Two weeks ago I wrote about the downsides of traveling alone as a woman , about unsettling experiences with ill-intentioned strangers, and ...

This post is dedicated to the four of you who swore for years you'd join me on this trip and ditched. Well guess what, your loss, sucka...

I descended from the mountains with a single purpose: to fulfill my promise to Frank (my Ph.D. advisor) to visit Prof. Osvaldo Ulloa at t...