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The day I ate whale

August 6, 2012
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Tweet If you know me personally, or if you’ve read the post I wrote on my 7 travel truths, you’ll know this: I don’t like to experiment with food. Especially when I’m on the road. Which is why I still can’t believe that I voluntarily ate whale while in Norway.

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Guatemala’s Caribbean Coast in Photos

March 21, 2012

Tweet In Livingston, Guatemala Did you know that Guatemala has a Caribbean Coast?    Don’t worry, I didn’t either. When I think of the Caribbean, I think of beaches in the Dominican Republic, waterfalls and reggae in Jamaica, yachts in the Bahamas or Belize, and fruity drinks in  Cuba or Cancun.  I don’t think of [...]

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Why Spanish class in Guatemala didn’t prepare me for the Spanish in Chile

September 30, 2011

Tweet I just spent 4 weeks in Guatemala travelling around the country and speaking Spanish. I spent nearly 40 hours in Spanish lessons over the course of two weeks. I haggled in markets, warded off unwanted advances by virile Guatemalan males, and completed complex administrative tasks during my stay. My diploma, pictured above, says I [...]

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Going…going…gone

September 26, 2011

Tweet At a butterfly farm in Panajachel, Guatemala Destination: GUA-MIA-YYZ Thanks to the magic of post-dating my blog posts, by the time you read this, I will probably be flying somewhere over Mexico, having departed from Guatemala City’s airport. While I am leaving Guatemala, I still have some stories and pictures to share from here, [...]

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Why the worst thing about travelling solo is getting sick.

September 24, 2011

Tweet I’ve rejoined the living after spending the last two days in bed, thanks to a wicked bout of food poisoning that had me running from both ends (TMI, sorry). I has thusly realized that the worst part of travelling solo = getting sick and suffering alone. I spent the last 36+ hours locked up [...]

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Ruins in Copan, Honduras

September 21, 2011

Tweet Psst! Have you entered my giveaway to win a handmade Guatemalan bag yet? If not, check out this post for the details! You still have until next Monday to enter! It seems like ages ago that Liebling and I literally made a run for the border and found ourselves in Copan, Honduras, site of [...]

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My current home away from home

September 18, 2011

Tweet As I spend the next few weeks poring over rental websites with Liebling in search of a decently appointed, moderately-priced, well-located apartment in London (near impossible!), I thought I’d talk a little bit about my current housing situation here in Guatemala. This is where I’ve been laying my head for the last 10 days [...]

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My first soccer game and a Spanish school update

September 16, 2011

Tweet MY FIRST SOCCER GAMEOf all the the things I’ve done in life, and of all the experiences I have had in my almost 30 years on this planet, I have never in my life attended a professional soccer game. Been on a soccer team (in grade 3) and gone to practice, sure. I’ve even [...]

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Guatemalan Independence Day

September 13, 2011

Tweet On September 15th, Guatemala celebrated 190 years of independence from Spain. Events leading up to this big anniversary have been festive and feverishly prideful.For the last week, people all over my town of La Antigua have been wearing the Guatemalan colours, blue and white, and proudly displaying their flags and other national paraphenelia. I [...]

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