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  • The Great San Blas Adventure: Part 2

    The Great San Blas Adventure: Part 2

    We watched the plane that we were supposed to be on fly away. As it flew over us we waved our arms as if we were stuck on a deserted island. In a way we were. With one plane a day, which is usually full, there was no guarantee we could get off the island…

  • The Great San Blas Adventure: Part 1

    The Great San Blas Adventure: Part 1

    We called Mr. Robinson, as instructed. “Hi. We’d like to come to Isla Robinson on Thursday.” They’re barely mentioned in guidebooks, but every seasoned traveler who goes through Panama City knows about the San Blas islands. They’re stuck in the northeast of Panama City. By law, only Kuna Indians can own them. Every random traveler…

  • The Sun is Setting on Panama

    The Sun is Setting on Panama

    I got an e-mail yesterday announcing the 2008 Winter Sale for an outdoor gear company. “That’s strange,” I thought, “their e-mail software must have messed up. It’s not even close to being winter.” I guess you could say that I’ve adapted to the eternal summer of Panama. In five days it will be time to…

  • Deuter Futura 28

    If you have a back, then you probably need a Deuter Futura 28. This thing is the best small backpack you could possibly imagine. I’m on a year long trip around the world right now, and this is my sole piece of luggage. What makes it great? First, it’s small enough to pass for a…

  • Be Excellent

    I’m trying to write something personal improvement related every Monday and a story every Wednesday. I hope these are interesting to people, because I generally think that most personal improvement articles are relatively useless. Every couple weeks I scan through lifehacker.com, and inevitably think “Man… this is a lot of useless junk.” Now… I’ve definitely…

  • Life Nomadic Day 1

    Life Nomadic has begun. Six months of not particularly careful planning and a full week of hectic scrambling to rid ourselves of nearly every earthly possesion has paid off. As I write our first post for Life Nomadic, Todd’s in the next seat over editing our first video. The kid behind me is pounding on…

  • It’s the Final Countdown

    I have two weeks left in Austin and ten days in Boston. When we first decided to go on the trip six months ago it seemed like it would take forever. Now every day seems to fly by before I can make any progress on my list of stuff-I-must-do-before-I-go. Of course, the one thing I’ve…

  • Crossfit

    With the vegan diet in full swing for six months now, something occurred to me. It doesn’t make since to be eating a perfect diet (according to my understanding of food) if I’m not physically active. In fact – if I’m going to be physically active, I should be doing the best exercise, right? And…

  • The Running Bets

    I like to bet. For those of you who have read the story about how I was a professional gambler, this is obvious. What I don’t like to do is exercise. At one point in my life, these two activities joined to provide an interesting story. I have a friend named Hayden. He likes to…

  • Little May Updates

    I still live in the RV. People ask how long I’m going to stay here and honestly I don’t know. I love it so much that I don’t even want to leave. I DO want a solar panel, though, which gets installed thursday. That’s exciting. Did I already mention that I had 5 people over…