Author: Nick
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Yum: Licor de Serpiente
Travel rule #1: When you’re in a restaurant owned by a guy with a Stetson hat and an epic handlebar moustache, and the drink list contains a house specialty called Licor de Serpiente (Snake Juice), you order it. Had the proprietor, Shanta, showed me the bottle of yellowing liquor with the actual, full-grown Coral snake…
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Galapagos Island Hopping
Although we had originally planned to volunteer right up until we had to leave for our cruise, due to unfavorable ferry schedules and our long weekends off at Jatun Sacha, we decided it made more sense to leave the reserve the Saturday before the Wednesday our cruise left (so, ok, we’re also at fault for…
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Videos: Bogota, Salento, Galapagos
While we put the finishing touches on our next and last Galapagos post (and a few other goodies we’re working on for you), here are some videos we’ve taken on the trip. Uploading videos takes a long time and a lot of patience with the hostel and cyber cafe Internet connections we’ve been forced to…
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Galapagos Introduction
The Galapagos islands are truly one of the most unique places on Earth, and we thought we’d start telling you about our 19 days there with this post, which I hope will describe some of the fascinating things we learned about the islands. I’ll try to convey some of the excitement and awe we felt…
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Bogota and Salento
Well, after the scary way things got started in Bogota, the rest of our time there went smoothly. Unfortunately the attempted mugging left us a little nervous: needlessly judgmental about many of the people we saw and met, hesitant to leave our hostel at night, and overall unable to enjoy the city as fully as…
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Wheels Down Cartagena
Wow. The last 48 hours have been a struggle. We spent most of them running around DC, taking care of the things that need taking care of when you’re leaving home for a year, and trying to put our lives in storage. Last night we asked some friends to come to a send-off happy hour,…
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How Did We Get Here?
Usually when we tell someone about our plans, the response is a wide-eyed mixture of amazement, disbelief, and envy. Most people immediately think that they could never do anything of the sort, but for a few people, we’re planting a seed in their minds, much as our friends Dan and Jillian from ishouldlogoff did for…