The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from July 10 to July 14 (Days 101 – 105) Story Highlights: A firehouse becomes the final host site for our stay in Honduras We meet up with our buddy Parker in Nicaragua and get into gringo party mode Way out in some neighborhood in Leon, we […]
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Jul
Jul
The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from July 2 to July 9 (Days 93 – 100) Story Highlights: Brazilian Amanda joins us as the 4th Goulet, adding some fresh perspective Playing with a jaguar leads us to discover it isn’t all fun and games in Trujillo On July 4th, Eric gets attacked by a […]
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Jul
Note: As the nature of our journey evolves, so does the form through which we will transmit and retell this narrative. Days, as unique and isolated entities, become rather immaterial. Instead, our tale has become a series of interwoven mini stories; it is set apart primarily by the people and places we’ve met along the […]
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Jul
The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from June 15 – June 22 Story Highlights: Once in Honduras without dying, we go behind the raging waterfalls at Pulhalpanzak The Murder Capital of the World, San Pedro Sula, isn’t all that scary We produce a Honduran music video for our friend Walter, then go birdwatching with him […]
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The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from June 4 – June 14 Story Highlights: We travel to a farm in El Salvador called Finca Jalapa, where we work for an awesome dude named Arcangel Over the weekend, we try our hand at surfing again (and fail miserably) Farming turns out to be really, really hard […]
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Jul
Jul
The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from May 29 – June 3: Day 59 (continued): We sailed through Guatemala’a serene midday seas, proud and content from our previous night’s successes at Mincho’s. As badly as we wanted to accept their offer to stay one more night, we’d tightly packed our schedule, having […]
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The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from May 26 – 29: Day 56 (continued): It pretty much took us two full days to recover from our second Acatenango experience. How we’d done it we may never know, but all that glory came at some serious costs to our physical health. Brian and […]
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Jul
Jul
The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from May 17 – 26: Day 47 (continued): Our bodies were sore but our souls were pure. The aftermath of our successful Double Whammy expedition was a time of complete and utter relaxation and rehabilitation. No over-exertion we agreed, especially not for the next few days. After […]
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Jul
The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from May 13 – 17: Day 43 (continued): “A volcano! Look, it’s a volcano!!!” we shouted in unison upon our arrival to Antigua. There were several of them. Monstrous chunks of Earth, which stood motionless at the horizon’s periphery; a half dozen of them in all directions, […]
End of the World 2015, Mexico, Travel Inspiration
21 Things You’ll Never Read About Mexico When You’re Living in America (Until Now)
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View at Medium.com Before we began our drive from NYC to Argentina, we considered completely skipping over Mexico because we were terrified by endless news reports of constant violence. Our plan was to fly to Guatemala, buy a car, and start driving from there. After speaking to some travelers, we decided to start our drive […]
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The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from May 11 – 13: Day 41 – By Monday in the late afternoon, our car was refreshed and in better condition than it had been since long before we’d bought it a few months back, thanks to our new mechanic friends in Fray de las […]
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Jun
Jun
Well, world, it’s official! The Global Goulets are now in the iTunes store! We’ve just launched our podcast, Drive the World with the Global Goulets, where we’ll tell you stories from the road using real audio from our trip. We’ll also be bringing you the stories of the fascinating people we meet on the road. […]
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Jun
Jun
The Zapatistas of Chiapas, Mexico embody a powerful story of unflinching pride, struggle, and resistance. But you won’t hear it from us. When we pulled into San Cristobal de las Casas deep in Southern Mexico, we set out hunting for a story. We’re on a mission, after all, to drive from NYC to Argentina and film […]
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Jun
Jun
The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from May 9 – 10: Day 39 – The hot, horribly uncomfortable morning started off early with some piercing headaches. It was moments like this where we liked to ignore the advice from our parents, who might tell us the best way to avoid hangovers is […]
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Jun
Jun
The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from May 7 – 8: Day 37 – We woke up early and were determined to make it to Tikal before the sun went down. Tikal had been hyped as the most grandiose and magnificent of all the Mayan ruins; with a label like that, we […]
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Jun
Jun
A reporter from Soy502.com, a local Guatemalan news site, was alerted to us and reached out for an interview. We thought our Spanish was getting better, but if you watch the video interview, the reporter seems to have picked out all the clips where Eric and Brian completely garble their Spanish (Alex was out trying to […]
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May
The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from May 2 – 6: Day 32 – Continuing our rally can sometimes be so hard, especially after an experience as profound as ours with Paco. Nearly all the way through this diverse land and we’d seen almost every side of Mexico; from its colonial charms […]
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May
May
The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from April 29 – May 1: Day 29, continued – San Cristobal de las Casas, on paper, was a fascinating place. A colonial centerpiece of the Chiapas highlands, this red-roofed municipality comes up in almost any traveler’s itinerary. It is home to the central conflict of the […]
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May
May
We are LIVE right now on Reddit! Come ASK US ANYTHING! http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/36nlmt/we_are_3_adventurers_who_quit_our_stable_nyc_jobs/ Proof:
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May
May
Ever had a question to ask the Goulets but never had the goulets to ask it? Never had a question but thinking of one now? Tomorrow at 2:15pm EST we will be doing an AMA on reddit where we will be answering all of your questions (including the dumb ones). Check out reddit.com/r/iama at 2:15 […]
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May
May
So you want to make mezcal. Great! Let us know how it goes and invite us over when it’s ready! Mezcal is the drink of Oaxaca and many would say Mexico. Like its cousin tequila, it’s made from the agave plant, but has a rich, smoky flavor. Mezcal is traditionally handcrafted by small-scale producers using […]
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May
May
The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from April 23 – 29: Day 23 – We get stir crazy when we’re in the same place for more than 2 days. You have to know this about us. Unless we REALLY need to stay, we move on. So, as tempting as it was to […]
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May
May
So you want to make a rug. Well, that’s an interesting decision but it’s up to you. The Global Goulets visited Vida Nueva, a women’s weaving collective in Teotitlán del Valle. Here’s how it’s been done by the indigenous Zapotec people in Oaxaca, Mexico, for centuries. 1) Pluck some cochineal insects off your cactus plants […]
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May
May
This episode is a bit different from our former podcasts. A bit more in depth and a bit more focused. As we settled down in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, we decided we wanted to do something new and really uncover a story. The story we wanted to go after was that of […]
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May
May
The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from April 21 – 22: Day 21 – Ok, admittedly, this chapter of our journey begins on a Tuesday reserved as a café workday. Before dusk, we put away the laptops, fled from the warm comfort of wifi’s bosom, and went on the prowl for footage […]