Cartagena, Colombia Cartagena, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love your pink sunsets and blue walls, your orange fruits and green drinks. I love your sleepy chihuahuas…
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San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua This is a travel blog. It is not a blog about love or romance; I barely hint at my love life most of the time, of the…
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Granada, Nicaragua “Can you write a poem for me?” I asked strangers on the sidewalks. I thrust a notebook into their surprised hands But the pages remain blank. Nicaragua, you glittering jewel, you…
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Las Peñitas, Nicaragua “You want one?” the young girl with perhaps a tad too much eyeliner asked me in halting English. I was sitting on the loud, crowded, sweaty, and yet somehow…
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Agra, India My ten-year high school reunion is taking place this weekend in Canada; I won’t be attending, as I am currently in Honduras. Tonight and tomorrow, dozens of my former classmates…
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Some Beet and Ginger Concoction I Thought Would Cure Me (Antigua, Guatemala) If you read my blog over the past couple of weeks, you know that I was struck by a cold…