Hano: Tales of a Modern Day Nomad | Tales of a Modern Day Nomad

Posted by HANO on Jan 25, 2012

Valle De Los Monjes

Whenever I arrive in a new place, I always seek out other travelers and locals and pick their brains with the hope of discovering small, incredible places that require me to stray from the ‘beaten tourist path’. When I was researching Creel, I found there wasn’t a lot of information about the place other than write-ups about Copper Canyon and Batopilas, which is located deep inside the...

Posted by HANO on Dec 23, 2011

SS Yongala ~ Australia

To date, I have been lucky enough to dive most of the world’s most pristine dive sites. I dove the Great Barrier Reef numerous times. I dove the outer reef in the Coral Sea. I dove the Red Sea to include Sharm el Sheik. I dove the world’s second largest reef system located off the east coast of Central America. I dove a the interior of a submerged volcano. I investigated numerous...

Posted by HANO on Nov 13, 2011

Overland: Alamos to Creel

As I wrote in previous posts, my travel plans always remain fluid. I rarely make concrete plans and prefer to let life draw me where it wishes. When I was in Alamos, I talked to a few different people who kept telling me to go to Creel because of the majestic views it provides of the Coper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre), which is a series of seven canyons and is approximately five times larger than the...

Posted by hano on Oct 17, 2011

Travel Tubes

Because I’m the most impatient person I have ever encountered, my advanced brain is continually developing solutions to fix things that impede us from maximizing our time. Red lights gotta go. Appointments at doctors offices need some serious adjusting. The weekend needs to happen sooner with more frequency. International travel needs to be void of jet lag and filled with entertainment. Because the...

Posted by hano on Oct 16, 2011

My Violent Exit, Part 1

The following is story is one of the hairiest situations I’ve ever been caught up in. During my travels I’ve been shot at, blown up, had various vehicles riddled with bullet holes from people trying to kill me, been caught up in riots, been beaten down by a mob (that one was my fault), had a rather large ‘bounty’ placed on my dead head, been chased by the tax man and his ink pen, but none compares...

Posted by hano on Oct 16, 2011

Subic Bay

Manila sucked. There was a shit-ton of pollution. Traffic was a bitch. After I checked into my hotel, I was walking through the lobby when some ‘storm troopers’ rushed through every entrance; the backs of their shirts read, ‘Bomb Squad’. I immediately suspected I was staying in the wrong joint, but I spent the night there anyway. The fact that I am still breathing is proof that they...

Posted by hano on Oct 15, 2011

Nohoch Che’en Reserve

I went to Belize three different times in 2011; the first trip this year was the end of June with a friend of mine so she could celebrate her 30thbirthday. After first stopping in Belize City, which is a complete shithole, my friend said she wanted to go on a cave tubing adventure at Nohoch Che’en Reserve. http://www.belize.com/articles/belize-caves-branch-2.html We began checking out different tour...

Posted by hano on Oct 14, 2011

The Crying Game

Sometime in 2000 I experienced one of the most excellent icebreakers, interesting dates and one of the most bazaar occurrences I’ve ever experienced on a date, and all with the same person. On a particular night my friend Lora and I ventured out to enjoy one of the things we enjoy most about your planet – sushi! We were seated at the sushi bar when I saw the loveliest swan stroll in with two people...