August 25, 2003

>You're Going Where?

It took me the entirety of my freshman year in college to find out that our school offered credited classes overseas. After hearing this told from an informed fellow student, I picked up my hung-over head from the page it...

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Posted by John on August 25, 2003 03:18 PM
Category: Not A South American Virgin (Previous Travels South)

August 19, 2003

>Heaven For Pennies

There is a floating border between the Andean and coastal regions of Ecuador. This border hung heavy in the air until it attached itself to me and my fellow travelers crossing through it. Humidity, the invisible border that manifests itself...

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Posted by John on August 19, 2003 10:28 PM
Category: Not A South American Virgin (Previous Travels South)

Argentina As A Soap Opera (A Quick History)

Aregentina In A Nut Shell The Argentine people were often forced to equate economic stability with societal bullying. One of the most famous authoritarian leaders to be seated in power, Juan Peron, rose from the ranks of politics to control...

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Posted by John on August 19, 2003 09:56 PM
Category: Argentina

August 18, 2003

>Phantom Memories

All of a sudden it seems like there’s been a long separation from me and the continent I am to revisit. Two and a half year-old memories of sensations, birthed from my experiences in South America, have continuously held on...

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Posted by John on August 18, 2003 11:16 AM
Category: Scribblings (Trail-Mixed Thoughts)

>Damned Little Salsa Dancing Baby Jesus Cab Driver With A Phallus

Moonlight fell unencumbered on the city street around us. Our animated conversations were illuminated in the brisk night as we bounced on the balls of our feet and rubbed the back of our crossed arms in an effort to fight...

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Posted by John on August 18, 2003 10:46 AM
Category: Not A South American Virgin (Previous Travels South)

August 06, 2003

>Fleeing the Country...

What lit the fire under my ass to get the hell outta Dodge for three months, and abscond into the Heart of Darkness. Prologue......

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Posted by John on August 6, 2003 11:43 AM
Category: Scribblings (Trail-Mixed Thoughts)

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