On the wall of the house where I stayed for the weekend was this advertisement for a local store.
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It`s time for another adventure...
What`s the deal with this blog?
I served in the Peace Corps and then traveled extensively throughout South America afterwards. This blog contains stories and observations from my journeys.
Reading list
- The Gringo: A Memoir
- Devil in the White City
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- Into the Wild
- Where There is No Doctor
- Introduction to Permaculture
- Che
- Brazil on the Rise
- How to Win Friends and Influence People
- Revolutionary Road
- Futbol a Sol y Sombra
- Amor en los Tiempos de Colera
- Outliers
- The Game
- 1491
- River of Darkness
- Traffic
- Two Ears of Corn
- The Viral Storm
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Eating Animals
- Three and Out
- River of Doubt
- Regulating Vice
- Raquela
- Inverting the Pyramid
- I'm a Stranger Here Myself
- To Heal a Fractured World
- Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina
- More Than a Game
- Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
- Mountains Beyond Mountains
- The Builder's Apprentice
- Norwegian Wood
- Don Quijote
- Henry IV
- Crónica de una muerte anunciada
- Made to Stick
- The Moral Animal
- A Confederacy of Dunces
- Richard II
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- The Professor and the Madman
- Created in Darkeness by Troubled Americans
- The Bin Ladens
- Start-up Nation
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
- The Fools of Chelm
- The Kite Runner
- Save the Deli
- Three Cups of Tea
- The Tipping Point
- Hot, Flat, and Crowded
- A Brave New World
- El Alquimista
- East of Eden
- American Pastoral
- All Men Are Brothers
- In Cold Blood
- A Civil Action
- Life of Pi
- The Call of the Wild
- The Blue Sweater
- Return of the King
- The Two Towers
- The Fellowship of the Ring
- As They See `Em
- How We Decide
- The Good Rat
- Breakfast of Biodiversity
- A Separate Peace
- Liberators
- The Book Thief
- In a Sunburned Country
- Let It Rot
- Interpreter of Maladies
- Saving Israel
- Walk in the Woods
- Omnivore´s Dilemma
- On the Road
- Born Standing Up
- The Audacity of Hope
- The Bourne Idendity
- Pride and Prejudice
Bus Movies
- Colombiana - 2
- Fast and the Furious - 2
- Courageous - 1
- Bucket List - 1
- Extremely Loud and Incredible Close - 1
- What's a bus movie?
Mis palabras favoritas
- Idear - To devise, think, invent
- Cachivaches - Gadgets
- Hacer la grande - To poop one's pants (Make a huge mistake)
- Censar - To conduct census activities
- Yugular - Jugular
- Esbelto - Svelte
- Osar - To venture
- Boicotear - To boycott
- Chocobananera - Chocolate-covered banana saleswoman
- Buscaminas - Minesweeper
- El efe - ¨The man¨
- Roquear - To rock
- Ensacar - To bag
- Jigga - Gigabyte
- Deshierbar - To weed
- Señor del mundo - Adon Olam
- Un solo cabrito - Khad Gadya (One lonely goat)
- Tildar - To put a tilde on
- Tranquilizar - To calm
- Caracol - Snail
- Caca de cuy - Cuy poop
- Lluvisnando - Drizzling
- Chuta - Damn it
- Premio gordo - Jackpot
- Salchipapas - Potatoes with Sausage
- Es lo que ella dijo - That´s what she said
- Machacolo - Pound it
- Canguil - Popcorn
- Pachulo - My cousin´s name
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D & W
You'd be surprised how many people are named Bismark, Lenin, Usmail, Krisler (I don't know where they found this spelling BTW) and Socrates. And there's always someone named after an obscure Biblical character...
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