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Better than the Amazing Race
“What a ridiculous show,” was my first thought when The Amazing Race came out many years ago. Why travel around the world to spend just […]
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7 Surprising Observations about the Galápagos
If you’d asked me a week ago if I was the type of person who would swim with sharks, I’d have answered with an emphatic […]
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In Between
Not every moment of travel can be as thrilling as hiking to Choquequirao or visiting friends in Brazil and Chile or hanging out in Rio […]
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Choque-Carry-On
While scrubbing five days of mud, sweat, sunscreen and insect repellant off of my body I felt identical bulges on the back of each leg. […]
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Arequipa
“Yes, stay,” is what “Ari qhipay” means in Quechua. One legend says that the name for the city came from this answer that was given […]
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Ground Control to Señor Tim
A train trip I took from Denver to Salt Lake City last year made me feel like I was on another planet. The landscapes in […]
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Feels Like Bolivia
Prepare the Cabin “Flight attendants, prepare the cabin for crossing the Andes.” In all my years of flying I have never heard such an announcement. […]
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Family, Friends, Futebol
“Your Portuguese is 99%. How did you learn to speak it?” I can’t get enough of these compliments, even if it came from the husband […]
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Maravilhosa
Rio is known as the “Cidade Maravilhosa” and it really is marvelous. I’ve been here many times and it never gets old. The rain forest-covered […]
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Goodbye for Now, Casa Maren
“Tim, thank you for everything. With you, I was happy. You were my favorite teacher.” Wow, how could I not be overwhelmed with joy after […]
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Ecstatic
“There’s an ecstatic dance just across the way,” my new friend Lily told me as we were strolling through the small market at Zafra, a […]
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Fellow Activists
Last Sunday morning, when I normally am participating in the Westerly Anti-Racism Coalition weekly gathering, I noticed fellow activists gathering outside of the church on […]
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Another Lost Gringo?
Note: There’s still time to donate to Fundación Poder Joven where I’m volunteering. See my previous two posts for more details. Thank you to those […]
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La Voz
It took me awhile, but I slowly began to realize how important the talent show was to the staff and kids at Casa Maren, where […]
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La Finca
“Profe, there’s three tunnels we’re going to pass through!” my seat mate excitedly told me as we headed out of Medellín with thirty kids from […]
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Goals, Bachata, and a Rock
I planned on writing about other Medellín topics but my mind keeps coming back to these kids at Fundación Poder Joven, so here we go […]