senorlobo
senorlobo Joined: July 31st 2009
Logged in: July 21st 2010
Logged in: July 21st 2010
Travel Blog Posts
Health Alert... From the looks of it my frequent, painful battles with gastrointestinal complications are a thing of the past, if you don´t count my erosive esopheghitis. My system is as strong as a donkey. I´m back to the good ol´days of devouring any type of street food Hondu and Guate can throw at me. Once again I´m living an intrepid, gastronomic free for all. Over all, movements are solid, frequent and of a mocca color. However, for the second year in a row I´m battling some odd skin condition. In the Middle East last summer 3 mysterious concentric circles appeared on the side of my hand. They were painful and scary looking. I even visited a hospital in Eastern Turkey only to be told that i had Herpes. Even I knew it wasnt herpes. Currently ... read more
Just spent 2 days with Alma and 16 of her closest family members. I rented a solid, red Mazda 4x4 for $40-day. The town has no running water which complicates the whole bathing and doodying thing. Not that I´m averse to taking care of business outside but everyone lives so close and its hard to find an appropriate place. Luckily, my stomach was holding up and holding in nicely. This year I came prepared with TP just in case... Fortunately on day 2 we visited a family member in another community and they allowed me to realize my delicate functions So who is Alma? Alma is a Honduran woman who left on a jounrey 6 years ago to realize her American Dream. She crossed Guatemala into Mexico and jumped onto La Bestia, the train that migrants ... read more
Sunday, August 2nd Honduras is your urinal. If you ever have to make, Hondu is where it´s at! No need for shame, just embrace it, whether it be mid-street, a nice corner, behind a truck or through a fence. I almost forgot how free you are here. It takes very little to reacclimate to his lifestyle: the peeing, spitting, lifting of the shirt above the stomach to the lower chest area to allow the belly to gain access to outside airflow (men only) and darting out to cross the street just as a speeding car (that will not stop) approaches. I´m on a strict diet of baleadas, fried chicken, fruit juices and chillied fruits and veggies in a plastic bag. I hope to regain my adonis-like physique over the next month. Ah, the fried chicken. I ... read more
Today i commence a monumental journey from honduras back to los united states on land, following the migrant trail. i´ve left all material items home except a camara, voice recorder (i´m sure you all enjoy hearing your own voice as much as I enjoy hearing my own) and a fantasy football preseason magazine. (never too early to prepare for the upcoming season.) i´m traveling very light as to travel as the migrants do, although the god´s honest truth: I´m a wuss and hate carrying things. The objective is simple: keep it tight and work the streets hard: that´s where my best work is done. I hope to experience and document ´the journey´of an illegal central american migrant to los united and the hardships and dangers they encounter. The method: improvisation No plan, just a Yankees cap, ... read more
