155# This Is It
“Peace is always beautiful." – Walt Withman We left the airport victorious. With his name on the TIP, Jason could drive La Chichona...
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Van life stories
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154# Deja vu
“First refuse, then relax” – Moroccan proverb. The next step of the sale was the van temporary import permit (TIP) transfer. Jason needed...
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153# A New Hope
La Chichona and I were not talking. I grabbed my harmonica and sat on the edge of the cliff, looking down on green fields and grazing...
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152# I believe I can fly
“The things you own end up owning you.” Tyler Durden - Fight Club. Lucio had bought two vans the previous week. I listened to his...
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151# Boulevard of broken dreams
- Hi Lucio, it’s Raz. The guy with a Sprinter van, remember? - Hola amigo, how are you doing? - I’m fine thank you. Tell me, is your...
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150# Behind blue eyes
I have hours, only lonely My love is vengeance That's never free ♪♫ Traveling with someone is a test of character. The more time you...
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149# Not about money
The wind blew over the silent island. Strong and steady in the valley, day and night, the wind blew. My kites needed repair so we brought...
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148# The silent island
- Bwahahahaah - This is NOT THE TIME! - Hahahah sorry it's just...hahaha...we gotta laugh, it’s all we have left! Kristy spent four days...
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147# Run Forest. Run!
Kristy’s eyes screamed of horror. I squeezed her hand and lifted a palm up. “Look at my hand! Breathe with me, in...out...in...out”. She...
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146# Tears in heaven
- It's beautiful! - Yup... I don’t think I can afford it though. - He's a hippie! I'm sure he doesn't care. Kristy rested at the hotel...
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145# Panza llena, corazón contento
- Ummmm do you smell it? - I'm all stuffed up, can't smell shit! - It smells good...it smells like hope. I lifted the handbrake and...
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144# A shithole country
- Watch out! - . . . - Stop stop stop STOP STOP STOP! - I CAAAAAN’T!!! Playa El Tunco bit more than it could chew. Hordes of athletes,...
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143# The first deadly sin
Hahaha what a loser! Such a shame to waste good gear on a guy like him. October is the wind season in El Salvador. A friend in Playa El...
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142# Mexico "à la zeub"
- No way!!! Did you just...take a shit in that bush!!? - Yeah… - À LA ZEUB! After the week in Mexico, all the Canadians flew back home...
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141# Just married
- Dude! WTF are you doing? Stay here. It’s dangerous! - Don’t you worry son. I got this... Big day! My friends Abi and Beto were getting...
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140# The luxury of choice
- Fais moi l’amour! - Non, je ne crois pas non. - Pourquoi? - Mmm pas envie. OSS 117. Le Caire nid d'espions. I woke up like a flower...
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139# Our lord savior
“I’m not picking you up at fucking Ilopango. Are you crazy!? Even locals don’t go there, especially not at night! That’s the worst place...
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138# Kiwis and fried chicken
- The road is blocked. - Uh-oh Last year, I traveled unprepared and got denied entry at the Honduras border. My car permit for El...
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137# Ô Canada!
- You got a letter from the CRA. - What’s that? - Canada Revenue Agency. - Fuck... I landed in San Salvador early in the afternoon, after...
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136# Moon of my life
I saw her today at the reception, A glass of wine in her hand. I know she would meet her connection, At her feet was a foot-loose man......
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135# Father and son
My legs faltered. I staggered out of the room and sat on the cold airport metal bench. Keep it together. I extracted El Salvador...
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134# You shall not pass
Don't panic, think! Breathe and think. It's a mistake. Think your way out of this... I missed my parents. When I last visited them in...
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133# Easy money, easy life
- Helloooooooooo there :) - Hello! We’re looking for models - Uuuuh sorry, I don’t know anyone The heat wave was still on in El Tunco,...
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132# No plan is the best plan
- Fuck it! Let’s stop. We’ll have better luck tomorrow. - But… there is nothing! And it’s super creepy! - Yeah man, it is super creepy....
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131# Gran Theft Choco
- I think it’s enough - NO! I want him to remember this for the rest of his life - Hahaha you’re a psycho! Sandra was trying the oven...
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130# If it's not easy, it's not worth it
- HEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!!!!! - Hello - YOU’RE THE TINDER GIRL!!!!! - Uuuuuh… my name is Jasmine - Hop in Jasmine, we’ve been waiting for you...
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129# Chaos with soul
- What? But what if there is a fire?!! - Let’s hope you do not start one, jajaja It was a warm Sunday morning in San Cristobal. I had...
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128# Hit the road Jack
I guess if you say so, I'll have to pack my things and go (that's right!) Hit the road Jack, and don't you come back no more... Life gave...
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127# No hurry, no pause
“The sun is not hurried by early risers” - Mexican proverb Two weeks. I had two weeks to leave Mexico before my papers expired....
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126# The next episode
One two three four five six seven eight. Eight cops… The beach of Barra de la Cruz is an anomaly in Mexico. The locals manage it like a...
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125# YOU HANG IN THERE!
- NO! - Eh?! - NO! YOU DON’T QUIT ON ME!!! YOU STAY!!! -... Everything in Zipolite reminded me of her. Everything made me sick. I packed...
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124# A fugitive cloud
"Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die." Saint-Augustine Resentment clung to my mind like a flea on...
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123# The first cut is the deepest
“Boys do damage that you can measure in dollars, like a hurricane. Girls leave scars in your psyche that you find later, like an atrocity...
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122# Hysteria
“I feel my heart implode... And I'm breaking out. Escaping now Feeling my faith erode 𝅘𝅥𝅮 ♫♫” - Hysteria, MUSE She didn't finish her...
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121# Too close to the sun
“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." Oscar Wilde Some matches don't fit. Some fit alright. And then there is the...
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120# A portal to a higher dimension
"I believe psychedelics are a gift from God... a portal to a higher dimension" Zipolite’s community center looked like a summer camp. A...
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119# She should have been here
- WATCH OUT! - Eh !? - BEHIND YOU!!! - ... Fuuuuuuuuuck The ocean was a glassy blue mirror after the storm. I waxed my board and looked...
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118# A tasteless gentleman
- I thought about what you said - And? - I’ll stop smoking weed if you stop talking about your problems - !!? I wanted a relationship. A...
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117# A beauty without labels
“A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty” Rudyard Kipling I have not found a respectful word to describe ‘fuck...
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116# The little girl on the swing
- Maria Elena, come. Come say hi - … - Come on, don’t be rude - … I was depressed at 18. It took an angel's intervention and a year of...
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115# A fool's philosophy
Chloe and I met Dan and Pete, two surfers in their forties, while camping in Paradise. I had never hung out with middle-aged men before....
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114# My precious
- Raz, it’s useless - I had it for 9 years - It’s gone. I’m sorry… - 9 YEARS!!! The smell leapt and danced above the cup, a warm kiss in...
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113# Some things work out
- Are you hurt ??? - ... -I'm so sorry La Chichona broke down again. I was used to her messing up my plans. Besides, I wanted to test...
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112# It's not an adventure until...
- BANG!!! - What was that? - I don’t know… Waves have their temper. Zipolite was cruel and powerful. Every surf session felt like jumping...
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111# The smell of death
- Do you smell that? - It smells like cat vomit! - Yeah… do you know where it's from? - No but I'll around Chefi talked little and smiled...
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110# How to save a life
“A day may come when the courage of men fails… but it is not THIS day.” Aragorn, King of Gondor I was looking for a new home where I...
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109# A child needs to play
- What’s wrong? - It feels good, TOO good… - !?? - Oh-oh… The condom broke… inside, and after. I reached for another one as if nothing...
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108# Habanero corruption
- There is a car coming - Shit! Stay still... The Mexican Police is corrupt to the bone. In the North, most policemen get their bread...
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107# Of course! But maybe...
“Giving too many fucks is bad for you.” Mark Manson Karleen was introvert, sensitive and German. I’m outgoing, spontaneous and loud....
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106# A dripping tragedy
- It’s been 6 years Raz… - … - 6 lonely years… We walked back in silence. My frustration rose to anger, then turned to indifference. I...
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