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Cucuta, Colombia – New Friends, Inspiration, And Venezuela’s Contraband Gas Station

January 24, 2012

Crossing The Venezuela-Colombia Border I left Merida, Venezuela at 8am on a bus destined for San Cristobal, Venezuela. Though the journey is only 180km/112mi, it took 6 hours. There was the 30 minute stop for lunch, lots of slow uphill climbs, winding through the mountains, and speed bumps in the small towns we passed through. [...]

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The 12-Hour Journey To Nicaragua – Being Adopted By A Salvadoran Family and Managua Chaos

November 14, 2011

I got up at 3:20am since the pickup truck would be ready to take me down the hill to Yoloaiquin at 4am. I packed the last of my belongings and at 4am and started a really long journey to Nicaragua. The route included taking chicken buses from Yoloaiquin to highway “dieciocho” or “18” and then [...]

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Volunteering With Cape Cares Medical Brigade In Honduras & Questioning Everything

November 5, 2011

I met Valerie in Copan Ruinas. She was learning Spanish and I was volunteering with El Camino a la Superacion. She was awesome and there existed the possibility that she’d be in Tegucigalpa this past weekend volunteering with a medical brigade. In the end, she was much closer to where I am staying in El [...]

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Traveling to Yoloaiquin And Feeling Abundantly Welcomed!

October 31, 2011

I left San Salvador on Wednesday (26-Oct-11) afternoon to head to San Miguel. In San Miguel I would meet up with Jorge, a member of Comencemos – the organization I am volunteering with here. Comencemos means “We Start” in English. I promise it sounds better in Spanish, and it fits here since they really are [...]

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The Nicest Guy In Guatemala City, Making My Arrival Significantly Better

October 9, 2011

I left Maya Pedal on Friday and took a chicken bus to Guatemala City. Thankfully, the bus wasn’t crowded since I went in the early afternoon. When we got to Guatemala City, I asked the guy in front of me if the bus went to the city center. He wasn’t much help, but the guy [...]

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Surviving My First Chicken Bus Ride

October 3, 2011

From Quetzeltenango (aka Xela) I took a “chicken bus” to San Andres Itzapa. To say it was an experience is an understatement. A chicken bus is an old American yellow school bus that has been repainted (and probably retrofitted). It provides a very affordable way to travel between cities in Guatemala. Other cities in Latin [...]

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