Comments on: Expatriates and Homebodies

By: Tikal | The Mossy Skull

Tikal | The Mossy Skull — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:00:52 +0000

[...] all been completely covered over with full-on, mature rainforest. 900 years. The trees–like the colossal ceiba just outside the gate–are as awe-inspiring as the temples: trunks seven feet across, with root systems big enough [...]

By: mjd

mjd — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:26:32 +0000

I win!

And it only took, what, one day less than the whole time I was there?

Whatever. Still worth it.

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:23:53 +0000

Guatemala, what! Travel is a big-time thing. Cool.

Good luck vs. the stomach parasites. I hope you win that battle.

-E

By: Jay Ridler

Jay Ridler — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:34:46 +0000

But it’s a matter of how you look at the world, not what you’re looking at.

Well said, sah! And for every Hemingway that never wants to go home, there’s a Faulkner who knows his region in cosmic detail. Both are good models, and not either/or binary choices.

Thanks for the notes and pictures!

JSR