http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/sp/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from sp en-us Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:22:05 +0000 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:22:05 +0000 mazatlan was the last beach town we visited before heading to los mochis where we began our 16 hour copper canyon train ride. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Sinaloa/Mazatlan/blog-107556.html after a bit of mescal we were all feeling OK... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/blog-107555.html enjoy..... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Guadalajara/blog-107554.html here are some pics from guanajuato..... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Guanajuato/blog-107550.html hello all. here are some pictures from various places in mexico. i will update soonloveme http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Guanajuato/blog-103964.html after a day in acapulco we headed to mexico city and have spent two days exploring. we are staying in the historical center which houses some of the most beautiful buildings i have ever seen. our hostel is a block away from the zocalo the heart of the city which is surrounded by the national palace and the cathedral. using actual building materials from aztec ruins the cathedral was built http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-102174.html hola amors. jim and i are on our 6th and final day in san cristobal. wow....that is a long time for us to be in one place the city is easy to get comfortable in....cute clean colorful colonial beautiful churches. plus lots of good cheap food options. plus plus...our hotel room was very comfortable complete with a hot water shower with good water pressure we were able to enjoy th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/San-Cristobal-de-las-Casas/blog-100340.html we arrived in campeche late last night after 6 hours of bus travel. when we arrived it was dark and we were tired but that did not damper my ability to enjoy approaching this cool city. it was a bit of a walk from the bus terminal to the town proper....but im glad we walked. the town proper is surrounded by a cement wall...built in the 1600s to protect it from pirate invasions. when we arr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Campeche/blog-98857.html here are some pics from tulum and chichen itza thanks jim. i will post pics from campeche on the campeche entry. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Tulum/blog-98618.html hope you are all well. i am in mexico and am doing well except for a very minor cold. we spent the last two nights in a beach cabana in tulum. tulum is 130km south of cancun....so the coastline offers the same beautiful beaches on the caribbean. of course staying in a cabana offered us the luxury of walking out the door and being on the beach. but luxury has its price well worth it...l http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Tulum/blog-98147.html well i am home after over 3 months of travel. panama was amazing. i spent 5 days in boca del toro and then 3 days in panama city. it was cool to visit the canal with all of its history....i was just in time to see a boat pass through. pics to come....i am not staying home for too long. just long enough to go to nat's birthday party. then in 2 weeks i am getting back into travel mode. i met http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-89128.html just wanted to say a quick hello and update you on my whereabouts. i am now in boca del toro panama. i arrived here yesterday after spending a few days in puerto viejo costa rica. puerto viejo was amazing and very difficult to leave. my friend jim and i rented some bikes and rode to all of the beaches south of puerto viejo...if we went a little bit further we could have rode our bikes into http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/Isla-Colon/blog-87649.html here are some pictures from various places. the zip lining pics are mostly of johan but he has pics of me on his camera...before we part ways i will get the pics and post some. i just want to give you all an idea of what it looks like. hugs http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Puntarenas/Montezuma/blog-86040.html it has only been a few days since i last checked in but it feels like a week has gone by in a good way happy birthday to NAN and CALA. not everyone can be a virgo....poor souls and cala vic...congrats on your marriage. i wish i could have been there to share in the celebration. you are a sweet and inspiring couple and i wish you muchos aos of love and happiness.yesterday i arrived in http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Puntarenas/Montezuma/blog-86029.html it has been an amazing birthday. today i went zip lining in the cloud forests of monteverde costa rica. we did 15 zip cables and a tarzan swing. i almost didnt do the tarzan swing because i was too scared but at the last minute i decided to do it and am so glad that i did. it was an amazing sensation to drop so far. even on the road my bday feels celebrated. i have been travelling with thi http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Puntarenas/Monteverde/blog-85239.html today i am relaxing. i just spent two hours on the beach...reading swimming listening to my IPOD watching the birds listening to the howler monkeys and just chilling. my knees are a little sore today from yesterdays climb up volcan maderas.it took us 7 hours round trip to climb the volcano. johan and i started at 1130 and the weather at the bottom of the volcano was hot and humid. but a http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Isla-de-Ometepe/Santo-Domingo/blog-84389.html i created this travel blog as a way to share my travel experiences with my friends and family...those people who know me well and know my personal nuances and ways of expressing myself. since this travel blog is public others are able to view it...others who do not know me and some have taken offense to some of the things i have written.so i would like to make a few disclaimers for those strange http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Isla-de-Ometepe/Santo-Domingo/blog-83895.html it has been an amazing two days. yesterday was the final day of fiestas augustinas in granada. granada feels like an authentic central american town....untainted by tourists. and it was quite the treat to be here for this unique celebration. ilsa johan and i joined the celebrations for most of the day...from 10am until around 9pm. the city was full of energy and people and beer and rum and h http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/blog-83538.html hola. i arrived in nicaragua last night after two days of travel including a day in el salvador. i stayed in zona rosa in el salvador. it was hard to imagine that this country had just ended a civil war less than 15 years ago. san salvador was so modern and the roads were the best i have seen in central america. they actually had elevated roadways which was the first time i had seen these du http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/blog-83199.html i finally made it out of antigua but am now stuck in guata city. my bus from guata city to el salvador was delayed at the mexican border and is now running 4 hours late. ugh. but at least i have some time to upload pictures.my last night at the hostal was a fun one. i was trying to decide what to do for dinner when these italian guys that are staying at the hostel invited me to eat with them. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Guatemala-City/blog-82869.html