A new Travel Story is beginning.

Hello Readers and fellow travelers!

I know I've been absent from blogging for the past couple of years but I'm about ready to take on a grand adventure of moving to Costa Rica with just $400 to my name. 

I figured this would be some blog-worthy material that many travelers and dreamers would like to hear about. So, until I get my official page www.DaysofWandermust.com up and running, I'll be blogging here and sharing my crazy adventure stories of survival and ingenuity. 

I'll be arriving in Costa Rica on Tuesday, July 22nd and begin settling down, making contacts with possible work opportunities, locals and expats. On August 30th I'll follow a couple who are taking the long walk from San Jose to Cartago for the annual Romeria Celebration. Some people walk the entire 24km on their knees! Even more, some people walk, go by horseback, etc from neighboring countries!  I'll be documenting the journey of one couple and sharing it here and on my flickr. I hope you enjoy it. 

Thank you!  
To ease you on the passing..here's some photos from the past several months since I returned to the USA.

Lights!!!

My brother's Prom

Light painting! More to come!

Selling prints from the Kahraman Dance Group

Horse back Riding on Father's Day

Mother's Day

Steel Wool Photography - more to come!

Riding with my sister

Doing some free-climbing

Hanging out after Pride Day 

Travel is Freedom, stories from Costa Rica and Philippines

I found a great opportunity and excuse to write out some of my inspirational travel stories when www.wegetthere.com posted an open call for 111 inspirational and funny travel stories to be published in a single book.Wegetthere is an up-and-coming travel website that seeks to help travelers connect to share information and promotes responsible, meaningful traveling and tourism. In other words, give more than you take when you travel.

I procrastinated a bit like usual but finally came through and came up with two stories that came to my mind as really inspirational and truly memorable.

The first story I wrote happened when I took my first trip by bus to San Jose from Puntarenas, Costa Rica. I ended up in what everyone was telling me is the most dangerous barrio in San Jose! But due to a chance meeting with a stranger I found countless memories and ended up in what one could pretty much call a fantasy world.

The second story and the one I submitted because I have photos to go with it, I don't know what happened to all of the photos from that particular trip, is about my first Christmas in the Philippines back in 2009. I decided to give back in a big way and it is still my favorite and most memorable travel memory to date.