Las Peñitas, Nicaragua “You want one?” the young girl with perhaps a tad too much eyeliner asked me in halting English. I was sitting on the loud, crowded, sweaty, and yet somehow…
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Laughing! in Utila, Honduras I met the dog you see in the photos above in Utila;Â he was the sweetest thing, so happy and loyal and eager to please. I had seen…
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Agra, India My ten-year high school reunion is taking place this weekend in Canada; I won’t be attending, as I am currently in Honduras. Tonight and tomorrow, dozens of my former classmates…
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Some Beet and Ginger Concoction I Thought Would Cure Me (Antigua, Guatemala) If you read my blog over the past couple of weeks, you know that I was struck by a cold…
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Utila, Honduras I have spent the last three days either in the sun or in the sea; there is little respite from the incessant heat and humidity here, even at night. The…
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Gili Trawangan, Indonesia In the past three days I’ve developed a whopper of a cold, complete with a cough and incessantly runny nose. I’m experiencing…