Home, Sweet Home |
Its been over a month since we got home, and I am just now getting the photos online. In the meantime, we've moved back into our apartment, tried to get our furniture and bills back in order, an...
Posted by Cynara on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:03:00 PST |
Trip Survey (End of South America Trip) |
Trip Survey
Q: What was your best trip memory?A: Chuy and the Venazuelans, beaming and high fiving after getting "the best waves of my life", in a paradise known as Cambutal, Panama. ...
Posted by Cynara on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:57:00 PST |
Big Changes |
By the time we hit the El Salvadorian border, the thrill of seeing fellow Americans had worn off. It all started on the Azuero Penninsula, as we drove down the last dirt road around the tip of the pen...
Posted by Cynara on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:16:00 PST |
Drug Runners from Sinaloa |
We are taking this trip in a 1988 red Toyota Pickup Truck. It has everything we need for the voyage: a small engine (important for good gas mileage), 4X4 (important for driving in Costa Ric...
Posted by Cynara on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:22:00 PST |
Americans abroad (and they weren't us!!) |
Okay, so maybe this doesn't seem like such a big deal. But for the last two months, traveling around South America, we rarely ran into Americans. Sure there were one or two, here or there....
Posted by Cynara on Thu, 03 May 2007 07:24:00 PST |
World Events vs. Anna Nicole Smyth |
We arrived in Panama a few days ago. Panama is probably the most international country I've ever been in. Due to the canal, international businesses from all over the world run through here....
Posted by Cynara on Thu, 03 May 2007 06:54:00 PST |
South American Surfing History |
I had read in the guide book that Peru would like to be considered the country that invented surfing. According to the guide book, Peruvians stood up in reed canoes and road the waves in the Incan ti...
Posted by Cynara on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:31:00 PST |
Big Guns |
We were walking down the street in Guayaquil, Ecuador. It was a main street in the upper class business district of downtown. It was nine o'clock in the morning and the street was fairly bu...
Posted by Cynara on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:08:00 PST |
Drive Safely |
A lot of people questioned whether driving was a wise choice when we were planning this trip. "Do you think its safe?" they asked. "Drivers are pretty crazy there". Those people apparently...
Posted by Cynara on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:40:00 PST |
Getting Lost in Ecuador |
Some people like to get lost on purpose. I am not one of those people. But like it or not, driving in Ecuador requires getting lost. This is because there are almost no useful road signs.&...
Posted by Cynara on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:26:00 PST |
