Tag Archives: border crossings
Avoidable Mistakes

Avoidable Mistakes

By on January 17, 2010 in Female Travel, Language Learning

I have to apologize again for the late post. I was tagged a while ago now by Michael of The Mobile Lawyer blog to make a post on all the avoidable mistakes I’ve made in order to help others out in their travels.
… Read moreWell, the reason it took me so long is because I just couldn’t think of much! For

January 17, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 9 }
Illegal border crossings are now vacation ideas?!

Illegal border crossings are now vacation ideas?!

By on September 1, 2008 in Mexico, Random

So I happened to be perusing the feature articles on vagabondish.com when I came across an article called “7 Bizarre Tours You’d Actually Sign Up For… Maybe… Read more“. It is seriously full of great ideas, but nothing in that list beats old numero uno – The Illegal Border Crossing Tour in Mexico.
Is this for real?!
Yes, it is

September 1, 2008 · Read full story · Comments { 4 }
Central Asian TidBits Buffet

Central Asian TidBits Buffet

By on August 20, 2008 in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Soviet Travel

In an attempt to be caught-up and on-the-ball upon my return abroad in September, I’ve decided to combine all these little ideas for individual blog posts into one smorgasbord of interesting bits. So, here you have it! What I’ve learned, loved, lacked and l-acquired (?) while in Central Asia.

August 20, 2008 · Read full story · Comments { 1 }

When a border crossing goes wrong.

By on July 19, 2008 in Kazakhstan, Soviet Travel

Let’s take it back to where we left off: May 30th – June 14th.… Read more
It had been nearly 2 months of being settled in Bishkek when I decided to head to Almaty, Kazakhstan to visit a friend and see the city for a few days. I had almost forgotten how much I missed the excitement of being in transit –

July 19, 2008 · Read full story · Comments { 4 }
Hello from Mexico

Hello from Mexico

By on January 29, 2008 in Mexico

When Brian and I arrived in Xela over a week ago and had to resort to buying what we call “winter apparel”, we both decided a trip to the beach was in order. Unfortunately, Guatemala is not known for its beaches, and since we were already so close to the Mexico border, we headed north all the way to Puerto… Read more

January 29, 2008 · Read full story · Comments { 1 }