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The Best of the Rest of Bonaire
Most vacationers spend their whole time on Bonaire diving, diving, and diving some more. Karen and I aren’t quite as hardcore: we explored on land as well as under the sea. On our first day, there was...
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Snorkeling the Day Away
One last full day in Bonaire. Since I’m not allowed to dive within 24 hours of a flight (excess nitrogen and all that), today is all about snorkeling. Good thing, too, since we’ve been here six days,...
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Turtle Revealed!
In my previous post, I showed you a photo of a hidden turtle- or so I claimed. Here’s some help in spotting the little guy. Click the thumbnails to see larger images.
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Bye Bye, Bonaire
After a week in the Caribbean, it was time to head home. Our flight wasn’t until the afternoon, so we squeezed in one more activity: kayaking through a mangrove on the eastern side of the island....
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Karen Takes the Plunge
After becoming scuba certified in the Great Barrier Reef, I’ve been delving into the deep wherever possible, from Malaysia to Thailand to Bonaire. And Karen has been right there with me- that is,...
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Confessions of an Unproductive Nomad
Just as I had expectations for our world tour, I had expectations for this period of post-travel limbo. I was going to get so much accomplished. My alternate universe girlfriend Tina Fey put her...
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Red Letter Day
Here’s one for the history books: on Friday, April 19, 2013, we got a letter in our mailbox! Why is that a big deal? That hasn’t happened in over 20 months. One of the myriad logistical challenges of...
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Traveling Light in the Tropics
In a few hours, I leave for Costa Rica on a trip that is unusual in the grand scheme of Next Stop: World. I booked the trip on a whim. I’m going by myself. I haven’t done much planning. I’m only...
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Señor Profesor Ken
Within fourteen hours of landing in Liberia, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica, I found myself addressing a classroom full of students at the National University. To figure out how I got here, we need...
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Rockin’ the Rincon
Most visitors to Costa Rica arrive in San Jose, stop off in the rainforest of Manuel Antonio National Park, and then hit the beaches. Not me. Mi amigo Fernando lives in the drier northwest of the...
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The Coast of Costa Rica
After a couple days teaching and adventuring with Fernando at my side, I rented a car and struck out on my own. Easy to do, since Costa Rica is one of the most developed, stable countries in Central...
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Back to (Montessori) School
Beth and I went to high school together, when we looked like this. We were both in Chamber Choir, which looked like this. Which means we went on the big choir trip to Russia, Poland, and Hungary in...
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Learn to Surf the Ken Way in Three Easy Steps!
After a long day spent molding young minds (into the shapes of puppets), I looked forward to relaxing with my high school comrade Beth and her family. To be honest, I didn’t really know her that well,...
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Next Stop: Nicaragua
If you’re like most Americans of a certain age, when you read the name Nicaragua in the title your first thought was: Sandanistas! That term sprang into my mind when I first met Fernando in the ’90s...
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Finding Granada
When last we saw our intrepid explorer, he had just stepped off a cramped bus somewhere in Nicaragua… My first impression of Granada was not glowingly positive. But walking just a few blocks, I arrived...
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My Mombacho
One full day in Granada, Nicaragua. Two possible pursuits: climb the volcano, or cruise around the islands. I’m a sucker for volcanoes. I’ve gotten closeup views of the calm kind (Mount Saint Helens in...
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Returning, Remembering
I woke up in Nicaragua, but my mind was already back in Costa Rica. After a couple relaxing days in Granada, I wanted to spend the majority of my last day of vacation with my friend Fernando. So it was...
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The Godfather of Guanacaste
When I met Fernando in 1998, he was a lowly park ranger. Now, I’ve come to think of him as the Godfather of Guanacaste. He seems to know everyone in Liberia, forever greeting acquaintances with a...
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Going Solo
This may seem kind of strange. The day after our 11th wedding anniversary, I (Ken) am off on a solo trip to Prague via the UK. Stranger still, as readers of these pages will recall, this is my second...
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My Day with the DOCTOR WHO Lives in Wales
When my plane touched down at Heathrow, my adventures were just beginning. I took the Tube to Paddington Station, had breakfast and a typically British walk in the rain, then caught a train to...
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