

Jun 6, 202425 min read
Origin Stories and Andean Viagra: The Final Push in Bolivia and Peru
Here I sit in my favorite place: the airport lounge, surrounded by unlimited food and drink. I've just finished my third piece of...
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May 16, 202417 min read
Big Humongous News! Plus a flat-tire frolic and the significance of Louisiana soup: Chile and Argentina
First: Hey! I got a thing published! If you’ve gotten roped into a conversation with me in the past few months, I probably brought up the...
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Apr 12, 202419 min read
4 Reunions, 4 Reflections: A month in Honduras and Colombia
Waah, waah, you say. That’s you, weeping. Where's the blog?? Alright, I know. I’m pretty far behind. I meant to write this at an earlier...
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Feb 19, 202419 min read
Hippie Island, Anatomy of a Bike Ride, and Backflips: 2 Weeks in Nicaragua
There I was, standing on the bow of the ferry, wind threatening to rip off my baby blue El Salvador hat, traveling across the largest...
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Feb 2, 202421 min read
Shrek Lessons, Mood Swings, and Sprinting Down the Volcano: 3 Weeks in El Salvador
A note: Chronology is the sequencing of time. Chronometry is the measurement of time. (Cosmetology is the lady that does my toes.) This...
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Dec 18, 202324 min read
Lava, Locos, and Lakeside Disaster: Near-death and adventure, one month in Guatemala
It's 9 pm and the creatures are out and about at the one and only bar in Jaibalito -- a tiny village on the shores of Lake Atitlán,...
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Nov 21, 202323 min read
Revolution, Coca Cola, Outdoor Adventures, and Quantifiable Decay; The Final Push in Ol' Mexico
Research, for science Like a clown after the last circus show, like an emo singer after the farewell concert, I looked myself in the...
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