(the sunrise, this morning, in oregon) ***** (A letter to two former neighbors, dear friends, and fellow divemasters, who continue to live in Taganga, in the hotel of the house where I was living in…
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the crime of colombia
Back on the border between Ecuador and Colombia and the first words that I heard upon making contact in this county echo from the corridor of what seems a curiously distant past… “They are going…
the not so sunny side
(My entire hostel in Cartegena was woken up and all the rooms were systematically searched on the morning of the weekend that Bush visited Uribe in Cartegena last month. Snipers patrolled the rooftops and police…
meet my family
After enjoying our evening English sessions so much, I was invited to move into the house to share in a season with one of the most carinoso, loving and fun families I’ve ever encountered in…
the joy margin
There comes a point, along the path of every traveller, when in one neck-stiffening and heart-palpitating moment, you come to a course changing conclusion enlightened by a single flashing revelation… Um. Pretty, yes. But the…
looking up
(New pictures in the Colombia Album) The heat has exhausted me and I slide under the shade of a palm-thatched hut on the beachfront. Small, tanned, naked children roll around on the sand floor absorbed…
out of office
Wandering but not lost. On a 6 day trek to La Ciudad Perdida (the lost city.) Here are some pics I found online while mine are in the making…) (sol’s travel photos) (about sol) (some…
off spring sprung
*Did you just get goosebumps? Because I did!* So my mother would like to clarify for the “blog-record” that she is NOT “fine” (as I had previously assumed and posted) with my going to Colombia,…