Off on another adventure, long overdue... Ken, Kim and I headed to Central America for three weeks, starting in Nicaragua and finishing in Costa Rica (as Canada is in the grips of cold and Winter, this seemed to be the perfect destination!) Flew into Liberia CR, and hopped a cab to Penas Blancas and the Nicaraguan border (Liberia turned out to be a little closer than Managua to our first destination, and the airfare was cheaper as well..). Border was interesting; cab dropped us off at the Costa Rican immigration office, strangely no lineup...after a 3/4 kilometer hike across the border (with surf board in tow) we picked up the rental car, made our way through Nicaraguan immigration and off to Villa Pavela at Playa Remanso! Friends of ours were gracious enough to offer up their ... read more

Okay, a little late with this post but whatcha gonna do? Headed down to Indianapolis at the beginning of August to catch the Drive-By Truckers/Black Crowes show, the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Nascar race and, oh yeah, visit my sister and brother-in-law! Haha, I suppose not necessarily in that order... Weekend got off on the wrong foot with both my first and connecting flight departing late (the airline shall remain nameless, however it does rhyme with Bontinental...). This translated in me arriving late to the show, only to sit down and see one dang song of the 'Truckers, not impressed to say the least...good thing we had primo seating and the beer vendors were close at hand... Spent the next day with friends of my sister...they certainly run in some pretty fancy shmancy circles...included everything ... read more

After spending a couple of cool days in Ouarzazate I hopped the bus to Marrakech. This leg of the journey would take me across the High Atlas Mountains, absolutely stunning. The sights were amazing and I now wish I had spent more time there... Have to give kudos to the bus driver; he was a brave man maneuvering that big rig through some pretty tight turns, passes and switchbacks! Although it is only about 200kms distance it still took us nearly five hours to get to Marrakech, should give you an idea of the trip...haha.... Arrived and with the help of the petit taxi driver (who was a HUGE Neil Young fan and kept singing "Tonight's the Night" to me as we wove in and out of traffic!) and several local kids (with some confusion) I ... read more

Nicolas and I said our goodbyes at the Gorge (he was heading directly to Marrakech, I had a few stops before heading there) and I was in a grand taxi on my way to Boumalne du Dadès. This was a last minute decision; I had a couple of days to play with and really just wanted to go somewhere quiet and relax along the route I was traveling and this seemed to be the perfect spot. Nice town, not much to report as I just wandered around or hung out in the sun on the terrace of the hotel with my journal. There is another gorge here but never made it, too lazy! ... read more

Says it all, the main reason for this whole crazy adventure... Finally felt well enough to travel so hopped an early bus out of Azrou, destination Rissani. Loooonnnngg day to say the least, it was an 8 1/2 hour trip from Hell on one of the local transports...the seats were so close together that I couldn't sit with my knees in front of me: had to sit at an angle and essentially squirmed in my seat the whole way... was able to see some beautiful sites along the way which was cool, but the bus would stop at every town along the way and for anyone standing by the side of the road... Uneventful ride until we got to Erfoud, the stop before the end of the line of Rissani, a complete den of thieves. The ... read more