Setting off for México
August 1, 2024, California. I finally took the plunge. I’d been delaying leaving on my trip for Mexico since July. But a camp reunion in early October and travel plans […]
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Isla Ometepe
October 9, 2023, Nicaragua. It was still raining hard when I reached the Alamo rental agency at the Nicaraguan border in Peñas Blancas. They told me I needed to get […]
El Valle
September 29, 2023, Costa Rica. What a glorious day. I drove back up the steep hill toward Palmar Norte, stopping at the top to take in the view of the […]
Lungau, Austria
August 15, 2022. I hadn’t slept all night, spiraling with anxiety about whether my housemate would agree to move. Bleary eyed, I checked my email and there it was—his message […]
Remembering Brian
Brian Stoll met me slogging up the road toward Boquete Tree Trek Mountain Resort. I’d been walking about 40 minutes when I heard a car approach, and not thinking he […]
Lisa Karpinski 