Chapter 24: Tales from El Transito

The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from July 15 to July 21 (Days 106 – 112) Story Highlights: We stumble into the amazing beach town of El Transito Excited by the work of NICA, we film the school and make them a promo video Oliver, an unforgettable little boy, leads us to the heart of […]

Chapter 23: Gnarly Nicaraguan Nights

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 […]

Chapter 22: A Goulette in Honduras

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 […]

Chapter 21: Cast Away to Cayos Cochinos

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 […]

Chapter 20: Searching for the “Real Honduras”

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   […]

Chapter 19: The Fruits of Our Labor

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 […]

Chapter 18: From Antigua, to Atitlán, to the Antillons

  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 […]

Chapter 17: Lessons from Guineales

  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 […]

Chapter 16: Acatenango’s Revenge

  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 […]

Chapter 15: Volcanic Visions

  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, […]

Chapter 14: Sojourn to Semuc Champay

  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 […]

Sometimes It’s Not Our Story to Tell

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 […]

Chapter 13: A Day in the Livingston Life

  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 […]

Chapter 12: La Frontera, Tikal, & Flores

  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 […]

Chapter 11: The Magical Palenque Jungle

  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 […]

Chapter 10: A San Cristobal Story

  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 […]

How To: Make Mezcal Like Your Grandfather

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 […]

Chapter 9: Parties and Surf in Puerto Escondido

  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 […]

Chapter 8: One-of-a-kind Oaxaca

  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 […]

Chapter 7: Charlie and the Car Show Factory

  The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from April 18 – 20: Day 18 – By the time we really got ourselves going in Mexico City, we had to face a tough question: would it be worth driving 5 hours back north to Guanajuato for Charlie’s car show? What made the decision even more difficult […]

Chapter 6: Once Upon a Time in Mexico City

  The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from April 15 – 18: Day 15 and 16 – We made the 7-hour drive to Mexico City (it was supposed to be 4…) and arrived to town as the sun was coming down. It had been about 3 weeks since we were in New York, so […]

Chapter 5: A Tale of Two Guanajuatos

  The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from April 13 – 14: Day 13 – In beautiful Guanajuato, we woke up early in the day to head back into el centro, where Alex had planned to film the roasting process of coffee beans at a local cafe. All went according to plan, and when it […]

Chapter 4: Passport Problems

  The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from April 11 – 12: Day 11 – In Zacatecas, we got ourselves together rather successfully in the morning, proudly packing our bags without sitting around aimlessly (Alex was so proud!) and got out of town at a reasonable hour. Our budget constraints conversation from the night […]

Livin la Vida Lucha

AND IN A ROUSING UPSET, THE MERCILESS EL TERRIBLE IS TAKEN DOWN BY OUR THREE MASKED HEROES, LOS GLOBAL GOULETS!! *The crowd goes wild* If you find yourself passing through Mexico (we hope you do!), you can learn a lot about the last 50 years of Mexican culture and have a damn good time by […]

Chapter 3: Zesty Zacatecas

  The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from April 9 – 10: Day 9 ­– We woke up having no clue where our next destination would be. We thought San Miguel de Allende, but that was 8 hours away and we wanted to avoid the prospect of driving in the dark at all […]