by Chris | Apr 6, 2020 | Crime Abroad, Disappearances, Peru, World News
Carla Valpeoz disappeared in Peru on December 12, 2018. She was a native from San Antonio, Texas and later lived in Detroit before traveling to Peru where she mysteriously vanished without a trace. The unsolved mystery is nothing less than a tragedy that continues to...
by Chris | Apr 6, 2020 | Central America News, Nicaragua
This is baffling. Nicaragua is the only Central American country that has not ordered any social isolation measures or closed borders to prevent entry from abroad. The president of Nicaragua hasn’t even addressed his nation about the virus. Fortunately, the...
by Chris | Apr 6, 2020 | United States, World News
You may have heard the story. Gal Gadot, the lead actress of Wonder Woman, recently organized a group of famous actors and actresses to sing “Imagine” by John Lennon. She then published the video on Instagram for the world to see. Nearly immediately, the...
by Chris | Apr 4, 2020 | Central America News, Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic has 1,488 Coronavirus cases and 68 deaths. With a population of approximately 10.8 million citizens, the country is currently facing a fierce battle to slow the virus from taking a foothold. Dominican National Police have detained a total of...
by Chris | Apr 4, 2020 | Central America News, Ecuador, News
Things are bad in Ecuador. The small South American country is getting slammed by Coronavirus. I typically write about stories in El Salvador (the country in which I reside, different from Ecuador). However, the story of Ecuador is sweeping through news outlets all...
by Chris | Apr 1, 2020 | Backpacking, General Travel
Have you ever read a backpacker’s blog and thought, something’s “missing” with this? Or “this feels so impersonal, did a robot write this?” Maybe it felt as if everything was too perfect. Something was missing. I’ve felt it...