The time has come for great writing. The time is now. I have now been to every country in Central America, minus Nicaragua. What an overlooked and underrated region! Plenty of posts to come.
The time has come for great writing. The time is now. I have now been to every country in Central America, minus Nicaragua. What an overlooked and underrated region! Plenty of posts to come.
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Good news
Will put the bail money GoFundMe plans back on hold.
I was clever enough to negotiate my own release.
God help us.
My philosophy has changed. There is no need for you to visit Nicaragua unless you have specific interests in the country or culture. Going to a country to check a box of “I’ve been to every country in ….” is not a good philosophy.
How does Belize and Guatemala compare with Honduras and El Salvador? Belize and Guatemala have embassies in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan) while Honduras and El Salvador choose Beijing, People’s Republic of China.
I have never gone anywhere to check boxes. I don’t think anyone would disagree with your assessment that “I’ve been to every country in ….” is a good philosophy. Maybe I’m sensitive but I can’t help but wonder if you’re accusing me of that.
There are great reasons to go to Nicaragua but I could not go this time.
Interesting facts regarding embassies! All were great. Let’s see how soon I get the posts up.
He’s back! I’ve been a TPOL fan since Butte, I lived there for 6 months.
Long time!
Are you paying Randy to be on Boarding Area?
Didn’t you quit?
Someone is pretending to be me on a number of BA blogs. Check the IP. You will see it is NOT me! Please dump this fake comment.
And I fell for it. I am pretty sure I know who it is. Psycho that has a weird obsession with me. My apologies.