Author: angela7marino
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“Moving” to Lakewood Ranch, Florida
I decided not to get an apartment back in 2021 when I returned from Australia. I made myself a promise, 2022 I would spend at least 6 months outside of the US. I knew this meant I would be relying heavily on friends and family to house me when I was in America. This responsibility…
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From A Green Jungle to a Concrete One
5am the alarm rings. In the dark my eyes open and I hear the rain falling. Oh no, I have to walk to the bus station. The first 60 seconds being awake and I am already anxious. Awesome way to start the day. I rush in the bathroom to avoid the take over the bugs…
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Calakmul: Ruins, jungles, and bats
It was time to escape. In January I was in the shadow of the second biggest rainforest in the world. Inside of it held ancient ruins from the Mayan people. I spent the week texting with the guide my friends took but he had a private tour and couldn’t include me. He sent me the…
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Tulum: Cenotes and Ceviche
This city is now THE place for Americans. Cancun is a tourists trap from the airport to the beach. Can’t blame them though for building what everyone wants, all you can eat and drink with no sense of a true Mexico. Just 2 hours south you can find ruins, cenotes, and 20 somethings clubbing. My…
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Mexico: From the Lagoon to the Forest
Everyone knows in Mexico they speak Spanish. But that was not the original language, that is the colonizer’s language. Some places in Mexico still have this original language regionally. In the movie Roma you can hear it spoken. This language lingers in the names of the towns like Oaxaca, pronounced Wah-Ha-Ka and Xpujil, pronounched Che-Pu-Jil.…
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