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Draw me no Balkan borders

Even within a single country there are spaces unfamiliar to most citizens....

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Natural Identity

There’s something about the Mayan ruins of Caracol—located in southwestern Belize—that seems to exude a sense of profound awareness...

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From South Africa

We’ve stamped out of South Africa, and crossed the bridge over the Limpopo River where the N-1 north becomes Zimbabwe’s A6, and we need to get our passports stamped in a one-story brick building...

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The art of the bucket bath

When I decided to travel to Uganda this past summer I did so largely in an effort to challenge myself. I wanted to confront uncertain situations and to try new things...

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Even within a single country there are spaces unfamiliar to most citizens.

There’s something about the Mayan ruins of Caracol—located in southwestern Belize—that seems to exude a sense of profound awareness.

When I was a junior in high school my family spent a year living in Oxford, England. I went to an international boarding school where most of the other students were wealthy jet-setters;

When I decided to travel to Uganda this past summer I did so largely in an effort to challenge myself. I wanted to confront uncertain situations and to try new things.

We’ve stamped out of South Africa, and crossed the bridge over the Limpopo River where the N-1 north becomes Zimbabwe’s A6.

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4:12 am on February 18

Riding Malagasy public transportation, commonly known as “taxi-be,” involves chasing a moving vehicle, possibly nudging and/or being nudged (or, during rush hour, pushing and/or being pushed) onto and into a retro-looking bus (which is actually more like a van,) scooting through four or five narrow rows of seats, and sitting in whatever sort of empty space (or crevice) that one can finagle.

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