Swimming With a Bus
Sure you see the pics of whale sharks and think Wow, they’re really huge! But you really can’t absorb it until you’ve been in the water with the behemoths. With this in mind we headed to Isla Mujeres, Mexico. We jumped aboard the bus in Playa del Carmen and went to downtown Cancun, crossed a busy street, and then waited in line for our hot, sweaty colectivo ride to Puerto Juarez to take the 20-minute ferry ride to...
A Surprise Addition to Our Itinerary!
The problem with chatting with other travellers is you often discover new places to visit. I had such a discussion yesterday with someone who has been traveling around the world for the last 6 years and has been funding his travels by playing competitive backgammon online. Talk about if there’s a will, there’s a way! Anywho, he and his Chilean girlfriend, who he met while visiting Venezuela, and I were chatting, and he...
What a 9-year-old has learned from 3 weeks as an expat
We’ve been living in Cozumel for 3 weeks now, so I figured I’d post just some of the things I’ve seen Tigger learn as well as sharing some things straight from the source. The value of money. When wanting to rent a scooter again, he thought nothing of the 25 USD cost. Until I explained that was almost half a week’s groceries. He has learned about exchanging one type of money to another. Right now the USD to...
When Plans Go Awry
Our trip into town to look for longer-term housing started out well. The hostel owner was going to help me search for a place, and she had scored a deal on a rental car (for less than a scooter, so really nice deal!). When we got to the rental place, however, things turned a bit sour. Let’s just say you don’t mess with a Swiss woman. So we were without a car in a town without cheap transit options. And it was one of the...
Tigger Speaks Up
While interviewing all these kids and young adults who have done long-term traveling, I figured it was only fair, and might be interesting, to interview Tigger. He is 9 years old and has never been out of the country, although he has visited several states within America so isn’t a complete newbie when it comes to travel. In typical fashion for someone his age, the answers are pretty succint, but really is there that much more...
