Chillin in CR
Thursday, December 4th, Lila and I flew from San Salvador into San Jose, Costa Rica. San Jose is the countries capital and largest city. The majority of the population resides here making it a lively and slightly chaotic introduction, but one we had been looking forward
El Salvador – more than we expected
We flew into El Salvador on a red eye arriving early in the morning and spent the first part of the day in San Salvador wandering around in a bit of a daze. We managed to find the Anthropology Museum and spent a good couple of
Vaccination Time
Two days until we depart and we just received our last vaccinations. Lila and I both received our last Hep B shot and Lila had to get a Tetanus shot too. Here's a list of all of the vaccinations that were necessary for our trip: Yellow Fever Polio (actually
What to Bring?
Who would have thought that we would need all of this to go around the world? Victorinox E-motion 360 Bag (backpack with wheels) - Lila REI Grand Tour Travel Pack - Jeff Single mosquito nets REI Sleeping Sacks TRX Travel Gym Olympus Stylus 1030SW digital camera and three 2-gig XD cards, card
Pre-trip Planning
Sometime around Christmas of 2007 Lila and I started to fantasize about an extended trip abroad. By extended I mean we were considering maybe two or three months in South America or perhaps South East Asia. We began with the idea of possibly participating in a