So it won’t be on an episode of Cribs anytime soon (even the Guatemalan version), but my new apartment is not without it’s perks. The most important being that it’s near the center (read: safe) part of the city and it’s still reasonably priced. It certainly beats the last two places I rented when I… Read More My New Crib
Yesterday I hiked four miles up an active volcano. In the pouring rain. And during a lighting storm. It was one of those experiences that you only appreciate after it’s all over and you’re back in the safety of your apartment; warm, dry, comfy in your pajamas and drinking a hot cup of tea. Because… Read More The Hike from Hell
I know you guys would probably prefer to hear about my (mis)adventures in Guatemala than about my trip to Hawaii, so I won’t bore you with the details of my middle school reunion or days spent at the beach. But I’m seriously considering moving back whenever I’m finished with Guatemala, so I figured that it was worth… Read More Six Days in Hawaii
View from the roof of my hostel in Antigua, Guatemela I haven’t even been in Guatemala for 24-hours and already I’ve been interrogated by the police. This morning my dormmate woke up, took a shower, ate breakfast and then announced to the youth hostel that he’d been robbed. “Someone stole my wallet,” he informed me… Read More My First Day in Guatemala
Waikiki Beach from Helicopter, Oahu, Hawaii by Cosmic_Kid99 Right now I’m sitting on the balcony of my parent’s Waikiki condo in Honolulu, Hawaii. And it’s absolutely beautiful here. I’ve just spent the last half hour typing and retyping this paragraph, trying to capture in words how gorgeous the view is, but everything that comes to… Read More Aloha from Hawaii
Agua Volcano, Arch of Santa Catalina, La Antigua Guatemala by Rambling Traveler It’s been a week since I left my job and probably the biggest thing that’s happened to me in the last 168 hours is the realization that I hate being unemployed. Hate it. Hate. It. Which is pretty ironic considering I spent the… Read More Future Travel Plans
Salto by Pinchak A few months ago I took a workshop on “becoming friends with Death.” I know. Not the most pleasant of course topics, but I enrolled in the class because I considered it time Death and I developed a better relationship. You see, Death and I aren’t exactly buddies. Nope. The few times… Read More Death Defying
I’ve become obsessed with learning Spanish recently. This is partly due to the fact that my last three trips have been to Spanish speaking countries (Colombia, Mexico and the US territory of Puerto Rico) and partly due to my job. I work in the International terminal at the airport, so least once per day I… Read More Why I Want to Learn Spanish
I used to find pilots intimidating. I think that has to do with the fact that prior to working for an airline, I’d never actually met a pilot before. Sure, I’d seen pilots, but only brief glimpses as they marched through the concourse or in the rare moments that they peeked their heads out of… Read More I’m not a Pilot Either
I’m not a flight attendant. But ask most everyone that knows me and they’ll say that I am. And that’s because whenever I start to tell people about my job, they don’t get much past the “I work for an airline…” bit before their minds are conjuring up images of this: Paris and Nicole as… Read More I’m not a Flight Attendant
