August, 2006
Here's the plan: I leave September 1st, go down to San Diego, cross that border, and then I'm in Mexico! I'll go down Mexico to Central America, go through all the countries there, then into South America. I want to make it to Rio di Janero in Brazil by Carnival, to meet some very good friends. We'll see what kinds of adventures I have...
10-29-07
Well, now I'm back. I finally did make it to Rio, ten months later. I had the most amazing and unexpected adventures in between, during, and after. In the end, I went to 16 countries, and traveled for 13 months. It feels good to be ... full info
Sweet hikeThere was a great view of the lake from up there...
Sacar PhotoI was hiking down from the volcano the next day, only made it to the base, and this big group of kids told me to stop and take a picture.
Muy AmablesWe ended up playing games for a few hours--first a rough soccer game, where the girl on the right skinned both her knees! But these girls were tough, didn´t usually cry. They were knocking eachother down it wasn´t me! I was playing easy, but still tired from my big hike the day before.
El ChinoThey called him El Chino, and he knew some karate...it´s funny how they just called him chino, I don´t think it was very politically correct. And they gave him trouble sometimes just for being different. But I made sure he got to play with us. After soccer, we played a kind of monkey in the middle, then dodge ball.
San Pedosan pedo is across the lake. Literally translated, it means, Saint Fart. But it´s relly called San Pedro. These two volcanoes I call san pedo, and with these clouds, you can see why. Whew!
On the hillcaught this amazing view before skiing (running) down the hill.
national geographichere´s one for you...take that geografacts.
I stole this pic from tess. She saw it with her eye...
