After waiting around in the Lima airport for 5 hours, we went to recheck our bags only to find out that our flight to Quito had been canceled. The airlines thought it would be fine for us to be delayed for an entire day. What they didn’t know was that we had a flight to the Galapagos five hours after we landed in Quito. Since we are dealing with separate airlines, there wasn’t much we could do. Also considering it was Sunday night at 7pm, we were really stuck. They …

I spent some of time at the corner of 98th and Bancroft Avenues today. More time than I would have liked, there’s a school and a park there, but still not a fun place to hang out. I did get to block traffic for a few hours and the tow truck driver warned me that it was a bad neighborhood, but more on that later.
I rode my motorcycle to Oakland this morning and bought a truck. I’m still not sure if this was a good idea, but I found a …

We are expecting some inconveniences and problems while traveling, but didn’t realized the trouble would start so soon.
After landing at SFO, we get to our car at the airport parking lot and the coolant light comes on as soon as the car starts. A quick look under the hood reveals the fluid level is quite low…that explains the light. It’s 12:30pm so we just start driving anyway, stopping at a few gas stations to look for more antifreeze. No luck since they are either closed or don’t have the …