I forgot the ring. I stood there at the absolute perfect place, a sun setting low while I stood perched with the woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with looking out on the the single most majestic sight I have ever seen in my life. Every element was perfect. Everything was…
I am a contrarian by nature. In fact, though it may not seem so, I spend a lot of mental energy trying to control this part of my personality. I let it breathe when talking about Tarantino’s terrible movies or how overrated Mezcal is, and make it take a back seat on things that matter.…
When planning this trip, there were of course some major things we knew we absolutely wanted to see no matter what. Tikal and Lago de Atitlan in Guatemala. The Salar de Uyuni and Lago Titicaca in Bolivia. Machu Picchu and Lima1 in Peru. There were other things however that were less geographically specific. We wanted…
A dirty little secret about backpackers is that they don’t always gave the best reputation internationally. Notoriously cheap, they will often spend 15 minutes haggling over $2 with a taxi because they don’t want to be “ripped off.” They can create insular communities within towns that cater specifically to backpackers yet somehow manage to keep…
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