At Least It’s Not A Tattoo…

April 27, 2011 in blog, North America, Travelogue, United States

I carried my handmade corn basket in my lap on the airplane. It made for a strange carry-on, filled with earphones for the kids’ Spanish program that we didn’t want […]

Haiku for a Road Trip

April 22, 2011 in blog, Guatemala, North America, Travelogue

  cruising down the road motor humming steadily the soundtrack of life   Tony wrote me a book of haikus for Christmas two years ago. The second one applies to […]

Paragliding

April 20, 2011 in Guatemala, North America, Podcast, Travelogue

Our friend, John, teaches us about his paraglider.

Houston… we have a problem!

April 18, 2011 in blog, Guatemala, North America, Travelogue

We ran, like crazy people, through the Houston airport, vainly hoping there’d be time.  There wasn’t. As if in one last homage to the Central American vibe our plane left […]

Good Gifts-Our Last Night In Guatemala

April 15, 2011 in blog, Guatemala, North America, Travelogue

Antigua is a zoo tonight. The whole town is swollen in anticipation of semana santa and the streets are positively oozing people.   We’re safely tucked into Hotel Don Ismael, […]

Continental Shift

April 10, 2011 in blog, Guatemala, North America, Travelogue

One week from today we’ll be waking up in Chicago.   It’s always a weird feeling, to get to the point in a journey where it’s time for a major […]

Help Me Help My Friends: Partner with Hannah & CoEd Guatemala

April 5, 2011 in blog, Guatemala, North America, Travelogue

Cool mountain air rushes in through the open window of our rented van. High among the mountains of Guatemala we wind along the paths, going higher and higher. Our destination […]

Music in San Marcos

April 4, 2011 in Guatemala, North America, Podcast, Travelogue

Travel with us to some of our favorite hang-outs in San Marcos la Laguna to listen to music.

Then & Now: Three Years In Review, As Seen From a Hammock

April 2, 2011 in Africa, Austria, Belgium, Belize, blog, Canada, Czech Republic, England, Europe, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Inspiration, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, North America, Travelogue, Tunisia, United States

It’s my favourite thing, sitting in the hammock, watching the lago. It’s beautiful at any time of day, but there’s something about sneaking down there after dinner when the water […]