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I’ve been talking to a lot of people about how we remember. How I will remember this experience, how we construct memories of our own lives, and how we remember communal memories – a history that either we participated it in or that constructed the world as we know it. Experiences stack upon each other, … Continue reading
The earth: it’s impressive. I find myself gaping at the raw and dark faces of the mountains that rise up from the dry, hot landscape around Santiago. As we climb up switchback after switchback the slopes push up more violently from the valleys they have filled with rubble. A glacier dominates a towering peak in … Continue reading
Food for me is integral to culture, to identity. Some people might not agree, but try spending more than a month in another country and I bet you’ll be having food conversations with every expat you find. Homesickness manifests itself in cravings. Even if you don’t put that much thought or effort into what you … Continue reading
I haven’t seen a cloud for days. The sky stretches onward, a soft reflection of the ocean, merging with the sparkling water and dripping between the hills where the multi-colored houses teeter forever upward to meet it. I’ve been transported from winter into a hot summer on the beach that is in full swing. The … Continue reading
The Jewel of the Pacific. An apt name for Valparaíso with its strings of houses undulating up the hills, each a different color, competing to be the brightest. Combined with classic Victorian architecture and the numerous giant boats that decorate the harbor, it certainly is a city with many facets. But it also is more … Continue reading
6 cm of rain was in the forecast for Cochamó. This quantity of precipitation would turn the trail into a mud pit, making it impassible. I made the obvious decision to leave early to avoid not only being stuck in a remote valley while my supplies dwindled, but also testing the durability of my small … Continue reading
Upon setting out on this next trip I found myself wondering, as I spoke to fellow travelers on the plane and buses, what compels us to travel? What even is the point? How would each person who finds themselves immersed in the foreign answer this question? Maybe we just exalt in the different, in what … Continue reading
Like many young, liberal travelers I would like to think that I have rejected materialism. I am not my things. I am not my Ikea couch and coffee table set. I am not my wardrobe. You can not measure my worth by what I own, etc. While I think it’s fairly obvious that no one … Continue reading
Bodily functions aren’t something we think about, analyze and contemplate all that much on a day to day basis. Until you’re in a developing country. Then you think about them too much, and your body begins to betray you in ways you never though possible, and impress you in ways you never appreciated. It’s funny … Continue reading
Rights. It’s a loaded word; ambiguous, slippery, and easily manipulated, yet it’s a cornerstone of American vocabulary. We have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Republicans preach the right to keep your hard earned money while democrats rattle off facts about healthcare and welfare. I think I have a right to … Continue reading
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