Salmonella poisoning

Everything can't be perfect all the time I suppose.  The risk in eating street food is that you never know how old it is, how long its gone without being refrigerated or how and where it's made.  Although I love love love it, I'll now think twice before I bite into a street empanada.

I have Salmonella poisoning.  If you've never had it, I hope you never have to experience anything of the sorts.  It's nasty and painful.  2-3 more days to go with my symptoms and then the doctor said I should be in the clear.  Cross your fingers for me!

Traveling inspirations

Marten and Karin.  A couple from the Netherlands.  Biking from Alaska to South America.

Everyday I meet people on their own trips, traveling for their own reasons.  After meeting this couple I've committed myself to taking a bike trip of my own someday.  I asked them how long they trained before they started in Alaska, Karin just laughed and said she didn't.  They just got on their bikes and left.

14,000 km later and they're here in Mexico.  Cheers to you two and best of luck.

Here's their blog if you need a little personal inspiration.

How to build global community

Saw this in Salida, Colorado.  Found it today on my computer.  Enjoy!

Think of no one as "them"

Don't confuse your comfort with your safety

Talk to strangers

Imagine other cultures through their poetry and novels

Listen to music you don't understand*Dance to it

Act Locally

Notice the workings of power & privilege in your culture

Question consumption

Know how your lettuce and coffee are grown: wake up

and smell the exploitation

Look for fair trade and union labels

Help build economies from the bottom up

Acquire few needs

Learn a second(or third) language

Visit people, places, and cultures – not tourist attractions

Learn people's history*Re-define progress

Know physical and political geography

Play games from other cultures*Watch films with subtitles

Know your heritage

Honor everyone's holidays

Look at the moon and imagine someone else,

Somewhere else, looking at it too

Read the UNs Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Understand the global economy in terms of

people, land, and water

Know where your bank banks

Never believe you have the right to anyone else's resources

Refuse to wear corporate logos: defy corporate domination

Question military/corporate connections

Don't confuse money with wealth, or time with money

Have a pen/email pal*Honor indigenous cultures

Judge governance by how well it meets all people's needs

Be skeptical about what you read

Eat adventurously*Enjoy vegetables,

Beans and grains in your diet

Choose curiosity over certainty

Know where your water comes from

and where your wastes go

Pledge allegiance to the earth;  question nationalism

Think South, Central, and North-

There are many Americans

Assume that many others share your dreams

Know that no one is silent though many are not heard

Work to change this

Mexico favorites

Real coconut ice cream

Cocitos!

Chamoy sauce - chile sauce for fruit.

I say favorites, what I mean are things that are going to get the best of me!

Las Chicas Argentinas!

When in Rome

Tome Mate!

Yerba Mate + 3 Argentinan Chicas = A lesson in Argentian's Geography.  And a new way to say 'Ya, Playa and Pollo.'