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Hit every Spanish-speaking country
Travel & Leisure: North America

Why do you want to do this?

I have always wanted to explore the countries outside of the United States where I can use the language I've learned. There are so many places where the traditions and people are varied yet linked together by a distant past and a native tongue that unite them. I especially want to note how they differ from each other, where the language changes in subtle ways, where nuance sets apart one Spanish-speaking culture from another.

What three things will you need to make this happen?

Make a list of all the destinations where Spanish is spoken. Done. Europe, Spain; Africa, Equatorial Guinea; North America, Mexico; Central America, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama; Carribean, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; South America, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay (If I'm missing any here, which I'm sure I am, please feel free to post!)

Plan out itineraries for each of these places so I get there at the best time of year and don't miss out on the most exciting things to do when I get there.

Start crossing off countries. I already have great white shark diving (Guadalupe Island) and Dia de los Muertos on my mind in Mexico, and an eco-adventure wedding in Costa Rica. Cuba is also very high on the list in my head that has not yet made it beyond my thoughts.

What is the biggest barrier to your achieving this?

It's a long list, I'd better start traveling!

10/18/2011 10:46:22 PM

 I Love this List. I've been to Mexico, Costa Rica & Spain. So much awesome. Looking forward to spending some more time in the Spanish Speaking countries. Its on the list!!

10/18/2011 10:47:49 PM

 I love this goal! I was excited to find out that, when I went to the DR this past summer, I picked up communicating in Spanish quite easily.  Unfortunately, a few weeks back into the US, I could see myself losing it.  I would love to immerse myself in the language so that I didn't lose it. 

10/18/2011 10:56:18 PM

Theo, thanks! You can keep up with your spanish lessons in a virtual way. Rosetta Stone is the most well-known language tutorial, but there are plenty of others as well. I'm trying to teach my daughter Spanish before our Costa Rica trip in (hopefully) February and we bought a series of CDs in Barnes & Noble for very little money, maybe $30 for the whole curriculum.

I love the sound of the language and really enjoy using it. It evokes such colorful images in my mind. My best Spanish teacher in high school was from Costa Rica, and in college, my best professor was from Argentina, so I'm very much looking forward to exploring their homelands. I'm pretty sure my accent is a mixture of the two, so I should get plenty of funny looks and lots of help as the Latino people are, in my experience, among the kindest, most magnanimous in the world.

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