Dwindling Fortunes Update: November 2013
The cost of living in Guatemala (and a bit of Mexico) The main piece of news concerning November is our departure from Mexico. A country we had shortly visited in 2011 surprisingly became one...
Author: FW North
Home by Lake Atitlán
As chance would have it, the six-month anniversary of our entry into the meandering world of long-term travel found us in Guatemala, by the shores of Lake Atitlán. We had cake. According to our...
A Ryokan in Mitakesan
Tokyo can be an overwhelming city. Its electrifying pace and sense of urgency can engulf even the quietest soul, leaving it reeling from dizzying beeps and rowdy blips, crisscrossed pedestrian crosswalks, ghostly multitudes and piercing...
Clouds Above Lake Atitlán
The clouds do not wander lonely above Lake Atitlán. They appear shy in the early morning, looming huddled behind green mountains, gathering courage. As the first crystallized fingers caress the flanks of Tolimán volcano...
A Village Besieged
I am a country dog. By this I do not mean I have a particular fondness for banjos, or that I am a follower of hip-hop trends (where it’s pronounced dawg), or that I...
Crossing to San Pedro La Laguna
Following a few days meandering through Panajachel, we crossed Lake Atitlán to visit San Pedro La Laguna, a small town under the shadows of the San Pedro volcano. Although mostly inhabited by Tz’utujil Mayas,...
Who's in charge of this joint anyway? To learn a bit more about the brains behind the bedlam,