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The Second Tallest Man in the Yucatan
January 22, 2025 “It’s like Amazon.com …only alive” Colleen Dobbs We were crossing the street heading south across the now familiar Plaza...
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3 days ago5 min read
Another City, Another Walk
January 20, 2025 “But I am not running away. I am running toward…toward adventure, toward discovery, toward diversity. And while I was...
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Flyin’ South
“You cannot make everyone happy all the time. You are not a taco” Mexican Axiom January 19, 2025 It was so cold when we left. We...
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May 4, 20244 min read
In My Eyes
May 2024 “We said we'd walk together, baby, come what may That come the twilight, should we lose our way If as we're walking, a hand...
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Feb 26, 20246 min read
There Are No Straight Lines
February 24-26, 2024 “People don't really go to museums in Rio. I shouldn't say it's not sophisticated, but, you know, they go to the...
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Feb 22, 20243 min read
Walking in Wakanda
February 21-22, 2024 “won·der /ˈwəndər/ noun: wonder - a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful,...
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Feb 19, 20245 min read
The JuJuy Highway
JuJuy ( - Pronounced “Who-whoie”) February 18-19, 2024 “There is no truth to the rumor that the local school mascot for the JuJuy...
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Feb 14, 20242 min read
Quebrada de las Conchas
February 13-14, 2024 “This natural masterpiece stands as a testament to the remarkable forces that have shaped our Earth and invites...
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Feb 12, 20245 min read
Good Food, Great Wine, & Giant Jesus
“‘Mendoza’ and ‘wine’, ‘wine’ and ‘Mendoza’. To an Argentinean, the words are almost interchangeable “ -The South American Specialists...
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Feb 6, 20243 min read
Unexpected Pleasures
February 4-5, 2024 “In the old times, we made up rhymes To sing ourselves to sleep at night It was wild means, singing horse dreams Did...
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Feb 4, 20246 min read
Covid, Colleen, and the 10% Moment
January 31-February 3, 2024 “We are going to have to agree to disagree” -Colleen Dobbs “Always remember in every situation your wife is...
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Jan 31, 20243 min read
Three Volcanoes
January 31, 2024 “Finding fresh seafood in Chile is like finding chlamydia at Burning Man….it’s everywhere!”---Anthony Bourdain Next to...
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Jan 27, 20244 min read
Chile
January 26-27, 2024 “These vast piles of snow, which never melt, and seem destined to last as long as the world holds together, present a...
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Jan 24, 20242 min read
Ice (Patagonia Part 3)
January 23, 2024 “Where the glacier meets the sky, the land ceases to be earthly, and the earth becomes one with the heavens; no sorrows...
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Jan 23, 20243 min read
The Mountain (Patagonia Part 2)
January 21, 2024 “Surfing and climbing are both useless sports. You get to be conquistadors of useless. You climb to the summit and there...
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Jan 22, 20245 min read
Stephen was right (Patagonia Part 1)
January 20, 2024 “I climbed a path and from the top looked up-stream towards Chile. I could see the river, glinting and sliding through...
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Jan 19, 20244 min read
Snapshots
January 17-18, 2024 “Buenos Aires is my favorite city. I think it's fantastic - but is a troubled, sort of psychologically troubled...
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Jan 16, 20243 min read
Uruguay
January 14-16, 2024 “The colonel stood up. “I hope you enjoy your trip to Uruguay. Its government is stable, democratic, and politically...
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Jan 14, 20243 min read
Ghosts
January 13, 2024 “Don't cry for me, Argentina The truth is, I never left you All through my wild days, my mad existence I kept my promise...
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Jan 13, 20243 min read
The First Stroll
January 12, 2024 “Buenos Aires has been graced with superlatives during its reign as South America’s leading city: ‘the Paris of the...
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