life on a one-way ticket

While visiting the local nursery in search of flowers and plants to brighten up the hostel, Miles and I built up a collection of our own. Th...

A constant conversation among guests at the hostel is how nice Colombians and especially people in Medellín are. Travelers observe a disti...

Alright, it is finally time for a long overdue blog about T&A, also known as ‘tits and ass.’ The women out here have these unbelievable ...

Speaking of offensive ways to get people’s attention, I never wrote about one of the most surprising forms of address down here. This woul...

Miles and I finished our night out with empanadas, the Medellín equivalent of hotdogs in Seattle, pizza in New York, and falafel in London...

Having been in Colombia for six months, I finally made my first visit to the capitol, Bogota. And . . . I loved it. I love Medellín too, o...