Secrets To Learning Spanish In Less Than A Month

My Experience In Spanish Immersion

One of my main focuses while traveling in Latin America is to become more or less conversationally fluent in Spanish before leaving.

As part of my plans, I have been enrolling myself in Spanish immersion programs in the countries I am visiting which have included Peru and Chile and will include Argentina, Uruguay, Columbia, Panama, Guatemala and finally Mexico before making my way back into the States. But here is what my experience has been so far Read more

Earthquake Parties, Really Bad Drivers and The End of The World

My Experience

It was approximately 3:30 in the morning on Saturday and I was with some friends at a popular night club in Santiago.

I was enjoying my time like most nights, but looking back there was definitely a strange energy that felt very different than most other nights. Read more

My Secret To Living An Amazing Life For Less Than Rent In The States

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” ~Leonardo DaVinci

I arrived by plane into Santiago, Chile late one evening after a very long night in Arica Chile taking in the potent eye candy of Carnival festival.

With nothing but two small bags and my back pack containing my laptop and cameras, (my virtual office) I stroll easily through the baggage claim and out the front doors of the airport, taking in the first breath of yet another new world full of experiences preparing to unfold…already in the process of unfolding. Read more

I Am Living My Dream

Recently, I spent a few weeks in a town called Arequipa located near the border of Chile and Peru. It’s a very mystical city and without question, captured my heart forever.

Regardless of the sporadic and slow Internet connections and impossible phone systems, it became hard to leave the remote city of nearly one million people, all of which seem to live in a time that more or less no longer exists. Read more

How I Lost 27 Pounds In 6 Months Without Taking Pills Or Starving Myself…

Wow…I was FAT!! And the thing was I lived a healthy lifestyle by most peoples standards. At least that’s what I thought…

I was running 3 days a week and hiked nearly every weekend. I ate mostly fruits and vegetables and almost always some sort of sandwich for lunch. And since I owned a smoothie franchise at the time, I would have a fresh fruit smoothie nearly every morning and almost never ate fast food.

But despite all of this, I was still fat. “What was the problem?” I would ask myself, “Why can’t I lose weight?… Finally, enough was enough… Read more

Random Footage: Exotic Markets, Bizarre Foods and Strikes in Peru

Random Footage

Most of the posts I make on this site will tend to have a story line to them…for example a journey to some place or maybe documenting some sort of process or experience I’ve had.

But there is also many times that I capture footage that doesn’t seem to fit into any story line other than the fact that it’s just part of my every day experience. More or less random events that I think are cool enough to pull out my camera and start recording. (At least I think they’ll cool, but then again I’m very easily amused)

And to be honest, I feel like if I didn’t publish them for you to see I would be depriving you of some really good stuff.

Some Random Thoughts As I Made This Video

The more I travel the more I find that there is as many commonalities as there is differences in the way people and things operate around the world.  Without question, I think you’ll see, especially if you have never traveled outside of the States, that the way most people live in the world is indeed very different than the way we have come to experience life in the US.  A good lesson for the many people that tend to think they have it all figured out. Read more

Check Out These Ancient Man Made Floating Islands In Peru..

After an 8 hour bus ride on my way into Arequipa, I decided to stop in the town of Puno. Puno is basically on the border of Bolivia and Peru. In fact, the town of Puno is most often used as the entrance point for many people trekking into Bolivia. It also sits on Lake Titicaca (pronounced “tee tee ka ka”) which is the world’s highest navigable lake at 12,500 feet (3,810 m) above sea level and is the second largest lake of South America (after Maracaibo). Read more

Watch Me Eat A Guinea Pig…(Warning!! You Tube Has Banned This Video In Several Countries)

When I first arrived in Peru I heard that Guinea Pig was a popular delicacy.. I was fascinated by this, because I had always seen Guinea pigs as pets and not something you eat for dinner. I knew right then that I had to try it and make a video out of the experience. Read more

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