Posted in Location-based, Mexico, Personal, Photography, Travel on Nov 19th, 2007 No Comments »
They say the hard part is controlling the kite. Focus on the kite, they said, and the board will follow.
But I have wind experience (windsurfing, sailing), and not board experience (skateboarding, snowboarding), and so for me, the hard part came when I tried to get up on the board in the water.
My instructor, Gerardo [...]
Posted in Belize, Location-based, Moose, Photography, Travel on Nov 9th, 2007 1 Comment »
I was wearing my I-Kuh-Fish t-shirt as I boarded the ferry from Caye Caulker to neighbouring San Pedro on Ambergris Caye. The captain of the ferry asked me where I’d found my shirt. He was surprised to hear it was from Dahab, in Egypt, where the shirt’s classy, timeless design is available at every tourist [...]
Posted in Belize, Location-based, Personal, Photography, Scuba, Travel on Nov 8th, 2007 No Comments »
The Blue Hole was, without a doubt, my single most memorable scuba dive to date.
Thankfully, one of our fellow divers, Australian Rohan Ashton (facebook / email: rohanashton(at)yahoo.com.au) was shooting photo and video footage during the dive. I am very grateful for his permission to post some of his footage here, because otherwise, I wouldn’t expect [...]
Posted in Belize, Personal, Photography, Scuba, Travel on Nov 4th, 2007 2 Comments »
This is my beach-front cabana on Caye Caulker in Belize. I sent the photo to Flickr using my wireless connection here - because the really cool guy who runs the cabanas at Ignacio’s offers wireless for free. So don’t believe anyone who tells you Belize doesn’t have the internets. Or gorgeous beachfront cabanas that go [...]
Posted in Guatemala, Location-based, Personal, Photography, Travel on Nov 1st, 2007 3 Comments »
Long before they served as the Rebel moon base at Yavin IV, the skyscrapers of Tikal were part of an important Mayan urban area that sprawled over 100 square kilometers. The Temples that remain today, which date from as early as 600 BC, poke through the jungle in the lowlands of El Peten, about an hour’s [...]
