Monthly Archives: April 2013

COSTA RICA We flew from David, Panama to Alajuela, the international airport of San Jose, Costa Rica. I was required by the airline, in order to board the flight, to purchase an exit ticket out of Costa Rica, so bought … Continue reading →

GUATEMALA I arrived in Guatemala City on November 15 and spent 2 days there. With 2 million people, it is a big dirty place. There are guards in every store and fast food place – the ones in the stores … Continue reading →

GUATEMALA – The Trip, Guatemala Today HONDURAS – The Trip NICARAGUA – The Trip PANAMA – The Trip COSTA RICA – The Trip BELIZE – The Trip BAY ISLANDS OF HONDURAS

I spent 4 months in New Zealand in the winter of 2008/09. My main activity was hiking and I did all nine Great Walks and many day hikes. NZ is a wonderful place to travel with an excellent hosteling system … Continue reading →

In the winter of 2008/09, I spent 4 ½ months seeing most everything to see in this great country. The itinerary was determined first by the dates of music festivals. After they were calendared in, I made it a mission … Continue reading →

New Zealand – The Trip Hiking New Zealand

The active compound in marijuana, tetra hydro cannibal (THC), was first discovered in 1964 by an Israeli investigator. He felt it odd that morphine was discovered in opium in 1805 and cocaine from coca leaves in 1855, but that scientists … Continue reading →

The goal of money is to make you feel secure, not to make you happy. It’s not how much money you make, it’s how much you spend. We all want to achieve the average North American’s goals of a nice … Continue reading →

The Happy Planet Index (HPI) is an index of human well-being and environmental impact that was introduced by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) in July 2006. The index is weighted to give progressively higher scores to nations with lower ecological … Continue reading →

Based on reported happiness and life satisfaction, equally weighted (Ranked from happiest to least happy. Negative scores indicate that a majority of the population is unhappy/dissatisfied with life) Country Denmark 4.24 Malaysia 2.61 Croatia 0.87 Puerto Rico 4.21 W. Germany … Continue reading →