The woman who picked us up from the airport explained to us over the American Hip-Hop on the radio that there were only two cuisines in Belize: rice and beans and beans and rice. She also had a lot to say about hurricanes. Its not unusual for all 70,000 people in Belize City to run [...]

In July we bounced down to Belize to do some diving. Its only a 3 hour flight from Dallas over the Caribbean and loads of untouched Yucatan forest. Living in brown California it was pleasing to see so much dense greenery again. Belize has an incredible ethnic mix for a nation the size of Massachusetts. [...]

We traveled on about $6,000 USD each, much less than we intended. We stayed at hostels in the west and guest houses in the east. In rich countries we mostly bought groceries at markets and in poor countries we ate at restaurants. In rich countries we spent $60 a day, each, including plane and train [...]

Readjusting to the States was a little jarring. Three dimensional faces took a moment or two to get used to, they look a little grotesque at first. The power we have to ask anyone anything and understand the answer still hasn’t sunk in. American greeting customs still baffle me. Its dirty. All the building are [...]

Tokyo is very spread out with four or five downtowns. Buildings ripple with animated neon and humongous video advertisements. Twisty weird architectural creations jump out and vie for your attention as you pass them on the train, but there’s rarely enough in one place for a skyline. In parts of O Daiba you can’t see [...]