Now that I’ve shared the big news that I’m heading back to Colombia at the end of June, it’s time to book the airfare. I looked around on individual carriers’ sites, and again, found Kayak delivered reliable results. For a 1-way ticket from New York City to Cartagena, it costs (tax included): $235 on Spirit [...]
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May 2010
Unless you want to go for a swim, it’s best not to move around in a mokoro.
On the morning of my last day in Rwanda, I visited the old home of former President Juvenal Hayarimana. When his plane was shot down over the compound in 1994, killing him and the president of Burundi, it was the spark needed to usher in the genocide. It was both eery and interesting to walk [...]
This is the next guest post in a series by Kevin Post. Check back each Wednesday to follow his adventures in Iraq. If you want to guest post on Go Backpacking, please read more here. I went back to what I called the ” compound”? incredibly stressed about my situation: simply I couldn’t leave Iraq and I [...]
He had this real classic look to him that just oozed 1950′s-era style.
To the right, downtown LA, and to the left, my first view of the Hollywood sign.
I’ve reached the tipping point where I can support myself through a personal passion.