The first one to discourage me from going to Africa was Korney Chukovsky. His quirky Soviet whimsy warned little children, by way of a nursery rhyme, about its mean sharks, gorillas, and crocs whose main objective was to beat and bite them. Only Barmaley, a fat, bloodthirsty bandit was worse, and he too was roaming the treacherous continent, ready ( Read more... )

To understand why we went to Bonampak, I must first tell you about Luis. He came as a package deal with the Tikal sunrise-tour, which was the only way into the site at that hour. He was a good guide, at least this is what we thought at the time, though a little pretentious repeatedly telling us what page we could find his name on in the Lonely ( Read more... )

This is a new and revised version of the old inventory. After almost two years of continuous travel we are a bit smarter, and more experienced. For example, no way we are buying Travel TP again...

Below the cut I will be showing the new additions, criticizing some of our old choices, and showing off my favorite travel gadgets.

( The new and revised Inventory )

As was expected, it was a dreadful last weekend. Being faithful members of the Procrastinators’R’Us society, we of course left everything for the last minute. Even though we found time to spend with family and friends, most of the weekend was spent battling various Customer Service Reps ( Read more... )

This is "The Inventory". Unless you are really bored, you would not find it very interesting ( Read more... )

Diving rocks! Good night ( Read more... )

It was the perfect Boston fair-well. As was expected, we did not leave on Saturday morning, after my driving test, but ended up packing and moving out throughout the whole day. The driving test, by the way, I passed. Second time was the charm, or maybe it was me not running down a bicyclist, this time, and not driving in the opposite lane. We also ( Read more... )

I handed in my two-weeks notice today and will soon be joining the ranks of unemployed bums. Who's with me?!

I have made a decision. I’m cutting it off ( Read more... )

Well dear friends, the verdict is in, and it seems I’m going to live. My morning visit to Dr.Goldsmith’s office looks to be my last one for a while, and I could not be happier!

Thanks to all who has been crossing their fingers for me!

Now the plan is truly in motion so we will “induce labor”, aka- buy tickets.