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I met a man through Remote Year. He's on another itinerary, Ikigai. When I say met, I mean that I'd met a bunch of his friends in Barranquilla, showed up in their pictures, and he messaged me soon after that. So we talked for two and a half months before deciding to meet. The plan was to have our first date in Salta, Argentina when I'd be based out of Buenos Aires and he'd be in Córdoba. We booked flights from our respective cities, but when it came time for me to take the bu

I camped with a group of Meraki Remotes at the Neusa Reservoir. It's an hour and a half north of Bogota, Colombia. One of them grew up in Bogota and used to camp here a lot so she gave us the inside scoop. The water was so cold that there are signs prohibiting swimming. It's also a source of water for nearby Zipaquirá, a spot we'd visited Saturday morning to tour their salt mines. We hilariously tried to camp for a second night on one of the first weekends that they apparent

My fear of gun violence affects my feeling of safety. I was robbed at gunpoint in Dallas about ten years ago and being in a new city, Mexico City, I've struggled with disproportionate fear around my safety. Fortunately, my first night in Mexico, two Remote Year staffers dropped me off in an Uber and even walked me to my door to make sure I got in okay. Another staffer and I had had trouble getting the keys to work in all three doors the morning I arrived so this kindness made

This is the most exciting thing I've ever done. And I've done some pretty exciting things over the course of my life. Today, I submitted a h