Vagabondette

I know, it’s been ages since I”ve posted.  I do actually have posts written, I just need to update them to the site. Many things have changed in the last few months.  Since November I’ve – taken 5 flights – visited 8 states – a couple of them multiple times – started two new businesses [...]

It’s strange to think that this is my last night in Mexico for several months and maybe my last night ever in Merida.  This country, that I never intended to visit, has captured my heart.  The warmth of the people, the culture and the comfortable atmosphere has made me feel at home even though at [...]

I’m not sure what I expected from a visit to Palenque, but I didn’t get it.  I think I expected it to be much larger, to have more ruins and to be just generally more.  Rather than the wild, sprawling jungle ruins I anticipated what I found was a fairly small site that was manicured [...]

After seven months of living in this lovely city, I’m sad to leave.  I’ll miss the intersection of the old and new cultures, the beautiful scenery, the lively streets and the friends I’ve made.  But, as I never intended to stay here forever, it was inevitable. In a few days I will make my way [...]

In the last several weeks I’ve talked to many people who have wondered why I’m no longer updating the blog.  The simple answer is:  I wasn’t doing anything interesting enough to write about.  I settled into San Cristobal and was just living life – working, eating, hanging out with friends.  Not exactly interesting or entertaining [...]

I walked past Posada 5 several times on my way to/from Backpackers/Na Bolom before I stopped in.  I was getting sick of dorm life and since Posada 5 had gotten some good reviews I thought I’d see how much a private room was. The Posada is fairly small with 5-6 private rooms and a dorm [...]

One of the best things about not being on a schedule is that when opportunities come up I’m able to take advantage of them. As I wrote a few days ago, I’ve begun volunteering at Na Bolom a local non-profit that has just a ton of stuff going on.  I was brought on by my [...]

Since not everyone is into the whole RSS feed thing I’ve added the option to subscribe via email.  If you choose to do this you’ll get an email each time I post rather than having to come back and check…not that you’re not welcome.   Hope it helps! PS:  I experienced my first earthquake today [...]

I get lots of questions – from friends, family, other travelers – about just how I can afford to travel on a full-time basis.  My standard answer is that I do website development which means that anywhere I have an internet connection I can work.  The real answer is perhaps a bit more involved but [...]

While having drinks with my friend Julio the other night we got on the topic of volunteering and it turns out that the organization that he works for not only runs a volunteer program but is also looking to have their website redesigned. So, after a great meeting this morning with Julio and the Marketing [...]