Almost lift off

It's two am ... I tried to sleep last night. Went to bed at about 10 pm dozing while watching a bit of the Olympics. Those ski jumpers are amazing. What a feeling it must be to hurdle down a hill and then be airborne for 100 feet (or is it metres?).

Rather nice to catch a glimpse of snow before I go. Last night here in Toronto it snowed too. Hard to believe that tonight I'll be in a climate that feels like summer.

I'm feeling surprisingly calm for someone who is going into uncharted territory. Fortunately, it's my own uncharted territory. Lots of people have charted it before me, and I am really grateful to be travelling with the good folks of World Accord - Terry, David and Nelson.

My itinerary:

- land in San Pedro Sula, Honduras about noon
- travel to a farming village about five hours away in northwest Honduras
- stay in Honduras about five days .. then down to Antigua, Guatemala for a day of r & r
- then go to Chimaltenango, not too far from Guatemala City
- Guatemala City on the 24th until March 3rd
- March 3 - go to San Salvador
- March 5 - back home to arrive in Toronto at the frosty hour of midnight ...

.. 2:17 already .. cab will be here in about 20 minutes .. good morning all, I'll update you when I'm at a computer again ... this time in the sunny south.

Time to start blogging again ..

Good morning, friends. The reason why I started this blog in the first place is so that my friends can keep track of me when I travel.

So far, this blog has covered India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Kenya. With stops at airports in between. Closer to home, I've been to Vancouver, Bear River Nova Scotia, Ottawa, South River Ontario, Windsor Ontario and places I've forgotten about.

And now I'm going to be adding Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. I leave next Sunday, the 14th .. Valentine's Day and my nephew Anthony's first birthday ..

I'm doing another installment of documentaries for The Green Planet Monitor, the podcast/radio series I have been working on with my buddy Dave Kattenburg for many years now.

Today, I'm summarizing my story list, trying to figure out where to stay in San Salvador, whether to stay longer in Guatemala City and take the TICA bus to San Salvador .. many questions.

And as is my usual state of mind before a big trip, I have the usual moments when I just sit immobilized in my comfy chair as I say to myself "I can't believe I'm doing this .."

More later .. much more later.