Travel
The Bareness of Fate
Sometimes what we need arrives in a surprise package, like the guy who sits next to you on a tiny boat in the Caribbean ocean, on an overly expensive trip you had no intention of taking even as the determined
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Lifestyle
Don’t Be Afraid to Let Go
“We did a bad thing.” R looks remorseful at me as I wander towards him from my bedroom where I’ve been packing. He went out to start our vehicles a few minutes ago and is rubbing his hands to warm
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Travel
Who Knows Where the Road Goes — Puerto Escondido
After surfing I return to my hotel before hunting down breakfast. It’s later in the day and not many places are serving it anymore let alone just a bowl of fruit. My hotel is within a five minute walk to
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Travel
Voy a Surfear — Punta Zicatela
Remamo, remamo, remamo & up! Norberto looks critically at the position of my feet on the surfboard he drew for me in the sand. Although I went surfing for my first time in Tofino I didn’t take a lesson and
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Travel
Como te llamas — Puerto Escondido
Either I have finally found myself or I have found my place in the world, either way I have not been this happy since I was about 8 years old. I arrive at Huatulco airport on a typical hot afternoon.
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Travel
Medellín — Take Two
After the whirlwind of Cartagena, I feel a little out of place being back in Medellín yet I booked myself three more days here so I would have the opportunity to do the things I didn’t get to on my
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