Author: Keagan Pratt
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Speaking for Understanding, not Perfection
I came to the realization I haven’t spoken much about the progress I’ve seen behind the whole premise of me coming to Argentina in the first place: to learn Spanish. Or really, it’s Castellano here (with a “sh” sound on the “ll” instead of “y”). That’s right, I’m taking on…
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My South America non-Itinerary Itinerary 2.0
If you’ve been following along you know what’s up with that title, but in-case you haven’t, here’s the 30-second elevator summary: I was gonna do this. But after being awestruck by the world and learning a few things about traveling, I’m not (but also still could technically). I cancelled my…
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Falling in love in 4 days
Salta. My love. I miss you so. From copious amounts of fernet, to awe-inspiring views, and, of course, fantastic people, I was blown away. What’s crazier? No one talks about it. It’s all Patagonia this, Iguazú that, but man… I’ll be damned if Salta isn’t a top 2 experience by…
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Mistakes and discovery – midpoint reflections
And just like that Ive got a month left in my temporary home of Buenos Aires. Wild man. There’s this weird duality I’ve realized with traveling that it goes by in a blink of an eye, but at the same time you feel like you’ve lived 20 lives over. It…
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Scenes from Rio + Carnaval
You ever just say “eh, why not” and then find yourself in a foreign country partaking in the world’s biggest party? No? Yeah fair enough. Rio. My lord what a beautiful city. Unforgettable. Never seen something quite like it. It’s as if it can’t decide if it wants it’s identity…
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End of phase one: Changing of the guard
I’m the last one standing. Don’t you just love these hyper-dramatic one-liners I rip off to start every post? I really should have done theater growing up cause I would be an absolute stud. Maybe I’ll start my engineer-to-business man-to-actor arc after this trip. Kidding. Unless… Anyways back to the…
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My first side quest: a World Wonder
Until this mini-trip, I was being kinda lazy. I told myself spending the first 4 weeks in Buenos Aires without planning other travels around the country was just cause I was getting settled in, learning the culture, and improving my speaking skills to be functional before traveling around. But I…
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Ignorance is bliss – Knowledge is motivation
I hate running. I know I’ve already told you all this when I ran my pseudo-marathon a couple months ago. For those of you new here, yeah, I ran a 1.1 miles/1.8 kilometers every hour for a 24-hour period even though I hate running. I also hate scorching heat w/…
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Travel snafus & turning lemons into lemonade
It happened. Something went wrong. Okay maybe I’m being a tad dramatic; I didn’t wake up in a ditch with an unknown tattoo or anything like that… yet. But if all went as planned I’d be enjoying one of the 7 natural world wonders right now on the border of…
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Phase 1 – Carpe Diem (but w/ care)
I am exhausted. Living a slow lifestyle in Byron Center with zero responsibilities to your name isn’t exactly taxing – mentally or physically. For the last 6 months, my toughest challenge has been the “Hard” New York Times Sudoku. I’m now on day 18 of moving to a foreign country…
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