Building a School with Rising Minds in Lago Atitlan, Guatemala [Photo Essay]
Last year I spent a day working with a dedicated and awesome team of Rising Minds volunteers, helping to build a school house in a pueblo outside of San Pedtro …Continue reading
Steve the Wizard
When I met Steve, he was wearing a purple wizards’s cloak, sitting alone at a table in the middle of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. Steve was not a wizard. As far …Continue reading
3 Unique Festivals for this Spring Break
[Disclosure: This post was brought to you with support from our partners.] It may be tempting to book a beach holiday for Spring Break. However, there are other options if …Continue reading
The Longest Chicken Bus Ride of My Life. Part 2: Alejandro and the Beer
This story is continued from Part 1 here. Jutiapa, I remembered, was Alejandro’s home town. I’d met him in San Pedro on Lago Atitlan months before. I remembered he had mentioned …Continue reading
The Longest Chicken Bus Ride of My Life. Part 1: Guatemala
I left San Pedro, Lago Atitlan, Guatemala with no idea that I had accidentally overstayed my Central American visa, and I was about to be turned away at the border. …Continue reading






