I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas from the Bay Islands of Honduras!! I'm still in the Bay Islands getting certified for scuba diving. I'm feeling a little sick, and there is a whole chapter of the scuba diving book that basically says not to dive when your sick (mostly because of congestion making it difficult to equalize underwater) but I'm not feeling that bad, and I'm not congested at all...so I'm just going to go for it (don't worry mom, I won't push it). Yesterday I was in the classroom for 8 hours, today is the pool, and then the next to days are open water diving (and then off to Guatemala)...nothing much more to report. I did meet another traveler from the states basically doing the same thing as me(but going in the ... read more

Well I am back from a few days at the nicest beach I have ever been too. I stayed at a place called “Camping Melinda” which is run by a middle age lady named Melinda and her husband. As you saw in the pictures from last week, it is just a few rooms and then a bunch of tents. You can get a room for $15 a night, a tent for $4 a night, or sling a hammock for $3. The first night I stayed in one of the tents and the pad that they provided smelled like bad B.O. So I was tossing and turning all night, and ended up getting up before the sun (once again) and slept on the beach (which was actually pretty nice save the sand in the scalp thing). And ... read more

Right now I am sitting in an internet café in the small Costa Rican town of LaFortuna (north western part of the country) . I am going to spend a few days here and then head to Nicaragua. The town itself is in the shadow of a huge volcano (see pics...) it is actually quit beautiful here. I have taken 2 long bus rides to get back up to this part of the country...and i am going to have to take a lot more of these long bus rides (with no leg room) before I get up to Guatamala. A few times during the ride we came across traffic. Traffic here is a little different then back at home. There are not that many roads so when there is traffic...THERE IS TRAFFIC. I had no idea ... read more

HOLAS AMIGOS, So early this morning I caught a bus to the Panama border, then a taxi to the marina (which is actually just a tiny dock in the back of someones house), and then a boat to the island of Bocas del Toro (which is off the north eastern coast of Panama). I settled into a really cool looking hostel and am ready to start a new adventure in a new city/country. But first I will recap the time I spent in the city of Puerto Viejo (south eastern Costa Rica). I spent Thursday through Monday (morning) at the some what hippy beach town of Puerto Viejo. I was pretty excited to finally get to the Costa Rica that I had imagined...palm tree beaches, surfers, and wildlife. My days there where pretty lazy...save a few ... read more

Hey everyone! Right now I am in Turrialba, Costa Rica (which is inbetween San Jose and Limon) and it is basically a kayaking and whitewater rafting base camp. But I will give you a quick review from where I left off. Actually first let me make a few random comments. (1) As everyone knows, I basically know no spanish what so ever. but occasionally I am able to piece a phrase together and ask a local a simple question (such as ¨Donde esta la autobus para Turrialba¨). And on those rara occasions when I do get it right...boy o boy I feel like such the savy internation traveller (reguardless of the fact that I have know idea what they say in reply). On top of that, I am EXCELENTE with spanglish sign language. I have gotten ... read more