May 8, 2009

Central America trip is booked

It’s not until November but I cannot wait for it.  We have some pretty cool stuff planned this summer:  a Boundary Waters trip in July, Pitchfork Festival in Chicago, the annual Labor Day trip to the Black Hills, ACL in Austin.  And yet, all I can think about are Belize, Guatemala, Honduras.  There is something to be said about immersing yourself into an unknown language (well, I can get by on Spanish, sometimes), culture and living on $15 per day for a couple weeks.  Not to mention relaxing on beautiful beaches and not having to answer to anybody but yourself. 

I need more of these vacations, or maybe just quit my job and move to some place like this for a while.  I could make a living doing something, couldn’t I?  Run an internet cafe, moped shop, coffee house, yoga studio…the list goes on.