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Category: Travel

  • What a year!

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    It’s just over one year since I’ve worked full time, and I thought it would be fun to make a bunch of lists of what I’ve done in that year. Distance About 33000 miles by airplane, visiting 14 airports Around 6000 miles by car 2000 nautical miles by sailboat 1000 nautical miles on the Alaska…

  • Hola, otra vez, San Pedro

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    Llegué con securidad en San Pedro ayer por la noche. Mi viaje de San Cristobal a San Pedro era fácil. Me plazco a volver a San Pedro. Es aún más bonito en invierno que verano. No hay mucho lluvio ya, solamente sol y poco nubes. Ayer en la noche, dormí en la hotel Sak’cari. Esta…

  • In San Cristobal

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    Well, it turns out things don’t go like you planned when you travel. Who knew? I was feeling pretty smug in Cancun, with my ticket bought, plenty of time to go around and get dinner, then shop for snacks on the bus, use the Internet, etc. Only problem was my watch was two timezones wrong,…

  • I made it

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    Well, traveling with AirTech was a breeze, except for the having 12 different backup plans part. I simply showed up at the airport 2 hours early (no big deal for an international flight) and the nice lady behind the counter gave me a confirmed seat on the plane in minutes. I’m sure it is not…

  • On my way, maybe

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    Tomorrow morning, I am going to attempt to board a Suntrips flight to Cancun using AirTech.com’s standby travel system. So, the adventure begins. From Cancun, I will take an overnight bus to San Cristobal de las Casas. There, I’ll find myself a tourist bus making the trip to Panajachel and then onward via boat to…

  • Air Hitching

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    When an airplane is about to leave, and there’s still room on it (taking into consideration pre-planned, unchangeable limits, like “we only put in enough fuel for 170 people”) there are sometimes seats the airline would still like to fill, if they could get some money for them. They know about these seats so late,…

  • Au revior, Genève

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    Tomorrow morning I will be getting on my easyJet flight back to London. I have been having a nice time here, and so I’ve postponed and delayed and conveniently forgotten to write anything down about my time here until the absolute last second. Which is now. I have been meaning to write in Spanish, to…

  • Bonjour, Genève

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    I arrived in Geneva this morning to see my friend Sima, who I met in Montreal a long time ago. Better not to count the years back, at least in public. I will stay here a week or so. Sima and I don’t really have a plan, but it will involve a little of me…

  • Mi primera clase de RedR

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    Hoy tomé mi primera clase de RedR. Este clase se llama “¿Etonces, piensas querer trabajar como ayuda humanitaria?” En sentido estricto, no era necessario, porque yo se querer trabajar como ayudar humanitaria. Pero visitaba Londres en cualquier caso, etonces uno mas clase era facìl para atender. Eran muchas ingenieros civiles allì, y algunos ayudantes de…

  • Rest at the Cabin, on to London

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    I just enjoyed a few days with my parents up at the cabin. I got lots of my stuff cleaned up and ready for a new trip. Mom and I cooked one of my favorite dishes we cook together (Vegetarian Lasagne). Dick and I finished cleaning up the lot so that it is ready for…