The roads of Taganga are dirt, some chunks of asphalt remain, fighting the good fight, forming little ledges the motorcyclists must skirt. The houses here are made out of concrete and painted in vibrant colors. Our hostel is a mustard yellow. The interior walls are also […]
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Happy Mother’s Day mom, I love you. The ocean is calm today, the waves it breathes out to the shore are soft and welcoming. I know you would love it here, playing in the warm waters of the Caribbean. I’m so grateful for you mom. I […]
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I’m going to die… I hold my breath in anticipation of my impending doom. I wait a moment, then another, I exhale. I’m still alive! I look around in awe for what must be the 50th time in the fairly short flight. My god, this canyon […]
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“You must crunch up when you hit the water, like a bomb.” The guide demonstrates by crouching down into a ball and hugging his knees. “Why?” I look suspiciously over the edge of the little cliff into the muddy brown water. It seems a lot farther […]
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“Yo estoy embarazado!” I’m laughing with the Colombiano girl about tripping back into the bus. She widens her eyes and bursts into rapid Spanish and I think, congratulations? Hmmm… probably the wrong word. I write “embarazado” down in my little notebook. Words are quickly filling the […]
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Street art or graffiti wasn’t exactly the first thing that popped into my head when I thought of Colombia. And yet… as soon as I sat down in the taxi, Colombia became forever linked with street art for me. The streets, from the airport to our […]
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“I think it was a left…” Matt squints at a small hand-drawn map which labelling was taken as a loose suggestion on. We’ve circled our hostel in opposite directions at least twice. “Mmmm… okay.” I’m wandering in his wake, in awe of the street art decorating […]
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I’m not proud of the packing I did for this trip. At 2:15, exactly 45 minutes before I absolutely had to leave for the airport to travel for 18 months, I dumped the contents of a tote box three times larger than my backpack onto my […]
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We’ve had a few questions about what are plans will be for our stuff while we are gone. The trip started as an idea and we decided the first thing to do was to stop acquiring things to put into our house. This actually ended up […]
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When I started choosing clothing for our RTW trip I spent countless hours researching, trying to pick the perfect item for every type of weather I might encounter. Now we are a little over three months into the trip and I have some thoughts on […]
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Dear Matt, So we’re getting ready to set out on a pretty big journey together and I know you’re feeling a little scared. I’m scared too. In July we’ve been married for four years and some days those months seem to pass in the blink of […]
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