Category Archives: Blog

My last day in El Remate

As I begin my last day here in El Remate, I am pleasured by the sound of UB40 and Bob Marley playing in the background. I´m also humored by the pigs, dogs and chickens passing by the door entrance to this room filled with computers. It´s been such an incredible journey here. Before coming here […]

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Rio Dulce and Fireflies

This past weekend we spent 2 nights and three days in Rio Dulce. We traveled in a shuttle from El Remate and then a 4 hour bus ride, with an engine belt change on the way. After our arrival, we relaxed for a few minutes and enjoyed a mineral water with lime, my main drink […]

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Monkeys, Kids and Laughter

I´ve realized over the past few days that I´ve really adjusted to life here. It´s much slower, much simpler and I can´t believe that I haven´t checked my cell phone in a week!  These past few days the heat has been really intense along with the humidity where you have a constant layer of sweat. […]

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Tikal and Primitive Life

I´m actually becoming a morning person here due to the sun rising so early and the sound of the birds or chickens as my wake up alarm. Although yesterday I did set my alarm to make sure I was packed and ready. I was picked up by our friend Erwin here who owns a hostel […]

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My first few days in El Remate

Prior to arriving in El Remate, my journey consisted of waking up at 4am to head over to my sister´s to leave my car where a cab picked me. The cabbie was new at his job and started driving a cab after getting laid off from his IT consulting job. I coached him a little bit on how […]

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Preparation for El Remate, Guatemala trip

It’s about 36 hours until I leave for the airport. My bag is partially packed and I have a few more errands to run tomorrow. Getting cash out, possibly buying a new camera since the one I have doesn’t take very good pictures, more dog food for Georgie (my Portuguese water dog who I am […]

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the Ability to Laugh Out Loud

When was the last time you gave out such a deep belly laugh that you had no choice but to release it through your mouth?  A type of a self-allowed explosion of air and expression relinquished from your gut, where you just can’t help it! Or is it from your chest? What I’m talking about […]

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My Blog, my View of the World, and Me…

First I want to say hello to those who are taking the time to read this.  I welcome you to my blog, my view of the world, and me as an online personality.  I was thinking about how I wanted to open the blog part of my website. So I thought well….why not talk about […]

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