A handy guide.

Posted on by lindsay
I´ve taken the liberty of translating the fun ways that Central American hotels are described in guidebooks. Please use this helpful guide when backpacking through this region.rustic: full of bugsattractive: walls painted every color under sun except white or beigegood size/large: no furniturefirm bed: exceptionally thin mattressdark and airless: enough saidfriendly: loud and crowdedlarge windows: no privacy whatsoeverOther descriptors, like ¨cool marble floors!¨, ¨with electricity!¨, ¨reasonably clean¨ try to sound optimistic, but come on. If the biggest selling point is that the bugs have crawled out of sight, there´s something seriously lacking.

Costa Rica: I have not yet been killed.

Posted on by lindsay
Hello. I´ll begin by mentioning that this is a Spanish keyboard, and I have yet to become accustomed to the setup. Please excuse any egregious errors in my typing.At 7:15 yesterday morning, I boarded my first flight. I was one of the last to board, and when I got to my seat, I realized I had the vacant window seat that was blocked by two already occupied seats. I smiled sheepishly at the two men, pointed to the seat and said, ¨Good morning! That´s me.¨ They stared silently and slowly began to get up. ¨I´m sorry. Oh dear,¨ I babbled. ¨I´m that person.¨ I sat, they sat, and not a word was spoken. It was painful.Shortly after the flight took off, I decided to inflate my miniature pillow and try to sleep. I wrestled it out of my bag and began puffing away. I am absolutely certain the man next ...continue reading.

Vacation.

Posted on by lindsay
I will be in Costa Rica from August 4th through August 16th. I am backpacking alone, and have every intention of either being kidnapped by drug lords or riddled with parasites before returning home. If you would like me to bring you your own personal botfly, please let me know; I'll be checking my email and updating my blog regularly. Because really, when traveling in an exciting foreign country, what could possibly be more fun than surfing the Internet?

Blonde, Needs Assistance

Posted on by lindsay
I purchased my plane ticket for a trip to Costa Rica in August this morning, and somehow in the process I inadvertently checked the “Blind, Needs Assistance” box. I did not notice this error until I was reading through my finalized and printed itinerary, and being that Caitlin and I are easily amused, we immediately dissolved into hysterics. Once I’d calmed down, I decided that I should probably call Travelocity to make the necessary adjustments.I managed to keep myself together until I actually got the customer service representative on the phone, at which point I started giggling a little. Then Caitlin appeared at my desk to listen to the phone call, and I lost it completely. Gasping through peals of laughter, I explained to the gentleman on the phone what I had done. He was unable to understand me at first, and asked if I was trying to change the ...continue reading.