Category: Places
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Mississippi River
Six months since I first traveled to Mississippi, and today was the first time I saw the river. And in Louisiana, of all places.
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Graceland
Graceland, the home of Elvis in Memphis, TN, a national historical landmark, and one of the most bizarre locations that I have ever been. How strange to walk through someone’s home and to see it so perfectly frozen in time. Above all, it was not grandness that fascinated, but rather, simplicity. The simplicity of what…
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Goodbye, La Mariposa
Late in the night, I steal away, a plane to Los Estados Unidos waits for me in Managua. Adios & Buenos Noches, La Mariposa. You’ve given me much.
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Volcán Masaya
Hiking the Masaya Volcano at dusk. Rock, ash, smoke, sulfur. We peer over the edge; we’re close – the closest we can be to any active volcano in the world. Up the slope, the steep, slippery slope. The view – there are no words that suffice. Red smoke, red grass, red sunset. Jupiter glows over…
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