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It's fucking expensive to travel from central.south america to Senegal. nothing lower that $1600 and most of it more than $2000

posted by meg @ 9:45 AM 0 comments

Guatelmala

Guatemala is a pretty gosh-darn dangerous place to travel. Fortunately, Ticabus has all the answers. Seriously, though. Traveling in a car or even a bus is not recommended in Guatemala, especially not near the border of Mexico and El Salvador which is where we'd be doing most of our traveling.

posted by meg @ 9:40 AM 0 comments

Proposal for the resot of the first quarter

Comitan, Mexico -> (Guatamala) -> Huehuetenango -> Totonicapan -> Chimaltenango -> Guatemala -> Cuilapa ->

posted by meg @ 1:20 AM 0 comments

Mexico trains and buses

Mexico used to have a good train service linking all major cities, using restaurant cars, sleeping-cars and observation cars, many inherited from the USA. Sadly, the Mexican government discontinued almost all long-distance passenger train service just a few years ago, and buses and planes are now the only way to get around Mexico. A couple of very minor service exist in certain areas, including the famous 'Copper Canyon' service from Los Mochis to Chiuaha. For a summary of remaining Mexican train services see www.mexlist.com/pass.htm. For information on the Copper Canyon train service see www.chepe.com.mx/ingles/index.html.

posted by meg @ 11:58 PM 0 comments

i have an idea

which you'll all probably hear about soon enough, so i'm not going to write it. mwah ha ha!
it's about rocking the menno thing

posted by kate @ 5:37 PM 0 comments

Hot dog stand and ice cream bikes.

Of course I'm only kidding. But wouldn't it be fun to spend next summer selling ice cream or hot dogs.

posted by meg @ 6:25 PM 0 comments

Nicaragua

I vote on spending a good amount of time in Nicaragua. We have some connections with Ben Beachy, Julia's friend from work, and Celeste.

We should hit up the grand old colonial city islands off the coast of Grenada or the lazy beach town of San Juan Del Sur or the beautiful islands in Masaya.

posted by meg @ 6:21 PM 0 comments

En Route!

Man oh man! Here are some traveling links that might help us plan our trip if anyone gets a hankerin'

Buses
Maps

It's how we're getting through the great americas!

posted by meg @ 8:47 PM 0 comments

Maldives

Hey, for round three of going to the south pacific or india areas, I thought the Maldives Islands would be a lot of fun. Check it out, there are 1,190 but less than 200 of them are inhabited. It's south west of Sri Lanka. Sounds like fun!

posted by meg @ 11:57 AM 0 comments

Mexico

I found some very useful information about traveling to Mexico here.

Basically, to get in to Mexico we need:
• A passport.
• A tourist card (valid 3 months for single-entry up to 180 days) also know as a FM-T.
- For that we need $20, a passport, photo ID, and proof of sufficient funds.
- We can get a FM-T from most airlines serving Mexico. But if we want to be on the safe side then we can get into.
- There is also a departure tax of $10 is paid at airport when not included in the cost of the airline ticket.

Mexican Embassy in DC

posted by meg @ 1:47 PM 0 comments

Some thoughts

Whilst drunkenly walking back from adams morgan last night, val and I thought that it would be a good idea to start our year long adventure in mexico and then venture south into other parts of el mundo. After that, who knows? So I thought it would be good to divide our trip into quarters.

First quarter
Latin America! This is a comfortable region to start off in because the language barriers are less extreme and it's close to home. It's like the baby step of traveling without having to go to western europe.

Second quarter
Africa! This is still close to home as two of us have traveled there. Much of africa (west and east) speaks a great deal of english. It's a great place and would be awesome during the beginning of the 2006 (as opposed to being there in july).

Third quarter
The South Pacific! After six months we will be experienced in the nuances of travel abroad and will be better prepared for a voyage into a very unfamiliar part of the globe.

Fourth quarter
Who knows? Maybe some time to travel alone or to revisit some of our SST homes. Maybe we could leave this part completely open and see where fate takes us. I don't know.

Keep in mind these were just suggestions; but remember kids, we will have to decide at some point.

posted by meg @ 1:24 PM 0 comments

ECUADOR (including the Galapagos Islands)

*Passport required. Visa not required for a stay of up to 90 days. For information concerning longer stays or other types of travel, contact the Embassy of Ecuador, 2535 15th St., NW, Washington, DC 20009 (202/234-7166) or nearest Consulate General: CA (323/658-6020 or 415/957-5921/22), FL (305/539-8214/15), IL (312/329-0266), LA (504/523-3229), MA (617/738-9465/68), NJ (201/985-2959/60), NY (212/808-0211/12), or TX (713/572-8731).

posted by meg @ 12:55 PM 0 comments