2020-01-05
I meant to post this back in September and never did, so here it is now. “and we’re off”: my ultimate travel-across-the-world-for-a-gap-year playlist Someday – triple j Like A Version – Julia Jacklin Shrike – Hozier Ease Up Kid – Demo – Hippo Campus Dog Years – Maggie Rogers Japanese Denim – Daniel Caeser Passenger...
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When I wrote my first blog, I went in with the thought that I would be posting a new one biweekly, or even monthly. It is now January 4th, I am halfway through this year and the last blog I posted was in September. I want to state that my lack of posts doesn’t have...
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Every day, and some days more than others, I am called a Toubab. “Toubab” is the Wolof word for “foreigner”, and due to my white skin, I am by default a toubab. One of the first things I learned how to say in Wolof was that I am not a toubab, and my name is...
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Greetings from the foot of the Himalayas in Macleod Ganj You can manage an unplanned trip without internet, it’s scary but you just have to trust people. India is a country of contrasts, unpredictability and intensity. It’s okay to take it all in small doses. Let yourself rest. Being a white tourist will make people...
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Views of the inactive volcano, Tayta Imbabura, from one of our morning hikes. 5AM – 8AM Wake up, with hours depending on whether or not we will take a morning hike around the volcano. I awake with the all-natural alarms of geese honking, roosters crowing, and the baby...
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2019-12-30
For the longest time, I felt that I could not write. I have the privilege of my hands, brain nevertheless writing utensils to do so, but mentally a prison’s gate resided on top of my journalistic hopes and dreams. I felt like what I had to say about India would never be enough to surmise...
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2019-12-28
(Before we start, just know this blog was written over the course of a month.) As I think about my past 4 months in Ecuador, both a lot and a little come to mind. Part of me feels like I have been here for no time at all, knowing I will always be a foreigner....
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