Making My Mark On Earth

Hi Readers, This post is the first of several to come in the “Travel Tips” category. Today’s post is a guest post by one of my readers, Alexandra Jacobs. I hope you find this post resourceful! Enjoy ! – Ajay. Charleston is always listed on the top vacation spots in the U.S. Movies, music, beaches… [...]

I have read (in blog posts and travel books) , and heard about the words “Pura Vida” (or Pure Life), many many times. But I got to experience it in actuality when I came to Costa Rica. I am writing this post at the conclusion of one week here (and 2011). Everyone here: greets you [...]

OK, Week 2 began with some improvement, but not as much as I would have liked. But, I am going to follow the advise from my ‘new’ online friend  and not going to be too hard on myself Exercise has certainly improved, because I got at least 3 days of proper exercise. I have come [...]

Thats right, I want to SCREAM ! From the rooftops, at the top of my lungs! That’s what I am feeling the past few days. With things totally whacky at work, reading various blogs about folks having a ‘date’ to start their big adventure, next big thing, the world beyond, etc. AND folks who have already [...]

Allritey then, time for my self-inflicted whip-lash ! What did I do well and what areas sucked AND what areas my wife thought I sucked at (warning, no G rated stuff here, so for anyone expecting that, be disappointed). Here’s a summary for week 1: Exercise: Sucked big time. In terms of physical activity, Day 1 [...]

The other day, while shaving, I accidentally turned the cold water tap on, and flinched, instantaneously! I say accidentally, since I have the ‘extreme’ habit of using hot water for almost everything except drinking. I shower with extremely hot water (I say that because my room-mates always complained that I showered with very hot water [...]

I have been making several resolutions every year, and not keeping any of them. So, this time around, I have decided to shake it up a bit. Why wait until the new year to get changes in my life, good ones at that (I truly believe so). So, I have decided to make the changes [...]

Recently, I have been reading so many travel blogs (solo travelers, family travelers, short-term, long-term etc). I found a consistent theme across all blogs: People are positive about travel (even long-term travel) and it is FUN! Which is very good (for a person like me who wants to travel long-term and try to make a [...]

Hola Mi Amigos! I finally seemed to have surpassed a GREAT writer’s (or blogger’s) block! I just could not get myself to write about anything. I kept up with all the great posts though and all the wonderful posts from the bloggers I follow on twitter. But, just could not type in the words about [...]

After many weeks of planning, we (me and my lovely wife) are in Puerto Rico! Albeit only for a week, it is still encouraging to know that we will be immersed in the language we have been learning for a few weeks now. And it helps (somewhat) that we have the same skin colors as [...]