When I checked into El Zopilote hostel in Ometepe, Nicaragua the conversation went like this: Front desk lady: You will need to give us your passport. Me: No, I need to keep it. Front desk lady: It is our policy that we take your passport. Me: It is my policy that I keep it.…
See animals, and watch as lions stalk your vehicleAuto Safari Chapin is an animal park located on the CA-2 highway, near Escuintla, Guatemala. It opened in 1980 and recreates an African safari experience. Their mission is to preserve local fauna and educate the population about the importance of conservation. The park currently contains 96 species…
I reminded myself to be present in a moment firstly, and to film a moment secondly. I was not here to write a story about Ometepe, I was writing a story about Ometepe because I was here. Biking on The Island of Ometepe: Crappy Bikes + Crappy Roads = Flight The Island of Ometepe in Nicaragua was…
“A guy like you needs a beard then, to protect yourself from the cold,” he said, and in that moment we became best friends. A Day in Granada Nicaragua “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us” was written like a lonely commandment above my bed at The Backyard Hostel…
Vote for your favorite Ray Conway Meme! Men, do we grow beards to travel or do we travel to grow beards? Women, is a man without a beard truly a man? They say a man with a beard never sleeps alone. If this is true, then photographer Ray Conway never wakes up alone. Due to…
But in the past year, a whispering prod from somewhere deep and honest has been asking me to take stock of who I really am and what I really want from—you know—life. While infatuation can rumble in like a like an elephant in steel boots playing Dance Dance Revolution, romance has a much coyer way…
There are moments in the playing of music when melodies mix with blurred meanings and seem to extend beyond you and your guitar. There are people you meet in offbeat places that create not just lasting friendships, but enduring, revelation strewn growth. In my experience these people drink Cuba libres and even after four nights…
“When my hangover relents and the speedo-wearing octogenarian disembarks the bus, my awareness extends beyond my own mind.”Travel Nicaragua: 19 Hour Hungover Bus Ride There Dan, my roommate in Guatemala, rouses me just after midnight. He is going to bed, and in a few minutes, my taxi will arrive and whisk me to Guatemala City…
This month Travel Write Sing is partnering up with Clothing Arts to present: The Great Bearded Giveaway. Two creative readers will win either a pair of Pick-Pocket Proof Adventure Travel Pants ($110) or a Clothing Arts’ Ultimate Travel Shirt ($70). When you travel, you want to eat ice cream, not to have your wallet and iPhone stolen.…
Scroll down to the bottom to find out about how you can win stuff 2:12pm: I’ve just finished a run up a mountain, ate a bean sandwich, slayed a dragon fruit, cleaned up my messes and at the moment I’m still in running attire, smoking a cigarette, listening to Kids on the Run by The…
