<sniff, sniff> What’s that I smell? Oh, it appears I’ve sniffed out a market! How completely random and unexpected! Lies. If you have been reading this blog for a while, you know I’m obsessed with markets. So it should come as no surprise that my first day in Vancouver involved heading over to Granville Island…
Rome is burning. Except not so much Rome, and definitely Costa Rica. So to rephrase: Costa Rica is burning. Every day during the week I spent in Costa Rica, fires sprung up everywhere. Not a day passed when the pleasant, smoky smell of a burn didn’t filled the air. But unfortunately, the reality of the…
“Remember that time we hiked through a rainforest on the side of a volcano in search of monkeys?” I can’t wait to look back years from now and say those words. I imagine that then, as now, the feeling will be surreal. When you think of your everyday, conventional life and then juxtapose it with…
Costa Rica is a gorgeous country with endless experiences for nature enthusiasts. But some of them really stood out for making me laugh or do a double take. Sometimes giant, twisting trees create beautiful patterns. I think the cross section kind of resembles fan coral. Sometimes seemingly nice trees you lean on let you know…
On a warm island just 17 miles north of Venezuela, a steady breeze constantly blows across the land. Rocky beaches meet the ocean, which is striated with countless shades of blue and green. This, my friends, is the beauty of Aruba. Although most visitors flock to the island for its wide beaches near a string…
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