Thoughts

I started 2025 with a trip to Sapzurro, a Colombian beach town near the Panamanian border. While there, I met a family preparing to cross the Darien Gap.

Living in Colombia, I’ve been paying close attention to the little cultural differences that surprise, frustrate, or delight me. This is the first in a series of posts exploring those things.

Throughout a year of travel, I’ve found that I go through distinct phases and cycles. My energy ebbs and flows. I’m learning to listen better to what I need.

I had a bit of a bad attitude about Costa Rica—until I ran into someone from my high school on a local bus. In this post, I reflect on the beauty and power of coincidences and small decisions.

In 8 months traveling in Latin America, I’ve often had the opportunity to look closely at my understanding of my racial and cultural identity.

After 7 months on the road, I traded in my waist-length hair for a buzz cut. In this post, I reflect on my motivations and feelings before and after the cut.

Traveling solo in Latin America has made me examine my relationship with fear, to ask myself what I’m afraid of and why.