I hope to leave around May 1 from California through Central America, followed by South America. Let's start with Central America, particularly Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica where I'll stop for a while to explore living and working.

I would appreciate any recommendations for the same things Riti asked for:
Good veggie food,

Good restaurants,

How to say "I'm vegetarian" or "I don't eat meat or fish" in the local language. Anything like that.

If I wanted to complicate things even further, I'd admit to being raw and live food oriented, but I won't do that here. I was vegetarian for only a short time - 30+ years with 6 years vegan.

One last addition to the definitions reported. My favorite is from a movie, "I don't eat anything with a face," which doesn't cover everything.

The other thread refers to hosts offering meat to honored guests...you. It is awkward and not easily understood. Living in Saudi Arabia and being invited to "Goat Grabs," I gave up trying to explain in both English and Arabic and just said, "I have stomach problems." I don't think they saw why that would prevent me from eating meat, but they could relate to having stomach problems. The idea raised to just say that it's part of your religion is probably best, although in Saudi, you technically aren't to supposed to talk about any religion other than Islam. I strongly disagree with the suggestion in the thread of turning down all invitations because of the inherent potential for awkwardness. Seems cowardly, rude, and loses the opportunity for interaction.

Chris

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