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earthislander - Deryn Macey

Well I finished my degree last summer and tried out the working thing for a while. I quickly discovered that I´m not really into the whole working scene just yet. What better time to go on a little three month vacation? So here I am in Costa Rica, the first country on my trip up to Mexico. I´m travelling on my own, trying to learn Spanish, perfect surfing, meet some people, relax, see some monkeys and Mayan ruins, among many other things. You can´t ask for much more can you? I´d have to say it´s going pretty great so far, so I´ll see you all soon...if I decide to come back :)

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By earthislander
July 13th 2006

Back to Island life...

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver Island » Comox

Hey all, I have probably seen most of you by now, but I thought a little update would be a good idea. I'm back at home, right into the old life, except I can't stop partying and not worrying about a thing. But this last week has been so much fun, besides the fact that I thought it's supposed to be summer here! It's been so good to see the fam, and all my friends, even though I've already driven up and down the island twice and to Campbell River and back. But it's all worth it because everytime you see [View Full Entry]

By earthislander
July 5th 2006

Goodbye for now...

North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City

hola! ahh for the last time I guess. I am flying home today from Mexico City. The 13 hour bus ride up from the coast was no problem, I took in some quality Spanish movies and had a surprisingly good sleep. The city has been great, it´s really beautiful and not a dirty as I people have told me to expect. No problems with buses, or taxis, or hotels. I explored all around on foot, but I didn´t have the energy or ambition to go to any of the other sights on tours or anything. I think I got a good [View Full Entry]

By earthislander
July 3rd 2006

To the big city...

North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Puerto Escondido

Hey, ahhh only a few more days to go!! Crazy! Things have been good since my last entry, I had such a good time in Mazunte. What a perfect place that was. Every morning I would step out my door onto the sand and go for along swim in the sea, and then relax a bit on my front porch (more sand and some hammocks) and then go for some breakfast. The daytime usually involved a lot of walking, swimming, reading, and doing not too much. I walked really far one day and found so many deserted beaches, it was great. [View Full Entry]

By earthislander
June 27th 2006

Chicken buses to deluxe luxury liners...

North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Puerto Escondido

hello everyone, So I am in Mexico now after a solid 35 hours of travelling. I am in a little tiny place called Mazunte, it´s beautiful...paradise...again. I had a good time in Xela, Guatemala. It´s a nice city, there was plenty to do and see andI ended up running into some friends from Utila on the street, which is always nice. And I ran into my Israeli friend for the fourth time, in a random restaurant in Xela. So we went out and had some good times. It rained a lot though, and I mean a lot, pretty much all the [View Full Entry]

By earthislander
June 22nd 2006

In love again and less than two weeks to go...

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Lago de Atitlan » Panajachel

Hey everyone, it feels like ages since I last used a computer but I guess it hasn´t been that long. Hmmm, what has been happening lately, the days seem to all blur together. We had some interesting nights out in Coban, you can´t really call it going out though because we were pretty much the only people around. One bar we went to, offered a selection of possibly stolen electronics and appliances to browse while you drank your beer. The gun-weilding bar tender/host/cook/DJ/waiter was nice enough though. We had a few beers there amongst the dead palm tree in the corner, [View Full Entry]

By earthislander
June 17th 2006

Into the Bat Cave...

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Coban

View from the bus...
This is the view across a river on the bus from Flores to Coban, the bus crossed the river on a barge ferry...

Hola mi amigos, que tal? I´m doing good as usual. It´s been a great few days since my last update. We went to Tikal of course, which was pretty amazing to see. The ruins were beautiful and it´s was crazy to think of what it might have looked like thousands of years ago when it was at its peak. The last night we were in Flores there was some great lightening over the mountains across the lake, and we were serenaded by a very innebriated man singing in the distance. After Tikal it was down to Coban, which is a nice [View Full Entry]

By earthislander
June 12th 2006

Apparently it´s called a rainforest for a reason...

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Flores Tikal

Mmm cave dirt!
This is in the hot spring caves near Livingston on Rio Dulce, it was really really hot and smelly!!

Hey everyone, I know it´s been a while but I just really can´t be bothered to use the internet most of the time. Hmmm, where have I been lately? We left Hopkins, Belize a week or so ago. Our last night there in Punta Gorda was interesting. Punta Gorda is a cute, quiet little town in the south of Belize. We were playing hackey sack at this little church and a bunch of Belizean kids came and hung out with us, they were so cute. They were all showing off to us and wanted to play with us. That was fun, [View Full Entry]

By earthislander
June 5th 2006

Mixed Feelings...

Central America Caribbean

Hola amigos, So I made it to Belize after my few days of interesting travels. The boat from Guatemala to Belize was beautiful because there were dolphins jumping around the boat and intense chain lightening over the coast of Belize. Punta Gorda was a cute little town from what I saw while I waited for the last bus I had to take. It seemed very poor, lots of bare feet and ragged clothes, but the people there were nice as I walked around. A few more hours on the bus up to Mango Creek, one more little walk, and finally one [View Full Entry]

By earthislander
June 2nd 2006

Crazy, Crazy Travels...

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Livingston

Hey all, things have been pretty hectic these last few days. I left Utila two days ago at 7am in the morning. I got in two more night dives before I left, which were so awesome. Diving at night is incredible, a completely different world from the day time. There was bioluminesence everywhere, we saw a big octopus, and then you surface and it´s all starry. We all shut our torches off on the bottom, and there is so much to see out in the darkness, and it really is pitch black. I was a little scared at first, but it [View Full Entry]

By earthislander
May 28th 2006

I Heart Utila...

Central America Caribbean » Honduras » Bay Islands » Utila

Hey everyone, I know it's been a while but it's hard to make myself go use the internet. I have just had the best 12 days ever! I love it here so much. I have now finished my Open Water certification and my Advanced Open Water, and even did a Nitrox certification too. I love diving so much. I just got back from a deep dive to 30m, it was beautiful!! So my life has been party all night, dive all day for the last little while. If I'm not diving, I go for a big snorkel or relax on the [View Full Entry]