31 12, 2020

Pandemic Year 1: December 2020

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And the last month of this awful year continues. In early December I badly, badly, sprained my ankle. I had to send Tessa away to stay with my parents. So beyond work I mostly just laid around the house, not moving. I did buy an ankle scooter but it doesn't turn well in my condo. My parents sent me a delicious box of oranges and so mostly sat around eating those and listening to audio books (Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg, and the Bobverse books by Dennise E. Taylor) or working on my Paint by Number or holiday craft kits.

28 03, 2016

Travel Missteps: The Best Bar That I Never Went To

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After my strange “tour” of the Santa Clara ruins, I met a member of my G Adventures group, Tony. I relayed to him what had happened, and he offered to come with me as we went to find something to do that night. I really wanted to check out a bar that someone had recommended called Café No Sé. It is supposed to be a great ex-pat bar where all the travelers go. It was described as a bit bohemian with live music, and so sounded like a lot of fun. So we set off. I pride myself on my

6 01, 2014

Travel Missteps: Una blosa con hielo, por favor?

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Getting injured can be one of the worst things that can happen to you on a trip. For me, it is becoming a standard fact of travel. After spraining my ankle and then nearly fracturing my nose in Costa Rica, I decided to be extra prepared on my next trip. So I brought a thorough first aid kit and 2 ankle braces (so I could swap them out and not wear one every day). I thought I was prepared, little did I know I was wrong. On my second day of exploring Antigua, Guatemala I sprained my right ankle just

5 08, 2013

Travel Missteps: Memorializing Everything

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Tourists are criticized for having their camera plastered to their face for their entire trip instead of interacting to the world around them like a normal person. I can attest I've been on both sides of this argument, there has been trips I haven't taken many photos, and other times I've returned home with thousands of similar images. But sometimes the dangers of over-photographing a trip has little to do with missed moments vs lasting visual memories. Sometimes the dangers are very real, from tripping on things you aren't aware of, stepping out into traffic, or in my case: getting a fractured