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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
4 comments:
maybe the original bike taxi?
How do you turn? And this means that the bike can now hold at least 5 people, correct?
i was just wondering how i could take a girl on my bike with me without looking weird. thank you ian & south america!!
ouch
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