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TOURING GUATEMALA (3): Unplugged in Semuc Champey

April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 First Person ForeignBeauty

We woke up on our third day of travel in Flores, and made it onto the bus without a problem. This time we would not wait for the bus to come to us, like the[…]

TOURING GUATEMALA (2): 2 Forgotten Gringas, Little Caesar, Treasures of Tikal and Tuc-Tuc Traffic

April 15, 2019April 19, 2019 First Person ForeignBeauty

In Flores, we woke up at 4:15am for our 4:30 bus and, de hecho, we were outside at 4:33am in the dark. It’s hard with la hora chapina to know if 4:30 is 4:30 or[…]

TOURING GUATEMALA: Night Bus to Flores, I’m an RPCV and I’ll cry if I want to

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 First Person ForeignBeauty

NIGHT BUS TO FLORES: When Amanda and I left on the night bus, we grabbed some street beans “amoebeans” we called them, and myself with chao mein on styrofoam plates. Local AF. I couldn’t believe[…]

This Time Last Year (-ish) | Hello From Wales!

May 15, 2016May 15, 2016 First Person ForeignEurope

04/17/15 My Letter to Friends: Hello from Wales! Update from the Eurotrail: (excuse my putting ‘euro’ in front of as many words as europossible): To recap my trip so far 1: London, 2: Glasgow, Scotland, 3:[…]

First Letter from Europe | Kensington, London

April 22, 2016April 24, 2016 First Person ForeignEurope

Hello My FRamily on this Easter Sunday, I have texted with a few of you, emailed with a few of you, and the rest of you aren’t sure whether or not I made it here.[…]

My First Day in Europe | London

April 22, 2016April 22, 2016 First Person ForeignBeauty

I’d heard about London my whole life. In college, a handful of my friends went there for a semester. Their profile pictures featured Big Ben. I’d heard about traveling around Europe, and imagined doing it[…]