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…
Seine 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…
“Dies ist kein echtes Habano.” “Dies ist nicht eine echte kubanische Zigarre.” …unser Taxifahrer sagte sachlich-nüchtern, als er das Ende meiner Zigarre hin und her zwischen den Fingern und kleine Stücke von Tabakblättern gerollt fiel aus. Ich schnappte sich die Zigarre…
So once we cross the border, we’re basically just gonna book it straight to your house, Recht? 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! Bubble springen alle über mich & Starten Sie mir ein Aufruf “kommunistische Verräter” oder so, lassen Sie mich nur sagen, dass ich die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika lieben. Sie glauben mir nicht? Wie Kampf dieses: Ich bin weiß,…
2015 was a big year. Die US- & Kuba begonnen, die Beziehungen wieder zu öffnen. Donald Trump called for a Muslim ban. Selfie sticks were outlawed at Disney Land. Auf einer persönlichen Anmerkung, 2015 für mich war auch groß. It was the…
People fascinate me. How they look. How they talk. How they smell (gut, 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, Passieren der US / mexikanischen Grenze war unsere erste wirkliche Herausforderung, and arriving…
I’m always looking to practice my Spanish as I travel, und einer meiner Lieblings-Dinge zu tun ist, um den lokalen Markt zu gehen. Markets in Latin America are so vibrant & colorful, and are at the very center of life in many…