on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spratt504/4317295086/"> Before I dive into the post, I need to say a little something on the hurricane disaster relief efforts in Haiti. If you've got the money or time to spare, please donate. Yesterday the three musketeers hit up Amsterdam, because regardless to what you might have thought, my home base is an hour train ride away from European sin city. The city
on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spratt504/4262041868/"> Made it to +nude&fb=1&gl=nl&hq=nude&hnear=wageningen, &hl=nl&view=map&cid=18435699728174012537&iwloc=A&ved=0CBYQpQY&sa=X&ei=90FIS8msOsioONDR0f8D">Nude 23-A in Wageningen, the Netherlands, bright and early Friday morning. I unfortunately was stuck with a middle seat and a ton of energy throughout the 9-hour ride, thus being unable to sleep and staying up over 24 hours, but I watched a bunch of movies, including one of my childhood favorites The Green Mile. It is good
on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spratt504/4267519650/"> La china guapa. It has been a while since I've had a nickname that stuck, but I have to admit that I like the one that Kumata and Sara picked out for me in Costa Rica. It stemmed from our first bus trip out to Corcovado, when several men on the street called me la china guapa, and it's pretty much stuck
Okay, well we´re not technically on Caño Island anymore, but we spent most of the day there today as part of a daylong snorkeling trip. Caño Island is a biological reserve located 20km away from Drake Bay, so we got up at 6am this morning (the sun was already shining brightly at this early hour) to catch a speedboat to the island. There were about
on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spratt504/4257329692/"> After a grueling 10 hour 25K hike through the Costa Rican rainforest from Los Patos to La Sirena, and two nights of camping at the ranger station of La Sirena, Sara and I exited Corcovado Parque Nacional made it to Bahia Drake via speedboat this afternoon. Bahía Drake (on the upper right corner of the map, just outside of Corcovado´s boundaries) is
Corcovado National Park is located in southwest Costa Rica on the Osa Peninsula. According to Wikipedia, it was established in 1975, and encompasses an area of 425 km² (263 mi²), and it has a stunning ecological variety. It is home to lots of wildlife including Baird's tapirs, Harpy eagles, American crocodiles, Spectacled Caiman, pumas, peccary, ocelots, white-faced monkeys, and bull sharks. I only had the
on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spratt504/4256227697/"> After a grueling 9 hour bus ride on a non-air conditioned bus, Sara and I left San Jose and made it to Puerto Jimenez yesterday night. We spent the night at The Palms hotel for a mere $10/head, since the AC in the room was broken. On the plus side, we were given a fan, and the room had both a mosquito
on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spratt504/4254866478/"> Pulpería at Puerto Viejo Bueno, pues fuimos a Puerto Viejo ayer y ahora estamos otra vez en Limon. (We went to Puerto Viejo yesterday, and I am currently in Limon again as I write this). Christmas festivities here in Costa Rica are, as expected, a bit different than those in the U.S. Christmas eve, which is when we arrived in Limon, is
on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spratt504/4256099347/"> Ahora, estamos en Limón, Costa Rica. The link is in Spanish, but I am sure there is an easy way to reference it in English. After a sleepless (but fun) night in Atlanta, I departed for San Jose, Costa Rica yesterday morning, after a brief layover in Houston. I stood in the longest immigration line ever (it took two hours to get
This is part one of my new travel blog series documenting my career break, "Where in the World is Suzi?" Thanks to my fellow SSG writer Jodi for the title inspiration. I just spent the past day and a half in Americus, Georgia. Never heard of it? I don't blame you. It's a small town about two and a half hours south of Atlanta, and
