{"id":4,"date":"2014-04-21T22:43:47","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T22:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/velabas.com\/travel-stories\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2014-05-26T22:46:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T22:46:19","slug":"chronological-entries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/chronological-entries\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronological Entries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"archivist-outer-wrapper\">\t\t\t<div class=\"archivist_wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.archivist_wrapper .permalink {\r\n\tfont-weight: bold;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.archivist_wrapper td {\r\n\tvertical-align: top;\r\n        padding-right: 20px;\r\n        line-height: 18px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.excerpt-archivist a {\r\n        font-size:25px;\r\n        font-variant: small-caps;\r\n        font-family: 'Playfair Display SC', 'serif';\r\n}\r\n\r\n.archivist_wrapper img {\r\n\tpadding: 5px\r\n}\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<table width=\"100%\">\r\n\t<thead>\r\n\t\t<tr>\r\n\t\t\t<th>Excerpt<\/th>\r\n                        <th>Country<\/th>\r\n                        <th>Date<\/th>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t<\/thead>\r\n\t<tbody>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sailing-to-american-samoa-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Travel drawing of sailing into American Samoa&#039;s Pago Pago\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sailing-to-american-samoa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sailing-to-american-samoa.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/american-samoa\/sailing-from-cook-islands\/\" class=\"permalink\">Going Home<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from sailing the Cooks to Samoa&#8230; &nbsp; &nbsp; DRAFT It&#8217;s such a horrible thing, a mind without a heart. I wonder what travel is for, or what it should be for; and I know. I travel for knowledge. To acquire language. To build identity by the whole world; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/american-samoa\/sailing-from-cook-islands\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Going Home<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/american-samoa\/\" rel=\"category tag\">American Samoa<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Thursday, October 3, 2013<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/snorkeling-in-tahiti-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"A reef somewhere in the Marina Taina, Tahiti.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/snorkeling-in-tahiti-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/snorkeling-in-tahiti-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/snorkeling-in-tahiti.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/french-polynesia\/sailing-tahiti-moorea-bora-bora\/\" class=\"permalink\">Credence in Tahiti<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora&#8230; &nbsp; The first captain Rob I knew was aboard the Canadian boat in the Panama Canal. Now I was in Tahiti, and this new captain Rob had been also at the announcement board at Marina Taina where everyone posts information about things &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/french-polynesia\/sailing-tahiti-moorea-bora-bora\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Credence in Tahiti<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/french-polynesia\/\" rel=\"category tag\">French Polynesia<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Saturday, September 14, 2013<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/tuamotus-chart-300x225.png\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"A charts of the Rangiroa channel in the Tuamotus, French Polynesia.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/french-polynesia\/sailing-the-south-pacific\/\" class=\"permalink\">A Seafarer Jinxing<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from sailing in French Polynesia&#8230; &nbsp; His speak was theatrical. That is the word to describe it. It was not flamboyant, and it wasn&#8217;t filled with emotion&#8211;it was plainly theatrical. He spoke for a stage, or more precisely for a lecture hall, and his runty but upheld stature &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/french-polynesia\/sailing-the-south-pacific\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Seafarer Jinxing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/french-polynesia\/\" rel=\"category tag\">French Polynesia<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Saturday, August 3, 2013<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/fatu-hiva-hike-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Travel drawing from Fatu Hiva\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/fatu-hiva-hike-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/fatu-hiva-hike.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/french-polynesia\/sailing-the-marquesas\/\" class=\"permalink\">Marquesian Marooning<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from sailing in the Marquesas&#8230; &nbsp; I was reading when the spinnaker began to fold over on itself. I looked at Lido&#8217;s passive features, calm as Sunday as he stood at the helm, turning the wheel to find the wind. It was a remarkably blue day on a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/french-polynesia\/sailing-the-marquesas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marquesian Marooning<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/french-polynesia\/\" rel=\"category tag\">French Polynesia<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Friday, July 5, 2013<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/ocean-water-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"A bit of ocean water on the sail to the Galapagos.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/french-polynesia\/crossing-the-pacific-ocean\/\" class=\"permalink\">On the Sea<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from sailing across the Pacific Ocean&#8230; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; May 28th San Cristobal, Galapagos &nbsp; Dangerous incident. Jeopardizes entire Pacific crossing. Family was sitting in cabin eating potato and eggs in a basket breakfast when bow of cruise ship slowly came about, bulk pushed by wind, poorly tended &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/french-polynesia\/crossing-the-pacific-ocean\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On the Sea<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/french-polynesia\/\" rel=\"category tag\">French Polynesia<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Monday, June 24, 2013<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/galapagos-tortoise-drawing-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Galapagos Tortoise Drawing\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/galapagos-tortoise-drawing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/galapagos-tortoise-drawing.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/ecuador\/san-cristobal-galapagos\/\" class=\"permalink\">Voyage of the Beagle<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from the Galapagos Island San Cristobal&#8230; &nbsp; With me everything is poop. Dirk pointed it out as we mashed together a string of conversations while he and Lido returned the bottle of rum to its natural state of emptiness. &#8220;You expect these people to pay for your crap?&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/ecuador\/san-cristobal-galapagos\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Voyage of the Beagle<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/ecuador\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ecuador<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Monday, May 27, 2013<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/red-footed-boobie-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"On the sail to San Cristobal, a red-footed boobie landed on Sairam.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/ecuador\/sailing-to-galapagos\/\" class=\"permalink\">Sairam Meditations<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories sailing to the Galapagos&#8230; &nbsp; The following are a collection of thoughts thunk out during the 3 weeks between the Playita de Amador anchorage in Panama City and the Galapagos Island of San Cristobal. &nbsp; On Panama City &nbsp; 1 To friends and new arrivals at Playita anchorage &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/ecuador\/sailing-to-galapagos\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sairam Meditations<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/ecuador\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ecuador<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Saturday, May 11, 2013<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/warskavi-sailboat-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Swedish vikings&#039; Warskavi sailboat.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/warskavi-sailboat-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/warskavi-sailboat.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/panama\/crewing-across-the-pacific-ocean\/\" class=\"permalink\">Crew Chapters | The Search to Crew a Sailboat Across the Pacific<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories about crewing across the Pacific Ocean&#8230; &nbsp; Chapter 1 &#8211; Coming Full Circle in Panama 03.14.13 When I had set my feet on land, I was immediately swaying back and forth in time with an earthen sea that no longer required my body to adapt. In a boat&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/panama\/crewing-across-the-pacific-ocean\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Crew Chapters | The Search to Crew a Sailboat Across the Pacific<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/panama\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Panama<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Monday, April 15, 2013<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/bocas-del-toro-town-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"A view of the colorful building in Bocas del Toro town, Panama.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/panama\/sailing-boat-hitchhiking-from-colombia\/\" class=\"permalink\">Sailing Worth Gray<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories sailing boat hitchhiking from Colombia to Panama&#8230; &nbsp; Out in the harbor among a few dozen vessels anchored and bobbing slightly in the water was a catamaran and a man aboard frantically moving about from bow to stern. He grabbed pieces of equipment and moved them. He reached &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/panama\/sailing-boat-hitchhiking-from-colombia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sailing Worth Gray<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/panama\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Panama<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Wednesday, March 13, 2013<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/salsa-in-medellin-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dancing salsa in Medellin\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/colombia\/hitchhiking-to-cartagena\/\" class=\"permalink\">Tell Me On to Cartagena!<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking to Cartagena, Colombia&#8230; &nbsp; It&#8217;s about language. It&#8217;s about learning who you are. It&#8217;s about not getting comfortable with one way of life because you want to actively acknowledge all its possibilities. It&#8217;s not about indecision but about understanding the world from different perspectives before important &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/colombia\/hitchhiking-to-cartagena\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tell Me On to Cartagena!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/colombia\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Colombia<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Monday, March 4, 2013<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/travel-drawing-in-colombia-botero-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Travel drawing in Colombia\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/travel-drawing-in-colombia-botero-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/travel-drawing-in-colombia-botero.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/usa\/hitchhiking-home\/\" class=\"permalink\">A Painting of Principle<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking home&#8230; &nbsp; The plane lifted off the tarmac and again I had it in my mind that some hiccup draft or lateral gust would smash into the fuselage with enough latent power to direct the aircraft harsh into the ground or some building, and it would &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/usa\/hitchhiking-home\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Painting of Principle<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/usa\/\" rel=\"category tag\">USA<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Sunday, February 17, 2013<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/old-cars-in-venezuela-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Old cars in Venezuela.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/venezuela\/hitchhiking-from-caribbean-to-andes\/\" class=\"permalink\">Changing Elevations: From the Caribbean to the Andes<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in Venezuelan beaches and mountains&#8230; &nbsp; Hitchhiking out of Caracas Take the blue line 3 in the direction of &#8216;La Rinconada&#8217;, and debark at &#8216;Mercado&#8217;. Walk to the highway, and follow it south to the gas station. Ask for rides to Maracay. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Among &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/venezuela\/hitchhiking-from-caribbean-to-andes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Changing Elevations: From the Caribbean to the Andes<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/venezuela\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Venezuela<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Thursday, September 13, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/caracas-kitchen-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Drawing of a Kitchenette in Caracas, Venezuela\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/venezuela\/caracas-and-beauty-pageants\/\" class=\"permalink\">Caracas<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from visiting Caracas, Venezuela&#8230; &nbsp; There are many types of bananas in the Caribbean. I take to the Manzano bananas, which are stout and thick. Unfortunately, in the United States you will find that Cavendish bananas have a monopoly in the market, and that you will be hard-pressed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/venezuela\/caracas-and-beauty-pageants\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Caracas<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/venezuela\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Venezuela<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Monday, September 3, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabletop-mountain-venezuela-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"The tabletop mountains of the Gran Sabana in Venezuela.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabletop-mountain-venezuela-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabletop-mountain-venezuela.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/venezuela\/hitchhiking-to-caracas\/\" class=\"permalink\">Corazon de mi Patria<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking to Caracas, Venezuela&#8230; &nbsp; When I awoke we were in President Figueiredo, 100 kilometers north of Manaus. I thanked the couple that had broken my 6 hour streak of waiting back at Manaus&#8217; northern exit. That night I found a waterfall by which I pitched my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/venezuela\/hitchhiking-to-caracas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Corazon de mi Patria<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/venezuela\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Venezuela<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Wednesday, August 29, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/amazon-theater1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"A photo of the Amazon theatre in Manaus, Brazil.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/brazil\/tropical-disease-in-manaus\/\" class=\"permalink\">Green Amazon: The Tropical Lesion<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from Manaus, Brazil&#8230; &nbsp; &#8220;But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.&#8221; -James Joyce, The Dubliners &nbsp; &nbsp; The woman took my hand and examined it closely, turning it into the light and then away. She adjusted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/brazil\/tropical-disease-in-manaus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Green Amazon: The Tropical Lesion<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/brazil\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Brazil<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Tuesday, August 14, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/travel-sketching-amazon-riverboat-hammocks-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Amazon Riverboat travel sketching in Brazil.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/brazil\/amazon-riverboat-hitchhiking\/\" class=\"permalink\">Green Amazon: The Riverboat<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from an Amazon riverboat in Brazil&#8230; &nbsp; Damn it this woman will not shut the fuck up. It has been two days and still it seems like the same argument that started before we even left Santarem. It all happens the same way; I&#8217;m in my hammock minding &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/brazil\/amazon-riverboat-hitchhiking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Green Amazon: The Riverboat<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/brazil\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Brazil<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Wednesday, August 8, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/amazon-meets-tapajos1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Confluence of the Amazon River with the Tapaj\u00f3s River in Santarem, Brazil.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/amazon-meets-tapajos1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/amazon-meets-tapajos1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/brazil\/santarem-the-old-man-and-the-hippy\/\" class=\"permalink\">Green Amazon: The Old Man and the Hippy<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from squatting in Brazil&#8230; &nbsp; He was a crooner and a painter in his younger years, but now at 73 years old he spent his days sitting on a bench in the wind that came off the river through the courtyard entrance of his\u00a0museum. He wore sleeveless collared &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/brazil\/santarem-the-old-man-and-the-hippy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Green Amazon: The Old Man and the Hippy<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/brazil\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Brazil<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Thursday, August 2, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/transamazonica-highway-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hitchhiking the Transamazonica Highway means hundreds of kilometers like this.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/transamazonica-highway-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/transamazonica-highway.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/brazil\/hitchhiking-transamazonica-highway\/\" class=\"permalink\">Green Amazon: The Dirt Road<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking the Transamazonica Highway in Brazil&#8217;s Amazon&#8230; &nbsp; How to hitchhike west out of Brasilia Brasilia is a very centralized city, and hitchhiking out of it is simple. As anywhere, you can walk. But maybe it&#8217;s hot, and you have the 4.50 Reais to take a bus &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/brazil\/hitchhiking-transamazonica-highway\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Green Amazon: The Dirt Road<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/brazil\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Brazil<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Monday, July 30, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/brasilia-congress-drawing-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"A travel sketch of the Brasilian congress building.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/brazil\/hitchhiking-with-obama\/\" class=\"permalink\">I Would Like to Thank the Obamas of Brazil<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in Brazil&#8230; &nbsp; Hitchhiking out of Rio de Janeiro toward Belo Horizonte Find a bus, or use your feet, to get to the Rodoviaria, the main bus terminal, which is called &#8220;Novo Rio&#8221;. From the main entrance, that is, the entrance opposite the one adjacent to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/brazil\/hitchhiking-with-obama\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I Would Like to Thank the Obamas of Brazil<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/brazil\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Brazil<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Sunday, July 15, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/rio-de-janeiro-hill-voyage-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"A favela hill town in Rio de Janeiro, Mayra walking in front.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/rio-de-janeiro-hill-voyage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/rio-de-janeiro-hill-voyage.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/brazil\/breaking-hearts-in-rio\/\" class=\"permalink\">Scruntiny of Madness, Kings and Vagabonds<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from breaking hearts in Brazil&#8230; &nbsp; Maybe a linear telling of this story is not the noblest way to paint havoc. Things have happened and I have learned that life, it seems, is sometimes bittersweet, and to the purest definition of the word, such that bittersweet here describes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/brazil\/breaking-hearts-in-rio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scruntiny of Madness, Kings and Vagabonds<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/brazil\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Brazil<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Wednesday, July 11, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/uruguay-montevideo-couple-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Just a couple in Montevideo, Uruguay.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/uruguay-montevideo-couple-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/uruguay-montevideo-couple.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/uruguay\/hitchhiking-bolivia-brazil-argentina-paraguay\/\" class=\"permalink\">The Middle Parts<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay&#8230; &nbsp; &#8220;The way to hunt is for as long as you live against as long as there is you and colors and canvas, and to write as long as you can live and there is pencil and paper or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/uruguay\/hitchhiking-bolivia-brazil-argentina-paraguay\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Middle Parts<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/uruguay\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uruguay<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Tuesday, June 12, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/uyuni-salt-mining-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Uyuni Salt Mining\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/uyuni-salt-mining-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/uyuni-salt-mining.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/bolivia\/hitchhike-johnny-tito-uyuni\/\" class=\"permalink\">The Search for Johnny Tito<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in Bolivia to Uyuni&#8230; &nbsp; &#8220;Dear Lord, we thank you for this food, and for this company. We beseech you to watch over our friends in their way, that they may make their destination under your watchful eye. And let your own light shine through their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/bolivia\/hitchhike-johnny-tito-uyuni\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Search for Johnny Tito<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/bolivia\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Bolivia<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Friday, April 6, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/hitchhiking-south-america-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hitchhiking in South America\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/hitchhiking-south-america-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/hitchhiking-south-america.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/bolivia\/hitchhiking-to-la-paz\/\" class=\"permalink\">Hitchhiking to The Soldier of Luke 10:30-37<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking to La Paz, Bolivia&#8230; &nbsp; With one hand he held mine, and the other gripped my shoulder. &#8220;You know, just watch after her,&#8221; said Edson. &#8220;She&#8217;s my sister.&#8221; He was looking at the ground and shaking his head side to side. &#8220;Take care of her,&#8221; he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/bolivia\/hitchhiking-to-la-paz\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hitchhiking to The Soldier of Luke 10:30-37<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/bolivia\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Bolivia<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Wednesday, March 28, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/hitchhikers-backpacks-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Two hitchikers&#039; backpacks ready to go.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/about-love\/\" class=\"permalink\">Tagging Along<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories about love in Lima, Peru&#8230; &nbsp; Kissing sideways makes sense between us. I grab around her waist and we spin around. She becomes the only thing in focus, and the rest of the world is blotted out in a wisp. Her chocolaty eyes look at me and I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/about-love\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tagging Along<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/peru\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peru<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Wednesday, March 14, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/puerto-ilo-peru-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Puerto Ilo, Peru\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/puerto-ilo-peru-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/puerto-ilo-peru.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/falling-in-love\/\" class=\"permalink\">Brazil but for Pebbles<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories in Argentina&#8230; &nbsp; Ghostly white and wrinkled hands, cupped and looking up more than I looking down into them they, they were wet. Hate me, hate me hate me. Why can\u2019t you just hate me? Hate me and I can break and crack and fall, then time\u2019s boundaries &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/falling-in-love\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brazil but for Pebbles<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/peru\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peru<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Friday, February 10, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/argentinan-asado-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"The famous meat of Argentinan Asado.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/argentinan-asado-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/argentinan-asado.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/argentina\/hitchhiking-to-buenos-aires-asado\/\" class=\"permalink\">Occasions of Argentinian Asado<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking to Buenos Aires, Argentina&#8230; &nbsp; Heading North &nbsp; I found an Irish pub whose name was just that, \u201cIrish Pub.\u201d There was also \u201cdel Turismo Chocolates.\u201d Ushuaia had its authentic parts, particularly the container stockpiles and the west part of town, but I did not stay &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/argentina\/hitchhiking-to-buenos-aires-asado\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Occasions of Argentinian Asado<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/argentina\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Argentina<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Tuesday, January 24, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/perito-moreno-glacier1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Perito Moreno glacier in Patagonia.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/perito-moreno-glacier1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/perito-moreno-glacier1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/argentina\/hitchhiking-to-ushuaia-patagonia\/\" class=\"permalink\">The Patagonia Saga &#8211; Part Two: From the Pampa to the Bottom<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking to Ushuaia, Argentina in Patagonia&#8230; &nbsp; When I arrived to the town of Perito Moreno, a crossroads of sorts, I couldn\u2019t have imagined how quickly I\u2019d make it to Argentina\u2019s southern parks. The road south was deserted, and the wind was so powerful it bent my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/argentina\/hitchhiking-to-ushuaia-patagonia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Patagonia Saga &#8211; Part Two: From the Pampa to the Bottom<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/argentina\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Argentina<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Wednesday, January 11, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/chiles-carretera-austral-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"One last glimpse at Chile&#039;s Carretera Austral, the southern Patagonian highway.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/chiles-carretera-austral-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/chiles-carretera-austral.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/chile\/hitchhiking-in-patagonia\/\" class=\"permalink\">The Patagonia Saga &#8211; Part One: Carretera Austral<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in Patagonia&#8230; &nbsp; Austral means &#8220;southern&#8221;, although the term seems to be applied rather sparingly around here. You could say that \u201cCarretera Austral\u201d, carretera meaning highway, indicates any part of Chile\u2019s southern highway that exists as dirt or gravel. Stretching itself over 1,000 kilometers from just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/chile\/hitchhiking-in-patagonia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Patagonia Saga &#8211; Part One: Carretera Austral<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chile<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Tuesday, January 3, 2012<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/farming-in-chile-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Farming in Chile on Gloria&#039;s land.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/chile\/christmas-in-puerto-montt\/\" class=\"permalink\">Navidad at Casa Solis<\/a><br>&#8230;A travel story of Christmas abroad&#8230; &nbsp; The orange light of southern Chile\u2019s 9 p.m. sun beamed through the kitchen window. It bounced off the laminate Christmas-themed table cloth, and draped itself over the utensils, napkins and bread crumbs. I watched as the rays gleamed over the stubby hand that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/chile\/christmas-in-puerto-montt\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Navidad at Casa Solis<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chile<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Monday, December 26, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/terpel-chile-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Another aid to understand how to hitchhike in Chile: the Terpel gas stations.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/terpel-chile-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/terpel-chile.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/chile\/how-to-hitchhike\/\" class=\"permalink\">The Anatomy of a Chilean Hitch<\/a><br>&#8230;A Story on How to Hitchhike&#8230; &nbsp; The \u201ccentral region,\u201d as the area of Santiago is called, is calido; it\u2019s hot. Hitching out of a big city is already demanding as is, but with a heavy pack made heavier by the fact of departure from where good friends are, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/chile\/how-to-hitchhike\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Anatomy of a Chilean Hitch<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chile<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Sunday, December 18, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/santa-lucia-chile-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"The lookout over Santiago from Santa Lucia.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/chile\/santiago-us-embassy\/\" class=\"permalink\">Santiago<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from Santiago, Chile and the U.S. embassy&#8230; &nbsp; Casa de Seba &amp; Julie &nbsp; Seba and Julie were our hosts. They drank Escudo beer while Sammy and I savored the home brew they\u2019d gifted us. I felt appreciation for their hospitality, despite the strange silences in between enthusiastic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/chile\/santiago-us-embassy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Santiago<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chile<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Monday, December 12, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/puerto-varas-chile-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Puerto Varas Chile\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/chile\/hitchhiking-and-hospitality-in-chiloe\/\" class=\"permalink\">Chilean Southern Hospitality, Rain or Shine<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in Chile to Chiloe&#8230; &nbsp; Tiny lapping waves of an incoming tide moved toward the house, as though some giant entity were swimming below the bay water\u2019s surface. Through the bright window panes of the pinewood house I could see the salt water circulating in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/chile\/hitchhiking-and-hospitality-in-chiloe\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chilean Southern Hospitality, Rain or Shine<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chile<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Friday, December 2, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/cazueli-chile-protest-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cazueli, a popular figure, seemingly taking part in the protests.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/cazueli-chile-protest-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/cazueli-chile-protest.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/chile\/miners-protests-hitchhiking\/\" class=\"permalink\">Miner, Stars, Cuartel, Protest and Old Friends<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in Chile&#8230; &nbsp; The Chilean Miner &nbsp; The 80\u2019s music that constantly stifled the air in Rodrigo\u2019s apartment seemed to echo in my ear as I walked out from Arica. Out on the pavement, my shoes and legs blasted by wisps of sand blown across the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/chile\/miners-protests-hitchhiking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Miner, Stars, Cuartel, Protest and Old Friends<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chile<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Tuesday, November 15, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/bolivia-border-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/chile\/crossing-bolivia-peru-borders\/\" class=\"permalink\">Borders<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from trying to cross Bolivia&#8217;s border&#8230; &nbsp; I can no longer swing my umbrella; it is broken. The weak plastic of the curved handle finally snapped. Also, the zipper of the external pouch of my backpack is busted. The zipper on my hoodie is broken as well. I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/chile\/crossing-bolivia-peru-borders\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Borders<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/chile\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chile<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Monday, October 24, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/machu-picchu1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"The view from Machu Picchu.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/mischief-in-cuzco-machu-picchu\/\" class=\"permalink\">Mischief and Misery in Cusco<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking to Cuzco, Peru, and Machu Picchu&#8230; &nbsp; I woke to the uniform moan of the thousand roosters\u2019 call, a symphonic cacophony; dull, but uninterrupted. There was a thick fog that lay over most of the river bed, the floating moisture licking the rocks wet. There was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/mischief-in-cuzco-machu-picchu\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mischief and Misery in Cusco<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/peru\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peru<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Friday, October 14, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/peru-ceviche-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Unbeatable: Peru&#039;s Ceviche.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/lima-mistura-pariwana\/\" class=\"permalink\">The Final Lima Chapters: Pariwana, Mistura, Fountains and Mayra<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from Lima, Peru&#8230; CHAPTER 16 \u2013 Welcome to Pariwana The tall German gleamed at me, leaning in closely. \u201cAre you into mustard and mayonnaise?\u201d He asked with a sinister smile. I hesitated. \u201cI\u2019m not quite sure if I understand the slang.\u201d The German pulled out two plastic packets, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/lima-mistura-pariwana\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Final Lima Chapters: Pariwana, Mistura, Fountains and Mayra<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/peru\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peru<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Monday, October 3, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/best-house-in-lima-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ours must be the best house in Lima.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/best-house-in-lima-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/best-house-in-lima.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/living-in-lima\/\" class=\"permalink\">The Lima Chapters, continued<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories: Living in Lima&#8230; &nbsp; CHAPTER 8 &#8211; Of Vice and Virtue &#8220;September is coming,\u201d she said. \u201cYes, September\u2019s next month,\u201d I agreed. August is a cold month in Lima. The gray skies don\u2019t let up. The streets are wet from the constant misty rain, but it never seems &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/living-in-lima\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Lima Chapters, continued<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/peru\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peru<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Friday, September 2, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-house-of-no-ends-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"The House of No Ends in Lima.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/the-lima-chapters\/\" class=\"permalink\">The Lima Chapters<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from Lima, Peru&#8230; &nbsp; CHAPTER 1 &#8211; Limatimes Solidarity Franco\u2019s eyes hid behind his glasses, the bent light reflecting back at me through a thick lens. His curly black hair shivered when he shook a nod in the affirmative. \u201cYes, it is illegal.\u201d The long wrinkled tube of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/the-lima-chapters\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Lima Chapters<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/peru\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peru<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Monday, June 27, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/san-pedro-cactus-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"The San Pedro Cactus.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/lima-house-of-no-ends\/\" class=\"permalink\">Tripping in The House of No Ends<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories tripping in Lima&#8230; &nbsp; Nicolai has a collection of music that more than suits my taste; it brings me into my past. Coldplay puts me into a room littered with markings or random souvenirs nailed to the walls. Two skylights are in the slanting ceilings and red blankets &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/lima-house-of-no-ends\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tripping in The House of No Ends<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/peru\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peru<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Tuesday, May 31, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/la-oroya-peru-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"La Oroya Peru\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/hitchhiking-to-lima\/\" class=\"permalink\">Righteous Discussing in the Pampas and The Tricky Cold Rails<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in Peruvian Altiplanos&#8230; &nbsp; Pucallpa behind me like a fading wake, the long mounting road into the Andes and out of the jungles of the Amazon began to beckon. A sign on the side of the road suggests that the working man\u2019s world is engrained in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/hitchhiking-to-lima\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Righteous Discussing in the Pampas and The Tricky Cold Rails<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/peru\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peru<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Sunday, May 22, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/pucallpa-peru-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pucallpa, Peru. The Amazon.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/hitchhiking-to-the-amazon\/\" class=\"permalink\">D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu-ing to the Amazon: The Wood Trailer, Jesus, Girls, and Firemen<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking to the Peruvian Amazon&#8230; &nbsp; People my age are thinking about their retirement. I can&#8217;t even see past a few days. Every once in a while the social conventions tickle at my neck, trying to get my attention. Social conventions like career, planning, master&#8217;s, security, raising &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/hitchhiking-to-the-amazon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu-ing to the Amazon: The Wood Trailer, Jesus, Girls, and Firemen<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/peru\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peru<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Sunday, May 15, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/huascaran-peru-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"A beautiful view over magnificent Huascaran Peru.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/huascaran-peru-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/huascaran-peru.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/hitchhiking-in-the-andes\/\" class=\"permalink\">The Shameless Negotiator Goes Alpine<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in the Peruvian Andes&#8230; &nbsp; Abraham has hosted many travelers through that wonderful little website called couchsurfing. I was not the first hitchhiker he welcomed. He in fact has had two others, one French and one Polish. He didn&#8217;t like the Polish one because that hitcher &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/hitchhiking-in-the-andes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Shameless Negotiator Goes Alpine<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/peru\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peru<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Thursday, May 5, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/coca-leaves-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Coca leaves in the Andes.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/hitchhiking-dirt-roads\/\" class=\"permalink\">CSing, Dirt Roads, and Getting High: To Peru!<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in Ecuador and Peru&#8230; &nbsp; A ride out of La Libertad would be a long time coming. In fact, there was no ride. Suppose no rides is possible anywhere. The walk took hours, and by the time I&#8217;d decided to stop for another meal, I was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/peru\/hitchhiking-dirt-roads\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CSing, Dirt Roads, and Getting High: To Peru!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/peru\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peru<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Wednesday, April 27, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/ecuador-beach-san-lorenzo-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Beach at San Lorenzo, Ecuador.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/ecuador\/hitchhiking-in-the-heat\/\" class=\"permalink\">Monkey Search, Feeling The Heat, and Other Stories from the Ecuator<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in Ecuador&#8230; &nbsp; The road led east. On my map it looked straight enough. It touched light green, a beige color, and dark beige, and skirted a pastel purple with a little plus sign that read &#8220;5300 meters&#8221;. But a map can only revel so much. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/ecuador\/hitchhiking-in-the-heat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monkey Search, Feeling The Heat, and Other Stories from the Ecuator<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/ecuador\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ecuador<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Wednesday, April 13, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/quito-colonial-homes-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"The pastl-hued colonial homes of Quito, Ecuador.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/quito-colonial-homes-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/quito-colonial-homes.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/ecuador\/quito-eggs-and-patriotism\/\" class=\"permalink\">Eggs and Patriotism<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel story from Quito, Ecuador&#8230; &nbsp; Diana was my host in Quito. Her house was always filled with guests. Mostly Argentinians. Diana was an aggressive confrontational feminist who voiced prejudice after prejudice, you know, the kind of person that you can only argue with to argue. Her superiority complex was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/ecuador\/quito-eggs-and-patriotism\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eggs and Patriotism<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/ecuador\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ecuador<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Tuesday, March 29, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/san-agustin-colombia1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"San Agustin Colombia\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/ecuador\/hitchhiking-coincidence-colombia\/\" class=\"permalink\">Helpful Authorities and Whether Coincidence Plays a Part &#8211; The Road to Ecuador<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in Colombia and Ecuador&#8230; &nbsp; Bogota. Sofi and Lucas and I went out on the town one night, bought a bottle of aguadiente, and made merry in the streets. The scene was modern and clean and bizarre. Later, when I had jumped on the transmilenio public &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/ecuador\/hitchhiking-coincidence-colombia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Helpful Authorities and Whether Coincidence Plays a Part &#8211; The Road to Ecuador<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/ecuador\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ecuador<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Tuesday, March 22, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-usa-300x225.png\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Map of the USA\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/usa\/ramblings-from-the-reroaded\/\" class=\"permalink\">Ramblings from the ReRoaded<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in the USA&#8230; &nbsp; Three months. Home, Chicago. The real life. The life I oughta live the proverbial &#8216;they&#8217; suppose. That\u2019s a life in movement in so far as the bankers might be concerned. But it was never for me. Home is where the heart is. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/usa\/ramblings-from-the-reroaded\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ramblings from the ReRoaded<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/usa\/\" rel=\"category tag\">USA<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Sunday, February 20, 2011<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/medellin-cable-cars.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Medellin cable cars\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/colombia\/homesick-wanderer\/\" class=\"permalink\">1 City, 4 Saints, and a Homesick Wanderer<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from Medellin, Colombia&#8230; &nbsp; Couchsurfing with Sonya &#8211; 2 days I arrived to Sonya\u2019s house after walking through the rest of the sports park, where for the first time in Latin America I found a roller hockey rink, and for the first time ever I saw roller figure &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/colombia\/homesick-wanderer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1 City, 4 Saints, and a Homesick Wanderer<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/colombia\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Colombia<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Wednesday, November 10, 2010<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/colombia-andes1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"The &quot;Sleeping Giants&quot; Colombian Andes mountains.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/colombia\/road-hitchhiking\/\" class=\"permalink\">Of Colombians and The Road<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in Colombia&#8230; &nbsp; Cartagena, like I&#8217;ve already mentioned, is a jewel. I was amazed to learn that it fell to invading forces at one point, because the walls truly are magnificent. There are also two fortresses proteceting the waterways surrounding the town. I spent some time &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/colombia\/road-hitchhiking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Of Colombians and The Road<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/colombia\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Colombia<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Friday, October 29, 2010<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/caribbean-paradise-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Caribbean Paradise\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/colombia\/hitchhiking-panama-darrien-gap\/\" class=\"permalink\">Panamanian Goodness and Life As A Stowaway<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in Panama, the Darrien Gap\u00a0and Colombia&#8230; &nbsp; Where is this voyage taking me in the end? Most of the time, I keep the idea of arriving in Chile in my mind. To tell you the truth, I&#8217;m more interested in seeing certain parts of Asia than &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/colombia\/hitchhiking-panama-darrien-gap\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Panamanian Goodness and Life As A Stowaway<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/colombia\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Colombia<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Saturday, October 23, 2010<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/costa-rica-map.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Costa Rica and Panama map of places I passed through.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/panama\/city-hitchhiking-costa-rica\/\" class=\"permalink\">Illegal Border Manipulation and Later, Firemen<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in Costa Rica and Panama&#8230; &nbsp; I write from a small internet caf\u00e9 in a large cosmopolitan city called Panama. I don\u2019t have my backpack. It\u2019s in a parking lot somewhere. It\u2019s 8 o\u2019clock at night. I\u2019m going to write fast because unfortunately the damn place &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/panama\/city-hitchhiking-costa-rica\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Illegal Border Manipulation and Later, Firemen<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/panama\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Panama<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Tuesday, October 12, 2010<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"121\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicaraguan-waterfall-182x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"The waterfall in Nicaragua created by the dam.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/costa-rica\/nicaragua-hitchhiking\/\" class=\"permalink\">Nicaraguan Hitching, Caribbean Vibes, and Beautiful French People<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories from hitchhiking in Nicaragua and Costa Rica&#8230; &nbsp; Last I wrote I was in Leon, Nicaragua. I said my goodbyes to Idriss as I hopped off his motorbike on the outskirts of the city. I was once again underway, this time, for the Caribbean coast, where I had &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/costa-rica\/nicaragua-hitchhiking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nicaraguan Hitching, Caribbean Vibes, and Beautiful French People<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/costa-rica\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Costa Rica<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Tuesday, October 5, 2010<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/tegucigalpa-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"The center of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/tegucigalpa-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/tegucigalpa.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/nicaragua\/tegucigalpa-honduras\/\" class=\"permalink\">The Surreal: My Time in Tegucigalpa<\/a><br>&#8230;A travel story from Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Nicaragua&#8230; &nbsp; Leon, Nicaragua is a tall one-story city. The roofs of the high buildings stretch out over the sidewalk so that when it rains the water is escorted directly to the street instead of on the heads of the walkers down below. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/nicaragua\/tegucigalpa-honduras\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Surreal: My Time in Tegucigalpa<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/nicaragua\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Nicaragua<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Tuesday, September 7, 2010<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/el-salvador-beach.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"El Salvador&#039;s Black Sand Beaches\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/honduras\/hitchhiking-salvador-tegucigalpa\/\" class=\"permalink\">When Bridges Collapse and Other Stories<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories hitchhiking in El Salvador and Honduras&#8230; &nbsp; They say: \u201cSo much to do in so little time.&#8221; In the hitchikers\u2019s case, it\u2019s more like \u201cso much happens in so little time,\u201d regardless of whether it\u2019s necessary that it happen. What does it mean that so much happens? Things &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/honduras\/hitchhiking-salvador-tegucigalpa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">When Bridges Collapse and Other Stories<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\r\n       <td><ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/country\/honduras\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Honduras<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/td>\r\n        <td><em>Monday, August 30, 2010<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n       <td class=\"excerpt-archivist\"><div style=\"float:left;\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/travel-stories\/el-salvador\/hitchhiking-san-black-smoke-city\/\" class=\"permalink\">Black Smoke City Surf<\/a><br>&#8230;Travel stories hitchhiking in El Salvador&#8230; &nbsp; Amado did not notice our conversation, he was glued to the noticias on the small television screen, and we sat behind him at an old wooden table that, stationary all it&#8217;s life, probably had more stories than a novelized encyclopedia. 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