San Pedro

So last night we made it safely to Honduras and our hostel. We walked around the neighborhood where the hostel is, and we took a walk down into the center of the city- El Parque Central, as they say.

We saw lots of people who were willing to change money for us (probably at some ridiculous rate). We ate dinner at this nice diner place, and met some other gringos at the hostel when we got back. There's a good chance that we'll be traveling with them to La Ceiba, on the coast, tomorrow. Hopefully the weather will be better- the storm is supposed to be dead by now. We'll see!

Talk to you all soon!

Desert Island Vol. 1

As I mentioned in my first post of the travel blog (not two minutes ago), I've been trying to collect some new music to keep my massive-ass iPod fresh. However, I still have my old, tiny-ass iPod mini from my freshman year. That being said, there is always the possibility that something is going to go wrong with at least one iPod. namely, losing all of the music on my big one (or Michelle losing all of her music on her iPod, in the event that one or both get stolen). The point of this is that, the mini will be split between us, for our Desert Island records. This is the first installment of the Desert Island discussion.

I would probably have to say, and this is a no brainer, that everyone should have a copy of "London Calling" by the Clash with them on a desert island, or on a bus from Guatemala City to San Salvador.

This should need no explanation, but I will anyway because this is a subject I know shit about. It is just one of the best records of all time. It fits every mood a person can be in, and even when they were doing pop songs on that record, it still bled punk rock. Not to mention the songs are pure kick-ass rock and roll music in the purest sense of the word. You can't go wrong with the title track, though other personal favorites include "I'm Not Down," "Guns of Brixton," "Death or Glory," "The Right Profile," and even the hit single "Train in Vain (Stand By Me)." This album is fantastic and it has made me the person I am today, for better or for worse (I got it when I was 14). So, tune in as I make more decisions!

The main event...

So I had to set up a blog for a class I had in my last semester ever of college. It didn't go so well, I'm not a journalist, so I'm never going to be a blogger for a living, so consider this part that you're about to read the introduction to the real me.

Moving on, tomorrow I'm going home to New Jersey for a few days to tie up some loose ends. Next Thursday, me and Michelle leave for San Pedro Sula, Honduras. My backpack is pretty much packed up with most of the shit I need.

I've been thinking of getting some CDs to load onto my iPod so I can' get bored of what I already have- the more the merrier, right?

Listening to "Tim" by the Replacements right now, which I just picked up today. This tonality is what I've been looking for the past few weeks. I'm glad I've graduated college and glad I have this trip ahead of me, but there's so much stuff that's changing that's got me really stressed out. It's hard to pick out for sure, mostly a combination of everything. Changes with friends, family, stuff like that.

Moving on, the main goal of this blog is to show you all how this trip is going to mess with my head. You can see me go from semi-coherent to a raging lunatic by the middle of the second month in Ecuador...probably sooner than that, actually.

So, this blog will be updated as often as possible, which could be frequently, infrequently, or just enough. We'll see, hahahahaha.