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Posted on December 31, 2017
Crossing the T-Pecker: a Series of Unfortunate Events
We set out from Marina Chiapas with a real, verifiable weather window: three whole days, give or take, of reasonably low winds to get across the Gulf of Tehuantepec. That’s pretty amazing for December, and we were thrilled. …
Updated on December 6, 2017
Cost to Cruise, November 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 December 6, 2017
Road trip!
We could have spent the week at the marina, waiting for our engine parts to arrive. We could have gotten more and more upset, sweltering in the heat, cursing all things mechanical and hexing FedEx. We could have …
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 …