Tattooed Traveling Tootsies

Neurospicy notes from the road

Author: Dove

  • My Beloved Wife – Dominical Beach, Costa Rica

    My Beloved Wife – Dominical Beach, Costa Rica

    Last September, I spent a month in Bali diving, doing yoga, and chasing waterfalls. While playing ukulele in the Jatiluwih Rice Terrace, a woman asked if I had a YouTube channel. I laughed and let her know I didn’t even have a Facebook page anymore! But it got me thinking that it would be a fun way to keep my friends and family up to date on my wanderings and I could share one of my favorite past times as well- singing and playing ukulele in awesome places.

    So I decided to start making videos, the first of which I filmed in Costa Rica at the beginning of August. Although this page is currently primarily focused on my Mexico travels, I see no reason why I shouldn’t mix it up a little 🙂

    This is my first recorded video, so don’t expect too much yet (or ever). But I hope you enjoy!

  • Hola!

    Welcome to my new travel blog/diary/field notes – glad to have you! I’m Dove, and you can learn a little more about me and my upcoming plans on the About page. I decided to start this blog because I don’t really like social media ad platforms but I wanted to have a place to log my travels and share with friends and family. I had a similar blog when I was in the Peace Corps from 2008 – 2010, so I guess this is a rebirth. This time though, I thought I’d add a few features in case anyone else was considering a similar move to Mexico and wanted (yet another) opinion 🙂

    I don’t have a clear cut idea of what this blog will end up consisting of, but you can expect lots of diving, lots of ukulele playing, some notes about yogurt, ramblings about theory, musings about culture, and hopefully some great stories and pictures.

    While I won’t hit Mexico until October 25th, I’ll be adding some posts and videos from my recent trips to Costa Rica and Curacao, as well as my thoughts and process as I spend the next month preparing to leave.

    If you know me, you know that I’ve been a world traveler all my life and have always wanted to live abroad. After my mother passed in January 2026, I realized life was too short to keep waiting, so…off I go! Strap in and come along for the ride!