Some of y’all are going to want to nail me to a cross for this, but the cadet managed to get back to Europe! After three months of quarantine and social distancing in the southern US, I was getting restless. There was little for me in the US. It’s costly to live there. I was…
Author: The space cadet
Autonomous region hopping: Gagauzia
Facebook memories during this particular time can be a bit torturesome. I know this is unfair to those that are undergoing real torture. But to someone used to being able to go where they please for the last decade and find themselves with their wings clipped in their hometown when all is going wrong in…
The space cadet is back in the south!
After cross-examining every scenario and situation that was possible, I ended up getting on one of those state department flights offered a week or so later than the first batch. I had to sign a promissory note to the state department that I would pay them back. It was only a better idea in the…
Ways to help Guatemala’s tourism industry in the time of the coronavirus
Hola! Well, it looks like I was not successful in getting out this week. I am just going to hold off now to see what happens. I feel I have elaborated enough about my problems and have neglected to speak about a significant problem Guatemala is going to face during this pandemic. Yes, the pandemic…
Should I stay, or should I go?
Well, not much progress has been made, I am still in my lovely apartment, but I am really agonizing about that is the best solution for me. It has not been easy. I have been very torn about what to do and how to make this decision despite being well versed in risk analysis. I…
Stuck in Guatemala# 2
Hello from my beautiful quarantine Things are going a little more on lockdown, but not as chaotic as other places. The local Tiendas are open. The Mercado was open until this afternoon. It is now closed until next week and will only be open for limited hours. Restaurants are still doing takeaways. There has been…
Stuck in Guatemala: Update # 1
Greetings from San Pedro! I found out that 3,000 other foreigners are stuck here as well in the country. I have joined several WhatsApp and Facebook groups. Many of them are full of mixed information. Many people are panicking and spending 150-300 on taxis to the Mexican border to try to catch a flight from…
Love of travel in the time of the Coronavirus
6 weeks ago, I decided to return to the states for a temporary period. I was once again in a transition phase between Tbilisi- Prague- Ljublijana- Philadelphia- Mars. I wanted a few weeks to visit my family and try to think of my next chapter. Like every single trip, I make back to the states,…
The weirdest capital city I’ve ever been to
The weirdest capital that I have ever been to Originally written on 23/11/2017 Some of my fellow travel friends often tell me I am too focused on visiting capitals of places and miss the “real deal” of a country. I forgot the memo that the hundreds of thousands that live in capitals don’t account for…
A tale of two cities
Welcome back to the spaceship:) This week I am going to stick to Kosovo again. Well according to 112/197 members of the UN, the other 85 will say it is still Serbia. You can call it whatever you like. The Kosovo-Serbia topic, debate, discussion, pissing contest has been going on for nearly 20 years. The…