2020-01-12
A quick photo summary of our trip to the Galapagos Islands! Fam selfie in the Guayaquil airport on our way to San Cristobal One of my favorite parts of San Cristobal was the overwhelming presence of sea lions. We kept finding them in the funniest spots—chairs, porches, sidewalks. The view from the balcony of our...
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2020-01-11
The Chickens The walls in the house are yellow more similar to the color of sand on the beach of Ocean City rather than the sand along the roads in Tivaouane. Noise was normal for a weekday night: the fighting and laughing of my siblings, the television blasting telenovelas, the buzzing of mosquitoes, the singing...
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2020-01-11
“We all have a lot of identities that we carry around with us. One of these identities is the victim identity, which takes up a lot more thought. When it takes up a lot of space, we forget about the other identities that we have and the other ways that we can connect with other...
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2020-01-09
Hello hello hello dear friends! It has been four months since I arrived here in Thies, Senegal and I have to say one of the things I have loved and admired the most since being here (apart from my amazing host family and friends here) is the fashion. Creativity is abundant here in Thies, and...
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September 30, 2019 It’s Already Been a Month! I heard my host mom, Monica, tell her sister that it was already the 24th of September and I could barely make my brain process that it’s nearly been a month since I’ve been in Ecuador. I’ve gotten comfortable with my host family and have even introduced them to...
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2020-01-08
pictured in photo: Ndeye Marda and Mame Diarra https://open.spotify.com/user/mooselibrett/playlist/6qwe5eAKqQ1QbVlibQy7Se?si=Reu8Pc1oSl6-SYJMgcmHQg 1. Whole Wide World(unpeeled) by Cage The Elephant This song sounds like the mid morning market. 2. Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine This song sounds like the way the sun rises in the morning. 3....
Read More2020-01-06
Chennai: Photo Diaries This is an entire highlight reel (kind of ?) Chennai was my first stop upon my independent travel trip and boy did it shake me up. Before Chennai, I thought everything was going to be quite…...nonchalant? Ever since I got to India I would say I easily adapted. With ease, I got...
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