Paid to Play Episode 21: the one where the author takes his passengers to a Pacific coast surf camp. Who cares if we can surf or not. This place is awesome. Santa Catalina. This place is simply amazing and one of my favorite places in all of Central America. Discovered by surfers in the 1970's, this hidden gem is paradise and way off the beaten path of tourism. It's slowly getting discovered and the guy that had the foresight to buy property here years ago and...

Paid to Play Episode 20: the one where the author sails on a catamaran in the Caribbean Sea and snorkels among amazingly colorful coral. Don't cry for me. I know for most of you stuck working in an orifice or in Cubicle-landia rolling the proverbial "poop" at your job thingy, that it is difficult for me to justify sailing on a catamaran in the Caribbean as work. But this is my job thingy and I dutifully report to it each day, no matter how difficult the assig...

Paid to Play Episode 19: the one where the author visits an orphanage in Guatemala just before Christmas and donates food and supplies on behalf of Gap Adventures. One morning, I woke to find an e-mail in my in-box that said the company I am working for, Gap Adventures, wants to donate $500 dollars of supplies and gifts to Casa Guatemala, an orphanage a few kilometers away from the small river town of Rio Dulce. I was informed that I was the tour leader that wou...

Finally, after six and half years of traveling, my Mom and Dad decided to come visit me somewhere amazing and see what this nomadic lifestyle is all about. Their arrival to Guatemala was timed perfectly as the hurricane season had just subsided and the weather was about perfect. In addition, Antigua was where they officially celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary. The two week trip took us to the town of Panajachel which sits on the volcano ringed Lake Atitl...

Paid to Play Epsisode 18: This will be the place for my photo collection from rafting the Rio Toro near La Fortuna in Costa Rica. Photos only.