Arequipa to Tacna part deux
11/22/19 – 11/28/19 Altitude can have strange effects on the human body. Thickened blood and pressure on the brain can cause a number of unexpected issues. In many cases, a person’s fitness is irrelevant. It was cold and dark by six and we went to bed early. I awoke around nine thirty and noticed that
Arequipa to Tacna Part I
11/19/19 – 11/22/19 Arequipa outskirts. Bus exhaust breakfast. Hectic hustling through traffic, but soon discover ourselves removed from urban confines and in mountain bordering pueblos. In the air a mixture of mesquite, parched desert, and grilled chicken. Lunch in Pocsi. Asked if the water was potable and a woman confirmed in a curious manner as
Lamas to Chachapoyas
10/18/19 – 10/25/19 I was up at five in the morning due to an over achieving rooster. I decided to work on my Spanish a bit and opened up my frequency dictionary, which lists the words of a language in order of the ones most commonly used. I took note that “Dios,” or “God,” is
Cartegena to the Andes: More mangoes, better mangoes
7/20/19 – 7/29/119 I’d been building Colombia up in my mind for weeks. The chaos of densely populated Central American towns had left me yearning for a bit of desolation. In my head, I had painted it to be a place where we could slip away from civilization again. I had no basis for this