I have never set foot out of the United States. The plan is, that changes tomorrow, when some gay friends of mine are taking me down to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for a long weekend at a gay B&B and lounging at the beach maybe. Last month I got my first passport ever. Last week I loaded up on pesos so I’d have something to spend. I’ve been trying to pick up a little basic tourist Spanish so I won’t be the rude American when I go down there. I’ve never been to another country before. Hopefully this leads to my exploring more of the world.<\/p>\n
There’s two reasons most likely that I haven’t done any international travel before. I’ve been a bit scared of the language barrier, yes. But it’s been money mostly. I haven’t made good money for most of my life. It’s only recently I’ve had actual vacation time plus disposable income enough to travel, and my first urge was to see the country by car. I love taking long cross-country road trips. Here in the States, they don’t require much planning. You just hope in the car and drive somewhere. To travel abroad means a tad more planning, and I am more of an oh let’s see where that road goes kinda guy.<\/p>\n
I’m in the midst of packing now. Later this afternoon I’ll pack the car and set the house alarm and drive to visit my friends down in Arlington. Tomorrow we fly south of the border. So this may be the last blog post for a while. The place we’re staying at, Villa David, advertises Internet connectivity and I’m taking my laptop and a little Nikon digital camera I bought specifically for air travel (It’s small and cheap enough I won’t be too upset if it’s stolen). So I may be able to post some shots here over the weekend.<\/p>\n