Did you know that deep in the Colombian jungle, hidden amongst the mountains, and far away from any sort of modern-day civilization, lies the ruins of an ancient pre-Colombian empire? The remnants of a fallen city that were so secluded & wild…
We set out this past summer on an epic roadtrip across the United States in order to get to know my own country better and see many of the places that I had learned about in elementary school geography class, but still…
It’s 5:45 a.m. Here I am blinking and staring stupidly at my computer screen in some coffee shop in the Atlanta airport after taking the redeye from Guatemala and sleeping somewhere between 1.5 hours & screaming baby. It’s so early that…
“Esto no es un Habano verdadero.” “This is not a real Cuban cigar.” …our taxi driver said matter-of-factly as he rolled the end of my cigar back and forth between his fingers and little pieces of tobacco leaves dropped out. I snatched the cigar…
So once we cross the border, we’re basically just gonna book it straight to your house, right? If there was any part of Mexico that I was nervous about driving through, it was the north of the country upon crossing the…
Now before all the overly patriotic ‘MURICA! bubbleheads jump all over me & start calling me a “communist traitor” or something, let me just say that I love the United States of America. Don’t believe me? How bout this: I’m white,…
2015 was a big year. The US & Cuba started to open relations again. Donald Trump called for a Muslim ban. Selfie sticks were outlawed at Disney Land. On a more personal note, 2015 was big for me too. It was the…
People fascinate me. How they look. How they talk. How they smell (well, not all people smell “fascinating”). But the local people are definitely one of the major things that I observe and analyze while traveling. Interacting with the local people…
It felt great to pull into Gio’s house in Mexico City after driving over 2,200 miles (3,600km) from my house in Georgia. Even though we were only on the road for 10 days, passing the US/Mexico border was our first real challenge, and arriving…
I’m always looking to practice my Spanish as I travel, and one of my favorite things to do is to go to the local market. Markets in Latin America are so vibrant & colorful, and are at the very center of life in many…