by Mike Wood | Aug 31, 2026
Other than more humidity, Panama was in many ways even nicer than Guatemala. We tried Panamanian food and found most of it to be too bland. However, we had a couple of Panamanian sandwiches and they turned out to be excellent. Additionally, their preparations of...
by Mike Wood | Aug 24, 2026
We’ve had a couple of screw ups so far. In fact, we probably made more errors in eight days in Guatemala than we did in eight months in Africa. 1) Although we used points for our flights, I accidentally booked the wrong time for a flight from Guatemala City to Flores....
by Mike Wood | Aug 24, 2026
We’ve started our next set of nine months of living abroad with Guatemala. Because of safety concerns, we did not spend any time in Guatemala City. So after landing at GUA, we went directly to Antigua. Antigua was the original capital of Guatemala until 1773. But by...
by Mike Wood | Jul 29, 2026
Another question that we often get is “Where are you off to next?” In mid August we’ll flee the US for nine months again. This time, to Central and South America. We’ve made a ton of reservations using points and miles and we once again expect...
by Mike Wood | Jul 29, 2026
A lot of people have asked what animals we saw in Africa. It would probably be easier to list what we didn’t see. But here’s the list of what we did see: Lions Leopards Cheetahs African Wildcats Genet Ardwolves Serval Melanistic serval Rothschild giraffes Masai...
by Mike Wood | Jun 28, 2026
I’ve had a few people ask me just how many points and miles we used altogether during our nine months of travel. So I went through our Africa Nine Month Trip! page and added up all the points and miles expenditures. The total hotel points spent were 2,295,559...
