Dear my Lonely Planet: Central America on a Shoestring,

Why have you lead me astray? You disappointed me this past week at the Mexican/Belizean border crossing.

I love you, I nurture you, I pull you out of the depths of my bag when I’m in a pinch, and yet you disappoint at the weirdest times. You’ve got ten different hostel accommodations for some random, Podunk towns, but yet a mere paragraph about the actually fairly confusing border crossing between Mexico and Belize via Chetumal.

But also, you know, thank …

Just wanted to give a quick update on what’s going on with me. First off, I have a guest post this week at ThePlanetD on Dave and Deb’s weekly Giving Back  to the community series. I have so many fond memories of the boys at the Manjurshri Di-Chen monastery in Nepal (here’s some of that story if you haven’t read it yet). Volunteering was an incredible experience so I am honored to have the opportunity to share some of the story and my thoughts on giving back to local communities …

So my dear and loyal readers, I feel like a rockstar this week because a fellow travel blogger and RTW traveler, Andy Hayes, invited me to interview on his site , Sharing Experiences, and share some of my insights and experiences from my trip.  Ever the obliging person that I am, I gave him some lengthy but heartfelt answers…I can’t deny that I’m a bit verbose. His questions actually forced me to really assess some things I hadn’t yet fully processed though and there was a lot of positive that …