Four Things I Learned Visiting a Neighborhood Pablo Escobar Helped Create

What is Oxtail anyway?

We went to a pop-up dinner in Medellin the other night. It was a five course tasting menu and one of the dishes was…

My First Summit AKA The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done

(Part I)

What You Can Get for $50 in Colombia

It’s crazy how much your accommodations end up shaping how you feel about a city you are…

Why Everyone Should Go To A Latin American Soccer Match At Least Once Before They Die.

Donde Comen Dos, Comen Tres

Every morning in our Spanish immersion program, we start off the day by learning two or three Spanish idioms.

Being a Beginner Sucks…Until it Doesn’t

When you first start a new job, a new career, a new hobby, or really a new anything there’s a long period of time where it feels like no matter how hard you work, you are never going to really understand what you are doing. You’re overwhelmed. You’re in over…

My Best Attempt at Describing Colombian Food

A friend asked me the other day what the food is like in Colombia.

The Cult of Dave

For the past week or so we’ve been staying at a hostel on the coast of Ecuador that also happens to be housing a month-long…

The Summit

This is the third part of a short story about summiting Nevado del Tolimo.