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Forty Thousand Reasons

Forty Thousand Reasons

The Inscrutable World of Buddhism

I raised the stick high and tried to look threatening. Dogs can smell fear, an unidentified person whispers to me from the dark recesses of…

Feb 8, 2018

The Inscrutable World of Buddhism

Feb 8, 2018

Forty Thousand Reasons

The California Green Rush: what it’s like working on a marijuana farm

Disclaimer: All views expressed in this post are my own. For privacy purposes, no names or specific locations have been mentioned.

Dec 6, 2017

The California Green Rush: what it’s like working on a marijuana farm

Dec 6, 2017

Forty Thousand Reasons

Thank you Mother Ayahuasca, for the peek under the hood

“There’s got to be a better way,” I thought to myself as I carried the fifth bucket of water to the raging fire out in the parched yucca…

Oct 8, 2017

Thank you Mother Ayahuasca, for the peek under the hood

Oct 8, 2017

Forty Thousand Reasons

Thoughts from San Pedro

I write this at the tail end of a San Pedro trip and the tail end of nearly a year in Latin America. As I look forward to my flight back to…

Aug 22, 2017

Thoughts from San Pedro

Aug 22, 2017

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This isn’t the story I meant to write, but it’s the one that needed to be written…

On the hard clay shore of the Río Villano in the Ecuadorian Amazon, I and another volunteer jump around, shaking our limbs and wiggling our…

Jul 12, 2017

This isn’t the story I meant to write, but it’s the one that needed to be written…

Jul 12, 2017

Forty Thousand Reasons

The most complex smoothie I’ve ever had.

In a restaurant in Tulum with a guy from Canada and a girl from Switzerland, I make a joke about my dinner order. You see, this particular…

Apr 24, 2017

The most complex smoothie I’ve ever had.

Apr 24, 2017

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Evidence of foul play on a Thursday morning

Chichicastenango, Guatemala. Thursday morning, market day. 9:31AM.

Apr 10, 2017

Evidence of foul play on a Thursday morning

Apr 10, 2017

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Anxiety is just another tool.

Sometimes I feel like slipping out of my skin for a second. Sometimes I feel like sinking comfortably into the cool, calm waters of someone…

Apr 4, 2017

Anxiety is just another tool.

Apr 4, 2017

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Different Worlds

I’m half-asleep in the back of a parked bus in Maravilla. It’s the middle of the night on a journey from Camitán, to Palenque, Mexico, and…

Apr 3, 2017

Different Worlds

Apr 3, 2017

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The Mother of Learned Skills Is Necessity

The Spanish 20-something girl, Ada, and I glance at each other dubiously with matching sideways grins. We’re standing at a motorbike rental…

Mar 31, 2017

The Mother of Learned Skills Is Necessity

Mar 31, 2017

Forty Thousand Reasons

Forty Thousand Reasons

Hi! I’m currently doing what I love best… traveling the world and writing about it. Read more stories here: https://fortythousandreasons.com/

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