Author: Dan Grec

Dropping in at Zicatela (I took the photo... not me surfing) 12

Work For Stay

A while back a friend showed me the great website helpx.net, a site that links travelers like myself with people who need some kind of work done. The original idea began with World Wide...

Recent Reading 10

Recent Reading

Lately I’ve been tearing through mounds of books, suggesting maybe I’m craving some English input. I’ve read some fantastic stories that have kept me up at night deep in thought and would like to...

Central America here I come... 21

Six Months On The Road

Today marks six months on the road for me and the odometer on the Jeep shows I’ve done 24,000 km, making this the halfway point of the trip in both time and distance. This...

Waves rolling in 4

Driving Rediscovered

I’m all set to leave La Manzanilla when Jason’s mustang blows a head gasket and he needs my help getting it back to town. What the heck, one more night can’t hurt We walk...

The hot water is coming up from the bottom of the river 4

Home in La Manzanillia

Driving the boat back to La Manzanilla gets pretty nerve racking when we have to go out into deep water around all the giant rocks getting slammed by monster waves. We try to figure...

The main beach at La Manzanillia 6

Life In La Manzanillia

Over the course of the following week we manage to get into all sorts of misadventures in and around La Manzanilla. I didn’t think it was possible to get a cold in a tropical...