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Updated on November 17, 2017
Extracurricular Activities: Guatemala
Our trip to Guatemala wasn’t all vocabulary and verb conjugation; the school organized different activities for their students, and we jumped into most of them. First off, a tour of the historic downtown. I’m sure you will be …
Updated on November 17, 2017
Overland to Guatemala: a little Spanish school for everyone
Since before we left on this epic trip, Michu and I had been planning a week of language school for the whole family. A lot of different places offer high-quality language instruction, but when we arrived at Chiapas …
Updated on November 4, 2017
Day of the Dead
You’d think our biggest struggle around the holidays for the kids would be Christmas. Far from friends and family, no snow, serious limits on the presents…or maybe Thanksgiving? But no; on our boat, the biggest struggle is Hallowe’en. …
Updated on November 2, 2017
Cost to Cruise: October, 2017
Boilerplate disclaimer: this is not what it will cost you to go cruising. People’s constant advice, discussing cruising finances, always seems to be: It’ll cost what you have. We did not find this helpful in our planning, however …
Updated on November 2, 2017
A bit of a sprint
We use a lot of different resources for making our cruising plans: cruising guidebooks, online aggregators like Active Captain, advice from fellow cruisers, State Department bulletins, tips from locals, traditional guidebooks like Lonely Planet, sailing blogs, and hours …