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Am I Crazy? October 1, 1999 - U.S.A   That's the title of the first chapter of a guidebook entitled "Driving through Latin America". That's what many people ask me when I tell them what I'm going to do. The guidebook says, "Don't worry, there are hundreds of travelers driving to Central America every year." The State Department say there are hundreds of foreigners kidnapped in Colombia every year. Ok, so I'll do what I can to avoid Colombia. But keeping a little perspective, there are cities in the good ole' USA where hundreds of people are murdered each year! No one would ask me if I was crazy for visiting those cities. We live in a very dangerous country. But it's our country. We know it. Fear of the unknown begs the question that I don't quite know how to answer. Sure I'm crazy. As someone who helped inspire this trip said in a song: "If we weren't all crazy we would go insane." PREVIOUS || NEXT Back to Home Tell your friends about this page

 

Why am I Doing This? Pt.4 "Here I go again, asking the familiar question. At the beginning of each leg of my journey I seem to question my motives for travelling? The answers vary each time, as if a new and different person were asking. Blah Blah Blah... I'm boring myself with my own writing. I wish I could say..."