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While spending the majority of the year in the warm Central American climate, I was afforded the opportunity to jet back home to Madison for a brief spell in February of 2018, after settling in San Jose, Costa Rica for a few weeks. The goal of this quick trip was to continue a tradition that has been like clockwork for eight years running: skiing at Mt. Bohemia in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I’d like to provide only a rapid synopsis of this year’s trip, as well as the experience as a whole, which has maintained a remarkable consistency each year starting in theRead More →

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As the sun set on our time in Panama, Ramona and I boated back to the mainland from Isla Colón, saying goodbye to the islands of Bocas del Toro. From the port town of Alimante, the two of us boarded a shuttle alongside a number of other tourists, heading toward the Panamanian/Costa Rican border. Our destination: Puerto Viejo, to meet up with Ramona’s friends Shannon and Krystal, the four of us hoping to enjoy the better part of a week on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica. The group had to wait for a while before embarking for the border; the initial shuttle broke down,Read More →

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Hitching a Ride to Bocas del Toro Hours before embarking on a packed Panama City bus for a 12 hour long overnight bus ride toward Bocas del Toro, a feeling overcame me, like a literal punch in the gut. A day or so earlier, Ramona had become violently ill, forcing us to cancel a “goodbye” evening with some friends from our apartment off of Balboa Avenue. As I finished work and loaded up my bags, I started to feel uneasy, with my stomach growling and turning itself inside out. It appeared I had been stricken with some “light” food poisoning, or in the best caseRead More →