Jet lag sucks. I’m up at 5AM, New York time, watching my billionth episode of Parental Control on MTV. The last guy just said, “I have no idea how Ashley knows so much about fish, but who cares? She’s hot!”
Some of these MTV shows are getting pretty ridiculous. One of the commercials they kept showing was about a show with the most popular girl on myspace, Tila Tequila, being bisexual and inviting a dozen guys and girls over and eliminating them one at a time to settle down with one man or woman. I have no idea where they get their ideas.
Scorecard.
The ‘I can live up to the hype’ country: Guatemala
The ‘What I have to offer isn’t all that great’ country: Nicaragua
The ‘my cars will make Los Angeles look smog free’ Country: Honduras
The ‘I am offering my entire coast to foreign takeover’ Country: Costa Rica
The ‘I am taller than you’ Country: Honduras
The most disappointing country: Panama
The most impressive engineering feat: Panama Canal
The most impressive ruin: Tikal, Guatemala and Machu Picchu, Peru
The most impressive experience: Climbing Volcan Pacaya, Guatemala and standing 10 feet from the lava
The friendliest country: Mexico and Argentina
The most surprisingly pleasant country: Colombia
The country I must go back to: Argentina and Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
The most amazing sunset I’ve ever seen: Valparaiso, Chile
The best chicken soup: Guatemala
The richest country: Chile
The best chocolate: Arequipa, Peru
The best coffee: Ecuador
The best guacamole: Mexico