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Riding on Buses with Married Men

By on June 25, 2018

I had to take 4 buses and 5 hours to get to Tanya for her birthday. To get there I walk out of my house on the corner (after saying bye to Abuelita, Host Mom and Host Sister), take a right when I come to the first intersection and…


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‘ito | Foreigner Alphabet

By on April 30, 2018

‘I’ is not a letter that starts a lot of words in Spanish. Iglesia, sure, izquierda, iniciar, inauguración.. but I can’t think of a ton of Guatemalan expressions that start with the ‘I.’
But when I was thinking of chapínisms, muletinas de Guatemala (slang/local expressions), I kept thinking of ‘ito’s.
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A Very Unusual February (in Peace Corps)

By on March 3, 2018

It turns out that 31 is not too old to experience something new and unexpected for the first time. If you’re starting to feel moldy from routine, Peace Corps is for you. But I’m referring to a renewed specialness for something very sweet and sometimes frustrating and ultimately childish…

NS
Ketchikan, Alaska

All you have to do to sell all of your things and move across the world is to do it.