The day started at 6:30 am. Tropical depression Matthew still hadn’t moved out of San Cristobal so I was greeted with another gray, misty, rainy morning. Hearing stories of other travelers walking 6 kilometers because the road was blocked from rock slides and reports of roads flooding had me second guessing if I really wanted [...]
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Rain, rain, and more rain. That’s all I’ve seen the past few days as tropical depression Matthew sputters across southern Mexico and Guatemala. Tired of being rained on has me sticking indoors to cafe’s, bagel shops (yep, they have those here), and my room. On the positive side it gave me the time to revamp [...]
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The days in San Cristobal have had a little bit of everything. I’m not sure where to begin, nor do I feel like trying to re-hash daily events. More interesting than the daily events of visiting Sumidero Canyon or the La Merced celebration (Wade from Vagabond Journey actually did the work of documenting it for [...]
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Most days while traveling there has been some thing or some scene that has made me appreciate the moment I’m currently in and wish to be no where else in the world. Today it was watching the sun rise over the mountains while in a boat cruising on the Pacific Ocean. From Puerto Escondido 2010-09 [...]
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Today marks one month of travel. My previous life seems like it’s a million miles away and it’s hard for me to imagine that I ever sat behind a desk staring at a computer screen all day. I’m preparing to leave Puerto Escondido and most likely cross into Guatemala within the next week. I bought [...]
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My original plan was that Kate and I would stay in Puerto Escondido for a day before we had to catch a bus to Acapulco and she flew home. I would then bus back to Puerto Escondido and stay for 2 or 3 days. After Kate told me I would be an idiot to take [...]
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When I came to Mexico my thought was that I would hear a lot of Mariachi bands and other music genre’s with a heavy guitar and brass sound. Instead the soundtrack of Mexico that I will remember is the following: Acapulco: Trance music on pimped out public buses. And by pimped out I mean buses [...]
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Note: I was being lazy and ripped this blog post from an e-mail Kate sent to her parents on what we have been up to and our plans for the next couple of days. Pictures will be coming shortly. “We arrived safely in Oaxaca this morning at 6am after a long bus ride through the [...]
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Conversation with Kate 48 hours ago:Kate: I’m packing. Do I need to bring a raincoat?Sam: No, I don’t have one. It’s rainy season but it only seems to rain in the evening. You should be fine with out one. Kate arrives the next day in pouring rain. Kate: So…I don’t need a rain coat huh? [...]
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I’ve been traveling for a little over two weeks now. I’ve been to five locations and am beginning to get a handle on what the right questions are to ask and what I should be paying for lodging, food, buses and taxis. For example, today I wanted to go about 30 minutes outside of Acapulco. [...]
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