Coco is back, all is right with the world...

So as I sit here watching Conan, it makes me feel that something about the world is right again.  Last week's election still happened, the economy still sucks for the most part, the past 2 days have felt like winter, and I haven't won the lottery.  On a more exciting note, I think I joined an indoor soccer team!
How about these for some new indoor kicks???

Am I joking? Who knows?

The End of Travel Season

While the leaves try and hang on the trees for a few more days here in New England, another season has gone by unnoticed by most.  That is the admission recruitment travel season.  This one has been one of my busiest to date complete with 2 months overseas and another few weeks of visits around this area.  I've already talked about my busy Fall in Asia and less than 1 week ago, I arrived back from a 3 week trip to Central and South America.  There is something definitely comforting about traveling in an area of the world where you can communicate in the native language!

Definitely I think the highlight of the trip was Brazil being as that I hadn't been there before and it was fun country to hang around in.  I don't think my Portuguese speaking skills were up to par, or more accurately I mean my Spanish with a some what of a Portuguese accent.  It was still fun when I actually was able to somewhat communicate in a language that is foreign to me.  Just a quick trip highlight in terms of countries I visited: Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and Brazil.

All in all no complaints except for the fact that I have to retire my passports for a few months!