The six of us arrived at Tayrona National Park groggy and simultaneously over- and under-prepared. Ally’s backpack contained two and a half liters of water and three packages of lunchmeat (necessary), but also a bag of rice he’d forgotten to take out that added a kilo of weight (less than necessary); Sean was carrying a single plastic grocery bag full...
What actually counts as a passion in life? How much of it do you need to live a fulfilled existence? Can it be cobbled together in small bits, like a quilt made of scraps of fabric but warmth-providing in totality, or does it need to be more centralized, a blaze that burns through the contours of your life, defining them...
Torres del Paine and Actual Pain: Last Days in Chile I knew Tomás actually hated me when he started addressing me as usted. (Spanish has two different forms of “you”—one for familiar, friendly relationships (tú) and one for formal relationships (usted). Many other languages have this structure; it’s called a T-V distinction, from the Latin pronouns tu and vos. English...
Pucón is to Chile as Colorado is to America (she says, never having been to Colorado)—a veritable mecca of geographical phenomena converging in one place to create incredible beauty and an eco-loving adrenaline junkie’s paradise. Volcanos, mountains, forests, rivers, lakes: Pucón has it all (and all within only 500 square miles—1/20 the size of Colorado!). Even before it was valued...
Friends, family, readers—below is the first travel post on Kath Meets World! I wrote it about my trip to Catalina Island this spring, to get back into the habit about writing about my travels and to have an example of one of the types of posts I’ll be sharing here. For others, explore the categories above, and for my version...