Mira Wade and Chris

Mira Wade and Chris
A photos of my three recent travel friends in front of the Hotel Don Diego, Casa Shalom in Antigua, Guatemala.

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Wade and Mira are a couple, that means the sleep in the same room.

Wade has a travel blog called:
Song of the Open Road Travel Blog
http://www.openroadsong.com/

Mira has a travel blog called:
Lady The Tramp- Female Travel Guide for Women
http://www.ladythetramp.com/

Chris is a good friend, started reading my newsletters, then onto blogs in about 2000, or eight years ago, we have been traveling together for years by email, I am proud to call him a friend.
Note: He purchased a new hat, I think the chicas will like the new one.

The Casa Shalom has Free Wireless Internet Access or WIFI, they call this Inalambrico here in Guatemala. The best part of the hotel is the upper floor, the common area, and a free to use guest kitchen, hard to find normally around Antigua. This is next to the Posada Don Quijote, that also has Wireless Internet for free, both are good hotels to use for jump to Panajachel, Lago Atilan. Note, always test wireless before you pay...

Wade and Mira made this page as a trade for a week of living free, he now has trade a small amount of work for a week of living twices. I guess he save about 100 U.S. Dollars by doing this trade. It ia great benefit and about any traveler can do this trade with a Hotel.
Antigua Hotel

I truly think doing these trades could reduce the cost of traveling by 2/3.

Your friend, Andy

Mira Wade and Chris

Poison or Burning Water Borne Bugs

Poison or Burning Water Borne Bugs
I was sent an interesting suggestion that may help avoid drinking water problems, or help to clean water, more or less, who knows.

NOTE: Warning, this post is not about true science, use for fun thoughts. This will not protect you from un-safe water...

There are animals in my water, maybe, I have zero proof, however what the hell, it is possible… I really do not trust anyone, I need to send water to a lab on this issue.
Test Drinking Water or http://www.epa.gov/safewater/labs/index.html

Hmm, this idea may work better to clean food.

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Sugar is food for humans, it gives us energy, a piece of bread is a complex sugar, and peanut butter is packed with complicated sugars. I should not eat peanut butter it makes me fat.

Sugar is food for most animals and bugs.

What will kill me?
What will kill animals?

Acid...

What will MAYBE bother these animals that live in my travel world, and 90 percent the planet in mass because they do not have clean water and do not wash their dishes correctly?
(I think the problem is food, not the water.)

I am talking about Citric Acid, the nice person who wrote me was recommending - Grapefruit seed extract. I think they are trying to tempt me, I love grapefruit juice, however difficult to buy on most of the planet. Orange juice is easy, lemon or lime juice can be made easy, however not easy to buy as drink, at least not packed with sugar. I refuse to drink mango or papaya.

Citric acid as I understand is the common acid or that sour taste that is common to all of them and really what I like, therefore I will buy lemons or limes and make pure juice. I enjoy this, however,
IT BURNS... will that burn kill something?

I cannot buy Grapefruit Seed Extract, however I can purchase cloro or bleach real easy, so the grapefruit seed extract is really something to play with in the USA, while for me, if I go out to kill something, I plan on boiling them to death, or poison with chloro.

MOUTHWASH - I use a lemon.
I also have trouble buying mouthwash, sad that people in India do not use it, and I for sure, I like to use mouthwash. hard to buy and incredibly expensive because a rare product. However, I do use Lemons as a Mouthwash, it is just my theory, not a science fact, but I believe the acid in the lemons or limes help to acid clean my teeth, clean the tongue and make my mouth fresh.

Will citric acid kill animals in my food, eating the sugars, will it annoy to death the bugs in the water? I think pure citric acid could do some good, I think maybe soaking lettuce or fruits in citric acid, and incredibly expensive process, yet would in a way kill something, it will burn skin, I sure it will do something, maybe tenderize the meat.

Just a quandary here, I do not think the use of Grapefruit Seed Extract or Citric Acid, being of much value, yet I will continue to take a wedge of lemon and bite, to clean my mouth and give me that fresh mouth feeling.

Chlorine is what the world uses to kill something in water, I think this is the full on, get the job treatment I want, but this citric acid stuff is interesting to think about.

I do think it is the opposite of sugar and instead of feeding the animals, I can burn them to death, but I will probably give myself a burn tongue also along this path, maybe my whole throat and stomach. I do not feel it is concentrated enough to kill bugs in water, but does sound like a good start to making some crap wine, because there is sugar also.

OLD WIVES TALE? Or a Urban Legends
http://www.snopes.com/

Citric Acid?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric_acid

Coke Please
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/tooth.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapefruit_seed_extract

Worms, Parasites, and other animals in my body, I am under the impression I took some poison last week that kills them, however not strong enough to kill me.

Poison or Burning Water Borne Bugs

Not a Guatemala Mayan Boat

Not a Guatemala Mayan Boat
A little girl says she takes a “Pickup” to her village, I know people come down to Guatemala and any country, thinking what they see is the country, hopefully the culture.

It is a baffling problem, where did some unadulterated culture stop and the new global adaptations start, what is a pickup?

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I look at this boat, wood planks, square, and chained to a rock, is the nose of the boat some holdover, or does this boat have nothing to do with the Mayan culture.

I do not want a culture to stay old-fashioned for our tourist sake, however I would be keen to know the time periods of things I see. It takes great observations to try to separate what I see, from what is part of this country, the separations are mesh together.

I would love if a restaurant here said,
100 percent Guatemalan food, then when I got in, there was at least 20 percent.

Wood Plank, rectangular boats, a flat bottom baby. This seems a little risky here on this lake, I would say this is one of the most unfriendly water sports or boat lakes; nobody does much on the lake, just a good look at the lake type of lake.

Truly living on the lake is not so fun, living on a mountain looking at the lake is great, if you fancy living on a mountain with nobody to talk with, a difficult time consuming lifestyle home.

Peten or the cradle of Mayan Culture as I reseach has everything to do with being close to water, I believe water is always the benchmark starting point in studying cultures.

Not a Guatemala Mayan Boat

Too Many Pills to Travel

Too Many Pills to Travel
Hmmm, what do you think, how many bottles before you hit a threshold value… there is a limit here…

Stop at two prescriptions, I just cannot imagine traveling with four or five bottles of prescribed medicines, it would be time to check out for the day.

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I am not sure, there is a time to check out, call it a day, saying this is too much, too much to be bothered with, my life is or was good, time to focus on the living part and not on medicating.

I truly believe the mind is more powerful than these bottles.

There is a new idea on the planet, that when you are sick, you should not stop and rest, you need to increase your activity and force the body to overcome and not surrender to illness.

I refuse to take pain medicine, like shutting off the brains alarm clock, telling it to ignore the warnings.

I am not sure, but I think people who think they are sick, are sick, a self-prophesizing life condition. I do not know about you, but I never get sick, and when I am sick, I am not sick, I never get sick. If you ask if I get sick, I say never.

Too Many Pills to Travel

Travel Tip on Toilet Paper Management

Travel Tip on Toilet Paper Management
This is a travel tip video explaining how to make a Mini-Roll of Toilet Paper to carry in your pocket while traveling. You can remove the cardboard core out of the larger roll, then next showing how to remove the inner section of toilet paper so, you have a mini-roll.

Why are people so arrogant they think these travel tips do not apply to them?

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My friend Chris was packing down in his bag a roll of toilet paper, I thought to myself, this is recipe for embarrassment disaster. He is experiencing a three day, adjust to another country case of diarrhea, nothing new, just an adjustment phase of the body, I think about 80 percent of travelers or tourist experience this type of diarrhea.

Take a 7-day trip to Guatemala; donate three days to the toilet, then bus trips become an obstacle course.

I should have allowed him to get on a bus with a roll of toilet paper packed five minutes away from use, or on top of the bus stored. I am truly wondering if anybody avoids this terrible experience by reading my travel tips and learning, or do they just read tips, hints for some way of feeling stupid later.

I think everyone thinks I joke or something, this is annoying stupid, I give some of the best, real, actually needed travel tips on the planet, then a friend of mine comes that has read close to every one of them and does not use them…

What do you too rich to use your brain people think, stop associating the word hobo with a tramp or something you are not? I for sure think you are pig, too stupid for a conversation if you cannot separate needs from just reading. You need to grow up, think, and use your head and stop thinking like children, I refuse care if you cannot learn about your body, your life, your mind, and how you think.

If you are not a Hobo, stop reading this page, the blog, if you cannot realize everyone has the same needs, whether being abused by a five star hotel, or by a minus two star hotel. We are the same, you are not special, and for sure, you deserve to be criticized for not using your brains.

IF you got in email box, MOM... go to this link and read online:
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Why are people so arrogant they think these travel tips do not apply to them?

Travel Tip on Toilet Paper Management

On the Front Lines

On the Front Lines
A friend Scott wrote an inspirational comment,
“But Andy why concern yourself with these trivial affairs and get back to some serious front line reporting of the world. Remember when you got back from Africa and you stated "I accomplished nothing". I think you were on the front lines then. We want blood (your blood). Take your friend on a truly memorable ride. His blood and your blood would be doubly nice. Take it to the edge and jump!”

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I have to admit; I am boring myself silly some days here in Guatemala, and have a taste for some on the edge travel. It is confusing to explain, however, I am training and preparing now to go back to Africa, and maybe go see the Stan Brothers, Kyrgy..., Uzbeki..., Trukmeni..., Afghani.., Paki.. Etc, plus up to see Mother Russia.

What am I doing, I am cleaning house on my website, creating support staff to help me along the path, and I hope helping some others to follow the road. It takes money, on the edge takes some serious cash, I realized Gabon, Cameroon and the Congo could be unpredictable, and there is not even guidebook information on some of the countries.

I sold 13 photos to Roughguides West Africa, and the book is out, I have been boning up on how help, but not buy into these big players think about photos, how the videos work, how to take better photos and how to tow all this equipment to place out on the edge. My backpacks are getting heavier...

I have had some great victories, some slow days, and life is good, yet life is a little too calm. I am ready, as you say Scott, to
“get back to some serious front line reporting of the world.”

The main goal is to not sell my soul, and thrive in the outside world.

On the Front Lines

Travelers Need to Break Habits

Travelers Need to Break Habits
My friend Chris is here in Guatemala, I have been enjoying immensely his habit of being friendly and talking to people, then his custom of wanting to pay quickly, easily, and before being asked.

Both of these great habits of a respectable Americans are problems here in Guatemala.

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When he says hello, the vendors in the tourist area continue to follow and never stop….
Why?
“Because Chris never stops replying to their questions.”

I was allowing a nice girl to torture him yesterday, she followed us maybe four city blocks, and finally he purchased something. This was too funny to me; I was explaining she won the competition. More or less to annoy you until you buy is the idea, hoping there is a 10 percent desire and 90 percent desire to end the game.

I think he understand now, say hello, do not enter into conversations with Vendors.

Next, was funny, he pulls out some money before the we negotiated the price and ended up paying double of what was needed.
I said,
“The minute that girl saw the money, she knew she had you, it is impossible for me to help you, because she know you are a sap.”

I am quite sure Chris does not like me calling him a sap, but, well what can I say, does he want me to lie? Most Americans are saps when it comes to travel, us American never in our lives have to negotiate, play poker, and deal with sly and clever 100 percent selfish people who just want our money, our lives are too easy.

We are soft targets, I really do not care about this, but it is annoying to know the people of Guatemala have no respect for USA people who are not smart at these small normal games on the planet.

There was a party the other day of Foreigners, I explained to Chris, think about it, there was not one Guatemalan person at the party, this is how Americans and Europeans deal with these problems, they just do not have friends from Guatemala, or at least not good enough friends to ask to a party.

I was trying to explain the Ugly European, also known as the Ugly American, however because this insightful book and movie was written by an American, normally said as Ugly American. Europeans and the Americans are the same animal, just American are more polite, and bigger saps. The ugly is the enforces separations, this is indeed an ugly thing.

Chris is modifying some of his habits, it is interesting, I keep trying to encouraging him to just be respectful, nice, and how to stop the vendors in their tracks without being rude. He a little too old for this, he is 59, set in his ways, not able to really think fast on his feet.

I think of Panama, Costa Rica, or Thailand encouraging the older Americans to come and retire, then want the old ones, not the young people. After about age 30 people are so set in their ways they become soft target, easy to screw, the ideal types for all the scams of the planet. I hear people say they are going to retire in other countries, this is too late, they need to make one-two month trips starting in the early twenties or they should stay home before those habits become so ingrained they cannot change.

Too funny in a way, too say in another way.

The tourism industry targets the older people, more disposable incomes, with the brains running at slower speeds, saps, easy to screw and gouge money out of, what a way to make a living.

Travelers Need to Break Habits

Tighten the Belt of get the Noose

Tighten the Belt of get the Noose
I am praying for 10 U.S. Per Gallon gas, I am worried about the USA economy. It is obvious the American culture has no restraint, just a bunch of wimps, crying over everything.

40 Year Mortgages…. Geez, too silly
(I cannot believe this is not illegal.)

I want the economy to tighten up and fly straight before there is a noose around their necks.
If the USA has problems, then travel will get cheaper for me… hehe

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Do not get it wrong, if the USA has a noose, then Europe will be dead, however most of the underdeveloped countries will not be a phased as much.

I see the rising price of gas a great blessing, finally getting the USA people to grow up, life is just too easy in the USA. My life is too easy, however, I know dreadful things can happen to a good person.

I almost have trouble talking to Americans, they feel like children, the Europeans feel like 12 year olds, they really do have the dream life, the American dream, they are delusion how rich they are, and that nothing bad can happen to them.

I believe the inherent optimism is too high, they believe tough times is paying 4 dollar for gas, wait until they lose a job and have unemployment at 10-20 percent like France or Germany.

What is the cycles, recessions every 12-14 and depressions every 60-80?

I am positive Obana, Clinton or McCane are powerless, yet 10 dollar gas is not.

Tighten the Belt of get the Noose

Off Focus Off Topic Reading Skills

Off Focus Off Topic Reading Skills
Eric sent me a link explaining how people read words on the internet, or correctly how they do not read, it appears the average person reads somewhere from 10 to 30 percent of words according to the type of pages.

My problem is this, I write a blog post, people do not read it, however, I know they believe they read it, then this person jumps, and wishes to comment.

WHAT THEY DO….

First - Off topic, not related to the complete post, just pull out one line and comment.

Second - Off Focus -Comment in confusion, irrelevant, however they are on-topic partially, but not on the essentials of the blog post.

Third - Trolls and Flamer who just need heard, never got a hug, have penis envy problems.

Jakob Nielsen is a well regarded web usability expert.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/percent-text-read.html

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All this has intriguing insights into the real nature of people, and how they read, understand, and then sadly make decisions. On the other hand it is terribly annoying to have people just doing anything they wish to do, and destroys any cogent, consistency of the blog or their lives.

The gossip, social media sites encourage people to talk non-sense, this empowers individual to make inane comments. This blog is where I propose ideas, and want constructive comments that help enlighten the other readers.

I am continually trying to learn ways to moderate kindly. I do believe it is almost a waste of time when I know the majority of reader’s minds arrived off-topic and off-focus, and never read the instructions.

When I am talking with with the real-time people, I like to say,
- I want to bid on a verb. -
- I want to bid on a subject. -

In a funny way, I am requesting a subject to their sentence, then a verb; however, they ramble non-sense and truly believe it makes sense. Writing lacks the hand gesture and emphasis of primal body language, therefore inherently missing about 90 percent of the communications possible.

I find reader are funny, they never do anything right, I think their girlfriends must feel or boyfriend must feel a pure lack of a completed life…as they just never read every word and thought, engaged brain.

I love that movie about Harvard called, the Paper Chase, the professor really keeps the students on topic and on-focus, a rare experience. I accepted years ago it was disrespectful to talk on the phone and read or surf the internet at the same time, really just ineffective.

Off Focus Off Topic Reading Skills

Hughesnet.com is in Central America

Hughesnet.com is in Central America
I found a Satellite internet connection in Guatemala that is truly tickling one of my dreams. I affordable Satellite internet anywhere on the planet. If you want to work on the internet or communicate using the internet, I found a clue.
Hughesnet.com

Hughesnet.com is giving me some hope, as I found this company providing Satellite Internet Access in a Hotel on Lago Atitlan called La Iguana Perida.
laiguanaperdida.com

This is a maybe a flash packer, backpacker resort thingy in the Village of Santa Cruz. It a nice place, sort of the mixture of mixed up hippies and well funded entrepreneurial backpackers. This is a full service backpacker resort. So far the only place that understands that High Altitude Scuba diving is here on Lago Atitlan, and that people travel from all over the world to say they dived in this lake.

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Hughesnet.com

If you wish to work anywhere, in Central America, or in the Caribbean, the Satellite connections are moving this way, I do not know much about it, and everyone minimized a solution that is truly extraordinary.

I want to go to any village on the planet and use the internet, I feel this will only be accomplished when we dump the landlines, and the cell phone towers and follow companies like Hughesnet.com.

Presently Satellite Internet is used mostly by using-other-peoples money to pay Volunteer or NGO, News Media and the Military.

I think the equipment needs and the dish are presently not mobile, more stationary.

Hughesnet.com is in Central America

Most Traveled People Caught in Web Marker

Most Traveled People Caught in Web Marker
This is a marker, trying to guide readers onto the path where you could read about counting countries and how long people have traveled.

One reader posted about a Swiss couple who have traveled for a long time, please go read in the comments at this link:
Most Traveled People

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The web captures ideas, I hang out a piece of sticky blog and people will walk by and add to the proposition. This is just a notice to go look at a sticky blog post about long-term travelers.

This is also an on-topic link about long-term travelers.
List of Long Term Traveler

Most Traveled People Caught in Web Marker

The Power of Words

The Power of Words
As life walks along the path, I keep having this reoccurring desire to hide or even run from people. I am not afraid of people, I am afraid of myself, continually needing to throttle some low level rage.

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Saturday, May 10, 2008
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All my life I have stopped myself from talking, people that know me would see this as crazy, there is nobody that talks more than me. However, I often wish I could explain to them how slowly we are talking and how simple.

I cannot talk with bad or ugly people because I tend to take the restraints off and start going for the juggler.

The happy indigenous people here in Guatemala, or in Africa helps me to relax, they do not have agendas, they do not try to manipulate, they do not have more than just the normal primal desires of life.

The power of the words that enter my world, and the power of the words that leave my mind are annoying. This blog is a temptation to talk, to explain, to think aloud, this is not good. It is incredibly easy to anger another person, this is power, it is incredibly difficult to move a person to care, think, and try to do the right thing. I try to stop the words I say from becoming twisted, to be used, to be abused, and to give power to weak people who want to live a selfish life, not a helpful life. It takes incredible power to stop the twist of words.

I watch that Reverent friend of Obama on TV, thinking to myself, this person is intoxicated in words; the power of talking to other has corrupted his soul. There is a temptation to feel satisfaction or even arrogance when writing, like writing, talking to yourself validates and empowers, it is a ridiculous process. There is not truth in statements, just because I wrote it.

I love to talk about ideas, like a good backpack, what is a good backpack, or how to make a solar stove. The more complicated feeling of what motivates people, why people do bag things, and what is the benefit they seek. If the person who is listening replies, adds ideas to the ideas, the two of us created a little clearer world. Sadly, 90 percent of replies, or ideas are not for clarification, they are just to try to twist the world. I am amiss to figure out this desire to twist the words of others, to not try to find the message in any confused or clear statement. I enjoy seeking the bottom line ideas of life, the one lines that allow me to be happy, such as,
“Be a good boy.”

There is a reward when I find the proper path, explained in words; however, there are people along the path who want to lead me or us off the good path into the darkness.

I guess the desire to hide, escape, to not listen to people off the path in the darkness is normal, however I wish some days I felt there were more people in my life who just wanted to enjoy the day, on a good path.

This all sounds like some preacher wailing away about good and bad, however I feel more the desire to close the door on confusions explained, spoken, and endured. My goal is clarity, I truly feel sad when so many people around me have no desire to explain something clear, and they desire the power of confusion.

Confusion is really the devils only friend, and bringing things into the light is heaven. Simple thoughts, clear ideas, a nice day, the reward for living a good life, and being a good boy.

It is 6:16 am here in Panajachel; a person outside the Hotel exploded some firecrackers. The world in becoming increasing empowered to perform the same action with words. To use words to cause everyone to listen, I am not sure who will stop these people with firecrackers. I know most of the good people just go and hide, it is easier than fighting the mobs who wish to explode firecracker of words for no reason.

What is a blog, but a way to give voice to somebody like me who maybe should not write or talk?

The Power of Words

Planned Abuse for Kelty Redwing 3100 Pack

Planned Abuse for Kelty Redwing 3100 Pack
By accident, I am now planning some abuse of two Kelty Redwing 3100 Backpacks. I am going rob one bag from Chris, and send him home with a Junk bag from Thailand. Then Mark and Taia are suppose to bring down my second victim, one for front, second for back.

I purchased two wheeled backpack in Thailand and now know everything bad about wheeled bags, however they will soon fall apart.

I still have a the Windmill Bag living in my mind.

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I told Mark and Taia,
“Bring me a bag, you cannot go wrong, I will take to a shoe repair shop and modify it.”

I looked at Chris, the bag is ready to be robbed, this bag looks nice, the harness is great, however the pocket, zipper, and pull system is miles way from the finish line. Too easy to rob, a great weekender bag, will take some work to make it pro.

I wish the idea of security would just once float into the mind of manufactures of backpacks. The zippers systems has some serious problems, I am not clean on how to upgrade zippers. My Thailand 10 dollar bag has better zipper pulls.

My present plans for making backpacks is to order all the materials from USA vendors, pick up the materials and go to Canada and make the backpack myself, doing all the sowing myself.

Chris showed me some neat pockets, saying these were good, my comment was,
"If they was that good, they would be stuffed full of items, not empty."

Do not fall in love with a pack, modify it to fit your needs, it is tool, not you wife.

Plan to Rape Kelty Redwing 3100 Pack

Snopes.com Stopping Nuts From Talking

Snopes.com Stopping Nuts From Talking
I feel surrounded sometimes by superstitious, primitive tribesmen, ambiguous humans who do not reproduce because so confused, yet trying to rule the planet. Absolute confusion reins on the planet because everyone in the developed countries thinks they are smart enough to put on their pants and talk.

I wish to thank Snopes.com; I think this site places a hit on people who spread rumors and gossips, this site destroys myths and urban legends and the people who repeat nonsense.
http://www.snopes.com/

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I continuously try to find the essential truths as I travel the planet, the piles of crap ideas that are being collected are incredible. The amount of stray comments that have no relevance, off-topic, nothing to do with the solution or problems is running rampant.

This problem is not new, however it is incredible how many people who should never open their mouths truly believe they are smart and need to be heard. The world believes everyone is worthy of listening too, every person should have the right to be heard.

Experts are treated like idiots, and idiots are treated like experts.

Then…. If the expert agrees with the idiots, he become famous and is interviewed on CNN… The Comedy News Network, where fantasy portrayed as fact, just to sell advertising.

Thanks Snopes.com your site continuously comes up in my search for the real facts on issues, trying to shut the mouth of the people who need to get out of the genetic pool.

Get yourself a blog, incredible the amount of irrelevant, off-topic, not part of any solution comments are made, the mind of man is becoming and irrelevant instrument of only used for to criticize and disagree, not genuine help, just asinine childish comments.

Snopes.com Stopping Nuts From Talking

Myanmar the Asian Cruelty

Myanmar the Asian Cruelty
Common to be called Burma, the country to the West of Thailand has experienced a cyclone, a natural disaster. The world is begging permission to enter.

I listen as one of the Talking Heads explains the lack of sensitivity of leaders of this country.

However, what is more tragic is the USA and European inability to see the rest of the world does not value life, and must be stopped in a civilized world, if that is what we are.

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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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I realized one day, the Vietnam leaders felt nothing in allowing their people to die, while the American and European place too much value on the life of a human.

The Arabic world cares nothing if their people die; it is as if a King is sentencing cows to the slaughter.

Africa, Central America, South America, the horrendous callous nature of a Mexican.

I feel incredible anger and frustration at the new global world, which fails to see the world for what it truly is, a cruel and barbarous place where the leaders allow their people to die without a whimper or sad eye, the incredible cruelty of Asia is baffling.

The leader that stand up and want to stop the Sadaam’s, the killers of people, people who kill without remorse become the enemy, and the enemies become the heroes.

Take a slow look at Myanmar right now; ask yourself what type of person would refuse to help their people, this inhuman Hitler like cruelness is still thriving.

It is crueler to stop a person like President Bush who wants to stop Sadaam; this is the new cruel and crazy world we live in where the bleeding hearts try to save leaders like the one in Myanmar. Now our wanna to be elected leaders want to be cruel, allow evil to thrive, to not fight back, to just keep our own safe, leave Iraq, to answer the spoiled American complaints aobut the increase in Gas Prices, and not go fight to stop the cruel natures, to fight the good fight.

I remember going to Tibet, thinking, that Dailai Lama had to be the cruelest person on the planet, to make other worship him. What is he angry about, the Chinese remove him from the position of God.

Cuba would be one the richest countries in the North America if Castro would have never lived.

Myanmar the Asian Cruelty

Mayan Mothers Day

Mayan Mothers Day
I think these two photos of Mayan Mothers here in Guatemala helps me to remember my Mother.

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Panajachel Guatemala
Lago Atitlan - Lake Atitlan
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Andy of HoboTraveler.com --- Free Hotel Webpage
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Mayan Mothers Day



Mayan Mother in Guatemala, not sure about you, but the support of my Mother and Father is still helping to carry me, my brother and sisters, we are Family.

Mayan Mothers Day

Travel Water Purification System

Travel Water Purification System
I normally drink the water on planet earth, however contrary to most travelers I am prepared and ready to optimize my health safety. This is a video explaining briefly your best option, what is feasible in all countries, this system does not require you return home to buy filters for something that broke weeks ago. Replaceable, sustainable, and realistic, no blowing hot air up your skirt.



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Panajachel Guatemala
Lago Atitlan - Lake Atitlan
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Andy of HoboTraveler.com --- Free Hotel Webpage
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You think you can avoid the water, wrong, you must drink water even if sewer water, you will drink water, you have no choice.

Plan ahead, stay in the resort, of go home… hehehe

Travel Water Purification System

Learning Spanish is Not 1 or 0

Learning Spanish is Not 1 or 0
A baby says its first word, saying Mama or Papa and the whole family celebrates. Then quickly adds many words to the child repertoire of words.

I truly wish adults were smarter than babies.

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Panajachel Guatemala
Lago Atitlan - Lake Atitlan
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Andy of HoboTraveler.com --- Free Hotel Webpage
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A baby does not try to learn a language, does not sign up for a language school, does not need smacked in the head.
- Stop speaking baby talk. -
(I want to smack adults, Stop speaking English)

A baby tries to copy Mom and Dad, Sister and Brothers and everyone corrects the baby. There is not a problem, the baby just mimics the sounds until it learns to pronounce words.
- Adults will not mimic and prove the baby is smarter. -
(They do not want to look stupid, and prove themselves stupid.)

I do not learn language fast, however, I do speak Spanish, French and English rather well, in fact very good.

I find learning a language easier now, I more or less act like a baby, I repeat the word to the person using the word I need to learn, the person corrects me until I can repeat Mama, or Papa correctly. When, I see the person again, I try to repeat the word for their approval.

In the end I try to tell people who want to learn Spanish, and I say,
“Stop speaking English.”

Stop speaking baby talk, English is of no value, it sounds like Baby talk to the Spanish speaking people, they think you sound stupid.

When I am in the USA and a Mexican person speaks Spanish, I tell them.
“Speak English.”

On the other hand, I do tell the owners of hotels here in Guatemala that want English clients, hey.
“Speak English.”

When I hear conversations in both Spanish and English I play a game, I ask myself,
“Who is the student?”

The one that demands to use their own language is the teacher, the one who learns a new word is the student.

Simple to learn a language, stop talking the old language, use the one everyone else is talking than try to think.
“Hmm. I only know five words, I am more stupid than a one year old child.”

People ask me how my Spanish is, and I say,
“I have lived over five years in a Spanish speaking countries, I am a five year old.”

My 60 year old friend Chris ask me,
“Which country should I go to study Spanish?”

I wanted to say El Salvador or Colombia, and they go to a small village with nobody in the village that speaks English.

Learning a language is not fun, it is a lot of work.

In the end, I think he needs to find him a nice Guapa Senorita that does not speak a word of English and refuses to speak word of English under an condition… maybe he will become a student. I hope he realizes one day this is excellent advice...

Spanish is not an on or off, not a 1 or 0, it is maybe you want to learn Spanish, or maybe you do not, it is always a maybe, it only is a 1 when you have nobody who speak English around you.

Learning Spanish is Not 1 or 0