October 5, 2017
If there is one thing that I’ve learned about traveling, it’s that no country will ever align with your expectations. Sometimes it will exceed them, seldom will it fall short of them, but most often the reality of a new culture will divert entirely…
October 4, 2017
"Jawaazy! Jawaazy!”
Startled, I take too long to remember the translation—passport. I scramble to grab my ID for the airport employee shouting the vague directions. I become increasingly nervous when I realize the group of women in front of me are…
October 2, 2017
The Mapuche people are Chile’s most prominent indigenous group. The Mapuche are famous as the only group to successfully fight and halt the invasion of the Spaniards into their territory in the 1800s. “Mapuche” directly translates to "people of the…
