hey blog-verse, how goes the struggle. current meanderings...
I've applied to a bookstore for seasonal hire now that the season is almost over and have taken to calling central casting right before winter hiatus. yes! my timing rocks! that or i'm being super passive aggressive. i don't know. maybe i'm just getting a headstart on '06. it's possible. i still "might" be able to cover my bills too. "might"...
my boss has been on a retreat at a monastary- aka monastic retreat? well today he's back and ready to work. i don't think it'll make up for the 2 wks i wasn't working but hey, that's my fault for not having another job, and he can go frolic and live the dream without me. i can't fault him for that, and vow to blog about him more in the new year- now that i believe he's forgotten about the blog and his guard is down. i tested this theory a while ago and dared to show him a picture on the blog and he said, is that what color it's always been? yes, not a frequent checker- and if he doesn't have us book marked, a search wont take him to the current page. muhahahaha. (yes, i have little thrills at the moment.)
a friend of mine (crazy, not like a friend of someone elses- as in non-specified, okay it's callie. sorry callie.) was complaining about lack of travel and yes i've complained about it before- i'm going to complain again. i realize the problem is much deeper than just not being able to travel bcs i'm a lazy hack with no money- but that i've been traveling consecutively since '94. with only a brief hiatus in '95, '97 and '98 respectively. those were those crazy college years when i vowed to take a semester overseas and alas to my deep regret, never did. and it's been non-stop ever since this year. don't you think my body sort of craves flight at this point? i mean it has to be. and i have no outoftown family to hop on a plane for. this sucks. i suggest all those with wunderlust go now, before it's too late.
and if you've managed to not zone out on this post- please do chime in and tell me where i ought to go '06 for my 30th birthday... suicide not an option, and that redchip on my hand has been blinking since i was born, so.
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Nicuaraga - they say it's the new Costa Rica. Now with 90% less disappearances.
oh my god yes! i just saw a national geographic promo on it- and it's CHEAP! but my friend cathy refuses to go with me. should i go solo? what else? what else?
Coast-to-Coast Volcano-Hopping
Nicaragua 1 2 3 4 5
Outfitter: GAP Adventures (www.gapadventures.com) Editor's Pick
Length: 15 days
Price: $1,075
DIY Potential
Nicaragua is so hot right now, but few norteamericanos seem to know it: The country remains virtually untouched by the U.S. travel market, perhaps because most travelers recognize Nicaragua only as the other half of the Iran-Contra Affair. These days, though, the political climate has stabilized, and the future's looking more hopeful. Canada-based outfitter GAP Adventures introduced a new itinerary to the country this July. "Nicaragua still doesn't have as much in the way of tourist infrastructure as the rest of Central America," says GAP spokesperson Jeff Russill. "But that makes travel there the real thing."
GAP's groundbreaking trip starts in the capital, Managua, and continues to the Spanish colonial city of Granada, perched on the northwest shore of Lago de Nicaragua. You'll climb several of the region's stunning volcanoes, visit a live smoker in Volcán Masaya Parque Nacional, and journey to Isla de Ometepe, considered the world's largest volcanic island situated in a lake. The surrounding waters of Lago de Nicaragua are home to some of the only freshwater-adapted sharks on the planet, bull sharks. Along the way, à la carte activities let you play as hard as you like: hiking, biking, and surfing at the horseshoe-shaped cove of San Juan del Sur on the Pacific coast or snorkeling off the deserted flour-sand beaches of former Caribbean pirate hideouts. You're unlikely to discover any buried bullion, but you'll be among the first to dig up Nicaragua's natural treasures.
Pick This If: You're an early adopter with a magma habit.
What about Machu Picchu?
Ok, so now I'm really not anonymous, since I got a name credit. Does it count for anything on my resume? (Like when they kept throwing me in on different projects as a set PA...now a background driver...now a groupie...)
Anyway, maybe I can't complain, since I guess technically I have traveled. That wonderful 2 1/2 hour flight from Burbank to SeaTac. Still, I don't feel I've done anything exotic, or tourist-like, such as going to a national park (although there was Joshua Tree...but that's almost a year) or some historic location.
And hello, pirate hideouts? Could you ask for more in a vacation? Well, as long as they're not current pirate hideouts. I wonder if they have a tour like the graveyard tours and whatnot.
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