The country is abuzz about tonight's Mega Millions lottery drawing with an estimated jackpot of $640 million. People from all walks of life are daydreaming about what they would do if they won. While browsing an Internet forum today, I came across a wide variety of ideas, ranging from practical:
I'd pay my debts!
To… Read More »
It's hard to believe with last weekend's 80-degree weather in Wisconsin, but today is the first day of spring.
Two weekends ago when it hit 55 degrees for the first time this year, I went with the local mountaineering club to nearby Devil's Lake for some rock climbing. For most of us, it was our… Read More »
Last weekend was the Duluth CouchSurfing invasion. CouchSurfing is a great way to connect with other travelers in your city and around the world. About thirty-five of us made it all the way up to Duluth, Minnesota for a chilly February weekend. Madison has had such a mild winter, it was a… Read More »
I know it's been a very long time, but I finally got this blog up and running again. Look for posts in the coming months about what I've been up to, as well as lots of travel advice. And before you ask, I don't have any big trips planned, but stay tuned.
April 19, 2008
Day 934
The final day of my trip had arrived. After a long night without much sleep, I couldn't keep my eyes open on the hour-long bus ride to the airport in Cancun. Nothing of any significance happened on my two flights home. People complained about having to wait an hour… Read More »
April 15-18, 2008
Day 930-933
Today I entered Mexico for the first time in ten years. The bus went from the Belizean border up the Caribbean coast to Playa del Carmen, one of those all-inclusive American resort towns. Seventy-five percent of people on the beach were pasty and fat. They looked like in the… Read More »
April 14, 2008
Day 929
It took all day and a series of buses to reach northern Belize near the border with Mexico, an amazing accomplishment considering how tiny Belize is. Chinese, Hindi, and Spanish were being spoken far more than English, and I knew I had arrived at one of those border towns… Read More »
April 12-13, 2008
Day 927-928
Now that I know I will be heading home soon, several people have begun to warn me of the impending culture shock that will result from having been away for so long. But frankly, I'm a bit skeptical. For example:
Yesterday I crossed from Guatemala into Belize in the… Read More »
April 11, 2008
Day 926
I'm getting sick of paying for a bus ticket at 5 AM only to have the bus show up at 6. But instead of leaving right away, of course we go and talk to the driver's friend for ten minutes. Then when I yell at the driver, he acts… Read More »
April 10, 2008
Day 925
I went to the clinic this morning and did blood tests for both malaria and dengue. It turns out that I have dengue and not malaria. That was a good thing because dengue passes through your system and doesn't stay long-term whereas malaria might. Unfortunately, that means that I… Read More »
