Latin America

The Drive For the three day weekend, seven friends and four dogs loaded up for a drive to the beach ...
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Arriving in La Fortuna After the rural gravel backroads near Caño Negro, we immediately noticed that La Fortuna was a ...
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From Minnesota to Costa Rica! Several times I’ve traveled with this wonderful bunch of friends. Together we’ve spent weekends at ...
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Getting to Puerto Escondido After three busy days in Oaxaca City, Stacie, Amanda and I took an overnight bus through ...
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While in Oaxaca City, Stacie, Amanda and I took a day trip to some impressive sites outside of the city ...
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Getting into Oaxaca City Over the Thanksgiving holiday from school, I visited Oaxaca with two fellow teachers and friends, Stacie ...
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This post is the last of a five part series, “Two Weeks in Ecuador.” Over spring break, I traveled to ...
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This post is the fourth of a five part series, “Two Weeks in Ecuador.” Over spring break, I traveled to ...
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This post is the second of a five part series, “Two Weeks in Ecuador.” Over spring break, I traveled to ...
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This post is the third of a five part series, “Two Weeks in Ecuador.” Over spring break, I traveled to ...
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This post is the first of a five part series, “Two Weeks in Ecuador.” Over spring break, I traveled to ...
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Let’s preface this post with the fact that I’m not known for getting gussied up very often. You can usually ...
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I’ve traveled to Mexico City before, a few times over the last decade. So I had already visited some of ...
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May 2018 While living in Mexico, I’ve been so fortunate to be surrounded by a group of strong and supportive ...
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Colombia 2018 Nimsi, Thalia and Megan Cartagena Our first day of the trip was just travel from Guadalajara to Cartagena ...
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(Originally posted October 2015) Three-day weekends are the greatest. In general, weekends are awesome and an extra day makes it ...
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I guess I was left speechless from the 2013 Spring Break trip to Cancun with Maria, Toño, Sara and Terry ...
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When you realize five years later that you never wrote the update.... Here's pictures from a visit to Mexico City ...
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(Originally posted July 2013) Panamá City Our adventure started as we exited the airplane in Panamá City. Debbie and I ...
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(Originally posted June 2012) Stepping of the bus in Antigua, the hum of Latin America welcomes me back, despite Guatemala ...
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(Originally posted January 2012) From the moment the plane landed in Belize City, I knew I would love this country ...
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(Originally posted August 2010) Greeting from the Houston International Airport where I am sitting out a five hour layover waiting ...
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(Originally posted August 2010) After a week of being back in Mérida, I'm settling into the routine and rhythm of ...
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(Originally posted August, 2009) Things have gotten busy and I’ve neglected my weekly updates. In Granada I’ve been busy with ...
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(Originally posted July, 2009) This week my projects are in full swing and I'm working hard to fit as much ...
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(Originally posted July 2009) Hello! Melony and I arrived in Nicaragua one week ago and have been having a great ...
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      (Originally posted August 2008) After an amazing month at the Casa YMCA, Tijuana and a long day with Frontier Airlines, ...
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(Originally posted July 2008) It has been a very exciting week here at the Casa YMCA in Tijuana. Along with ...
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(Originally posted July 2008) Dear Friends and Family, It's been a year but now that I've been back in Mexico ...
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