Mazatlán
August 11, 2024, México. I awoke and packed, heading to Mazatlán. It was already a scorcher at 8:30am. I hoped to arrive early enough to walk around the old town. […]
Tag Archives: Solo travel
Drake Bay, Osa Peninsula
September 24, 2023, Costa Rica. I was sad to leave Ma and Eli, but I was running out of time with the rental car. Diego at Alamo had generously given […]
Rancho Los Palos, Cerro Gavilanes
September 21, 2023, Costa Rica. Given how much I’d done the day before, I was surprised to wake up easily at 7 a.m. I had offered to take Machita to […]
La Sierra
September 18, 2023, Costa Rica. It was my last day at Russ’s, and I knew I had to scoot when the cleaners came. Sure enough, I heard them babbling away […]
Santa Catalina
August 24, 2023, Panama. I woke at 6:30 to catch the 7 a.m. shuttle to Santa Catalina, to check out the charming beach town on the Pacific. I had a […]
Bariloche and Villa Angostura
July 28, 2012. I spent five days in Bariloche, doing my best to escape the tourist-laden bustle of town each day. The place felt like a version of Disneyland, polished […]
Chiloé
July 25, 2012. It has been a month since I last posted. Access to a computer has been scarce, and honestly, I haven’t felt much like writing. Sleep has been […]
Valdivia and Puerto Varas
June 28, 2012. The rain hasn’t let up—falling hard, nearly two inches a day. I haven’t seen the sun in over a week, but at night, the sound of it […]
Pucón
June 18, 2012. During the month I spent in Santiago, I met a flautist street musician, and we started spending time together. For the last week or so of my […]
Santiago de Chile
March 1, 2012. I had planned to fly to Buenos Aires on April 3. Already in early March, I was knee-deep in frantic packing. I’d been looking forward to Carnival […]
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