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Is Your Imperfection Covering Up A Superpower?

April 23, 2012

I’m not sure when I realized it, but at some point when I was a teenager I realized my left breast was bigger than my right one and I became horribly self-conscious about it. I was heavier then, so their size was bigger and the difference was more exaggerated. I wore really baggy clothes partly [...]

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The Green Ecuadoran Coast – Fun, Semi-Volunteering, And Awesome People

April 7, 2012

Sua is a city with only three letters and I’ll always associate it with a word that has three letters: fun. I went to Sua to spend time with Jennifer, the awesome Peace Corps Volunteer who went above and beyond the call of duty to ensure I had a good time in what she calls [...]

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How “Let’s Visit A Waterfall” Turned Into Me Rappelling Down A Waterfall

April 3, 2012

On my second day with the Tsachilas, they said we’d visit a waterfall. Well, they told me lots of other things as well, but I didn’t fully understand what they said. I just knew that we’d be meeting two other Americans and we’d be going to a waterfall. Upon leaving, they told me it would [...]

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Lunch Lost In Translation = Me Milking Myself

March 13, 2012

On my first day in Popayan I decided to have a nice, sit down lunch at a local restaurant. The food here is quite cheap, so the prepared menu of the day lunch is only 3500 Pesos/$2. I asked what the menu of the day was. I didn’t understand one or two items she said, [...]

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Photo Friday – Man’s Best Friend – The Aldea Orphanage, Atacames, Ecuador

March 2, 2012

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Getting Sick In Colombia

February 27, 2012

In my final night in Manizales, the same night I was robbed, I got pretty sick. Upon waking up at 4am, the last thing you want to think about is whether you have enough time to run to the bathroom. But that’s how things unfolded. Unfortunately, I had a few more bathroom sessions in the [...]

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My Pursuit Of Happiness And The Changing Definition Of What It Means To Be Happy

February 22, 2012

When I was in Bogota, my friends would introduce me by saying that I’m on a round the world trip in search of happiness. That’s both right and wrong at the same time, but it really made me think where I am now in terms of my “pursuit of happiness.” The image to the left [...]

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A Sad Night On The Happy Nomad Tour

February 17, 2012

My awesome uncle, the inspiration for my Crazy Hair Fundraiser, has unfortunately passed away tonight. He will be missed and he was comforted in knowing that this project in his honor will do lots of good for those in need long after his passing. I set up this memorial page yesterday not realizing I’d have [...]

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Yokoi Kenji – Bridging Two Cultures To Make The World A Better Place

February 15, 2012

When I was in Medellin, my friend there told me about an inspirational guy named Kenji. He spoke to her team at BanColombia and she loved the speech. He recently received an award from the Colombian Parliament for the work he is doing and I told her I would try to get in touch with him. [...]

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