So the days leading up to Christmas were weird. Every year that I spend away from my family puts me into a sort of funk. I come from one of those very close knit families that it is an unwritten law that you just don't miss Christmas. I have missed three.
Nicaragua, San Juan del Sur, children, holidays, Christmas
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Jason
1/19/2009
Not the one traveling with me. This one speaks 5 languages (English, Creole, Spanish, and two forms of Mayan). Let me start this out with, I will never be good at sales. i don't have the patience nor the persistence.
education, San Ignacio, children, Belize
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Brendon
10/24/2008
Ever traveled via bus in Mexico? It's expensive ($30 for 3 hours), nice and comfortable, air-conditioned and they play crap Hollywood dubbed in Spanish movies like the cleaner...Ever traveled via bus in Belize? It's cheap ($3 for 3 hours), crowded and cramped, no movies (but there is one of those old school, small channel dial TVs from back in the conversion van day), and A/C comes from simultaneously clicking those pain-in-the-ass latches on the windows of a Blue Bird bus circa 1988. If it's raining, the temperature rises exponentially each minute. The ride however can be quite a bit more entertaining even if it is bumpier...
public transportation, children, buses, Belize
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Brendon
10/23/2008