Trip diaries
Serial accounts from Hanoi, Pakistan, the Four Corners and the Yucatan.
Photos: Tikal
Continuing on with the photo follow-up to our adventures so far. Here's a look at the Mayan ruins of Tikal in the wilds of Peten, Guatemala. We arrived at 7 a.m.
Photos: Tulum
As promised, finally got to a working USB port to extricate some shots from the journey so far. All photo credits, like this shot of the main temple to the right, go to mi esposa, Johanna DeBiase.
Dispatch: Central America Day 4 -Tikal, Guatemala
We visted the ancient ruins of Tikal today, and I most definitely will get many photos up just as soon as I find a suitable USB port.
Dispatch: Yucatan / Tulum (Photos soon)
We touched down in Cancun at about noon today. Smooth sailing at immigration and customs, but we were starving, so we grabbed some terrible airport enchiladas specially made for gringos ($9), you'll…
Adventure Planning: Last last minute shopping
Hopefully this post wont cause you to find my last post on last-minute shopping for our trip to Central America to be a bit dishonest, but having a full five days in suburban Florida before our…
Adventure to the Yucatan is Underway... sort of.
Hey all, sorry the posts have been a bit tardy of late. It's been a wild time full of moving out of our house and preparing for Honeymoon advenuture '07 . But we are finally on our way! kind of...
Adventure Planning: Last Minute Shopping
Our flight leaves tomorrow for Florida, then it's on to Cancun, our jumping off point for the great Central American Honeymoon Adventure of 2007. Today was a day for last-minute shopping.
Adventure Planning: The Cancun To Guate Challenge
As you may have noticed from the itinerary for the trip I posted earlier , we've got about four days to make it from our arrival in Cancun to the check-in date at our honeymoon hotel in Antigua,…
Adventure Planning: Flights to Florida and Latin America
So here's our challenge: Find the cheapest way to get two people from the Rockies to the Yucatan with a week-long stopover in Florida.
Adventure Planning: Travel Insurance
Spontaneity and rolling with the flow makes for many a magical adventure, but a bit of forethought and planning can prevent a little mishap from turning into a budget-sucking disaster or worse.
Adventure Planning: Yucatan and Flight Planning
So I guess it's time I tried to walk the talk and actually go find a little adventure, rather than just type about it. Well there's no turning back now.
Adventure Planning - Yucatan, Part 1
After a few delays, my wife and I are finally getting around to planning our next international adventure.
Travelers Notebook: 24 Hours & $24 to Hanoi - Part 7
Last time in Travelers Notebook , there was a light at the end of the tunnel, but no bus to get us there, and it was raining and we were too broke to get a room for the night.
Adventure Budgeting: Two weeks in an ATM Wasteland
For a few weeks now, I've been sharing one of my asian adventures with you in a series of posts called $24 and 24 hours to Hanoi .
Travelers Notebook: 24 Hours & $24 to Hanoi - Part 6
When we last left our wanna-be heroes in Part 5 , we were preparing to board the only bus out of the tiny Vietnamese village of Kay-son to make a connection in the mainline town of Vinh and get to…
Travelers Notebook: 24 Hours & $24 to Hanoi - Part 5
In the most recent post in this series , our funds have been largely depleted and we're still a long way from the nearest ATM in Hanoi.
Travelers Notebook: 24 Hours & $24 to Hanoi - Part 4
Last time in this installment of Traveler's Notebook, we had just crossed over a remote border crossing from Laos to Vietnam just as our visas ran out.
Travelers Notebook: 24 Hours & $24 to Hanoi - Part 3
In this third installment of our own version of 24 (sans Keifer Sutherland), we start out with the clock approaching noon and we still haven't made it to Laos-Vietnam border after running out of cash…
Travelers Notebook: 24 Hours & $24 to Hanoi - Part 2
In the last passage from my Travelers Notebook , we were on a bus speeding towards Vietnam after running out of cash and days on our visas in Laos.
Travelers Notebook: 24 Hours & $24 to Hanoi - Part 1
Any trip I take, I'm sure to have a steady supply of pocket-sized notebooks and pens to record the trip.
Partitions: Travels in Pakistan - Karachi
The drive from the Karachi International Airport to the upper-class neighborhood hidden behind mazes of perimeter walls and armed guards passes near both the coast on one side and seemingly endless…
Partitions: Travels in Pakistan - Eid ul-Adha
We arrived in Karachi just as the Muslim holiday of Eid ul-Adha was commencing. The four-day affair commemorates Ibrahim's (Abraham to Christians and Jews) willingness to sacrifice his son Isma'il…
Trip Logue:4 Corners Day 4 - Canyonlands
After spending a full day in Arches National Park it became fully apparent that we had not planned enough time to fully explore Moab and surroundings, a task that could easily take a lifetime - just…
Trip Logue:4 Corners Day 3 - Arches, Part 2
Picking up where I left off yesterday , we hit Arches National Park first thing in the morning and headed straight for the Delicate Arch.
Trip Logue: Four Corners Day 3 - Moab / Arches
Pulling into Moab is a little bit like adventure overload. Where to start? Biking on the Slickrock trail, running the canyons of the Colorado, climbing in Arches, exploring the Canyonlands,…
Trip Logue: Four Corners Day 2 - Mesa Verde National Park
To drive through the gates at many of our National Parks , you might assume you're crossing over into a retirement community.
Trip Logue: Four Corners Day 1 - Taos to Durango
Retracing the steps of our journey to Canyonlands country, we got on the road late on Monday, about 5 p.m.
Adventure Budgeting: A Day in Delhi
In my last Adventure Budgeting post , we were wrapping up our time on the exquisite beaches in and around Goa.
Adventure Budgeting: Beach Budget Bingo - Part Two
As you may remember from my last Adventure Budgeting post , we were finding some great deals on the beautiful beaches of Goa, but were also becoming increasingly irritated with the scenesters that…
Adventure Budgeting: Beach Budget Bingo - Part One
The beaches of Goa are legendary for parties in paradise. But the word is out, which means that the area is now becoming legendary for being a bit annoying.
Adventure Budgeting: Introduction
Not many adventure travelers are all that great when it comes to accounting, but when you're halfway around the world and carrying around a stash of cash in your sock in a third-world country without…
Partitions: Travels in Pakistan - Introduction
Within a few weeks of my becoming engaged to my current wife on a remote beach somewhere in India, we were on a plane to Karachi to attend a wedding.