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This post was written by guest blogger Wayne Brown – Nate’s dad. Ruth and I didn’t come to Costa Rica as tourists, or travelers.  We came as family.  We wanted to see, talk to and [...]

Since I can remember I have wanted to go to Costa Rica (well, no, since I was six years old). I heard about the beautiful, soft, sandy beaches with palm trees moving in the warm wind… kind [...]

(NOTE: If you would like to hear this blog post as an audio story, click play on the SoundCloud link below.  If you don’t see it, try reloading the web page – Nate) No place has [...]

After crossing into El Salvador, we drove to Los Termales de Alicate, hot springs that were pumped out of the water into pools. It was a relaxing place, especially after a border crossing. We [...]

I am going to open a can of worms. In Guatemala, I felt like a tourist not like a traveler. Yes, in my mind a traveler is not the same as a tourist. A tourist uses and leaves. A traveler [...]

Ah Chiapas. A place to go for monkeys of different sorts, alligators lurking in rivers, Maya ruins, waterfalls, and trees trying to fall on your heads. We began our exploration with the zoo in [...]

Our first stop outside DF was in Cholula, yes, just like the hot sauce with the delightful wooden cap back home. I’m more of a Tapatio kinda guy, but hey, when in Cholula. There, right in the [...]

Mexico City was very cool. The first day we arrived, we dropped off the van to the mechanic for a scheduled check up and took a taxi to the apartment where we would be staying in the next few [...]

Mariachis, play your guitars and trumpets! Telemundo announcers, announce: “fantástico, espectacular!”: We are in Mexico! I’ve wanted to come to this multicolored land for a [...]

Turns out crossing the border wasn’t as easy as it had seemed. We needed a tourist card to legally be in the country of Mexico, but we didn’t know that because no one had told us when we were [...]