazing steak, nights filled with tango, red wine, amazing coffee and did I mention beautiful women! But the [View Full Entry]

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At first I was only going to upload the pics and save the remaining story telling for when I'm back but knowing me I'd probably just forget all the details...sooooooo...here goes... Last I left you guys I was in Bangkok. Didn't take any new pics since it was the 4th time I was there and didn't really see any new. The main point was just to chill for 3 days and recuperate after the whirlwind tour of Vietnam and Lao (which I still am kicking myself for not having enough time to really explore). But anyways, Bangkok. Out of pure fluke [View Full Entry]

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Ok, so after I left yah folks I went to go get me a hearty breakfast and some very strong, yet tasty, Lao coffee before starting the Gibbon Experience since I already learned that most of these 3 day treks feed you very little food (mostly rice and vegetables) and I didn't want to drastically lose any more weight. I already lost about a good 14 lbs on this trip after weighing myself the other day! I picked up the 2 litres of drinking water since they haven't had any running water up there for the past 7 days since their [View Full Entry]

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When I think back at all the places and things I've seen my head begins to swirl. It’s gotten to the point where when people ask me the question "when did you get into X city" I actually have to stop and think about it...especially how I traveled to it. But its funny how much you learn about your own body and psyche traveling for a long duration. You quickly learn the physical limits of your body from food poisoning, dehydration, sprained body parts (various places I didn't even know you could sprain making you think, when and where did I [View Full Entry]

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The night before leaving from Hoi An I had dinner at this little restaurant facing the river and got to talking with the waiter by the name of Mr. Phong. After several drinks and amazing food Mr. Phong invited to show me his family and village in the outskirts of Hoi An the next day and I happily accepted. The next morning I jumped on the back of Mr. Phong's motorcycle and we went well over an hour out into the Vietnamese country side to his village. It was a great morning where my captive tour guide taught me more about [View Full Entry]

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So after my very quick stay in Phnom Phen (only 1 night since there really wasn't much to see and I wasn't really feeling the city), I hopped onto my bus over to Hoi Chi Minh City to meet up with Abi and Bianca again. Now imagine a city with 10 million people that has about 5 million motorcycles/vespas in it, plus there are no rules on the road...left side, right side, stop light, green light, they're all suggestions which no one really follows. To make matters worse, there are 4 way intersections (major intersections) without any lights or signs, just [View Full Entry]

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So I have to dedicate part of this blog entry to Zak (the 34 year old from Manchester that I was swearing at in my head for being the cause of my wicked hang over on my journey to Cambodia)...but lets rewind a wee little bit. After my last blog entry I met Zak (once an IT consultant turned bartender in the UK that now owns 3 properties in the UK...doing much better as a bartender) at one of the local restaurants in Bangkok and he was a pretty cool guy so we made plans to meet up and hit the [View Full Entry]

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