I’ve become pretty accustomed to living out of my backpack as I’ve been doing it for over 2 years now, but when gearing up for my trip to Cuba, I just knew that it was going to be a little…
People fascinate me. How they look. How they talk. How they smell (bem, not all people smell “fascinating”). But people are definitely one of the major things that I observe and analyze while traveling. Interacting with the local people & discovering…
In Part 1 of this 2-part series, I detalhado meus estereótipos de Cuba, que acabou por ser falsa. Although they were far fewer, I definitely had some stereotypes of Cuba that turned out to be true during my travels there. Estereótipo:…
"Para viajar é descobrir que todo mundo está errado sobre os outros países." – Aldous Huxley For an American preparing for a trip to Cuba, não houve escassez de cenários que passaram pela minha cabeça. Como iria viajar através de um comunista,…
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I consistently get questions, warnings, & advice from all sorts of people about my safety while traveling. At first I thought that this was just a temporary thing. I thought that after I uploaded a certain amount of Facebook pictures showing…
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Quais são alguns dos obstáculos comuns quando aprendem espanhol? Aprender espanhol é difícil! The challenge to learn another language is a huge commitment, e mais do que provável que você vai querer desistir em algum momento. Esta é a segunda parte de…
When you think of Costa Rica, you think of the beach. Sure you’ve got the rain forest, the volcanoes, the monkeys, & the rivers, but most people go to Costa Rica to get some serious beach bumming in. In fact,…
Couchsurfing.org is one of the greatest internet inventions ever for traveling, but unfortunately over the years some people have done their best to turn it into another sleazy “hook-up” network, and use the website to get play. Before I go further…
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Quais são alguns dos obstáculos comuns quando aprendem espanhol? Aprender espanhol é difícil! The challenge to learn another language is a huge commitment, e mais do que provável que você vai querer desistir em algum momento. O objetivo deste podcast é…