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My name is Kip Sikora. I recently turned 30, which gave me only a minor freak out. I completed Peace Corps Ecuador last May and am planning on moving to Missoula, Montana sometime early this summer where I will study photojournalism. If anybody that reads

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Travel > Bus & Train Travel Traveling by bus
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More than just a way of getting around, bus travel in Latin America resonates with saturated chords of cultural detail, deep-frying the senses in local flavor. The experience transcends the mundane, becoming a voyage across a socio-cultural canvas, and it all begins at the terminal. Dingy and often dimly lit by fluorescent li... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Traveling
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Flea Market PupI had decided against going to Cuenca, but then Vince told me he had just arranged a ride with his neighbor, Oswaldo, in the back of a vegetable truck leaving Saraguro at 4 AM the next day. He was heading there in search of a turkey chick, and had plans to fatten that bird for a home-style feast come Thanksgivi... More..

Religion & Spirituality > Heaven, Hell & Afterlife What happens when we die?
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, phosphorous and potassium are several of the many elements found in scores of organisms. Tossing these blindly into a pot and stirring it with the stick of chance may yield little more than a frothy, muddled soup, yet in the right proportions, and with a twist of the mystery we wil... More..

Sciences > Psychology If and why we fear death
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Life is change. It begins with change as a single sperm among millions fertilizes an egg, creating an embryo that develops into fetus. We are born and we grow, changing all the while, and despite struggles to the contrary, life will end with change as its support systems cease. Change is as ubiquitous as it is natural, but hu... More..

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Black Snake Moan
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I really liked the setting and atmosphere in Black Snake Moan. The small, rural southern town, the blues bar, the clothes of the characters, their diction, the pharmacy, the houses and their states of repair, the old radiator, all of the details, all of that felt authentic, but it didn't feel like an authentic blues movie. Th... More..

Travel > Travel Diaries & Adventures (Other) Travel experiences: Road trip tales
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I had decided against going to Cuenca, but then Vince told me he had just arranged a ride with his neighbor, Oswaldo, in the back of a vegetable truck leaving Saraguro at 4 AM the next day. He was heading there in search of a turkey chick, and had plans to fatten that bird for a home-style feast come Thanksgiving in the jungl... More..

Travel > Travel Diaries & Adventures (Other) Travel experiences: Traveling to discover yourself
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Through the LensThe light fell softly in Santiago, a small village on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. Storm clouds filled the sky and the scent of rain rose from loosely cobble-stoned streets. Businesses and homes crowded both sides of a narrow thoroughfare, creating the confining sense of an alleyway. Motorbikes and... More..

Religion & Spirituality > Comparative Religion Is there one, true religion that is better than all the others?
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No, no and no. Consider the fact that one's religion is often determined by culture, geography, government and/or family tradition. It is, to some extent, a matter of chance. Ask yourself, does the divine, in its most formless glory, favor people based on kinship or the superficial borders humanity has arbitrarily imposed on ... More..

Travel > Travel Diaries & Adventures (Other) The benefits of travel in your life experiences
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The light fell softly in Santiago, a small village on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. Storm clouds filled the sky and the scent of rain rose from loosely cobble-stoned streets. Businesses and homes crowded both sides of a narrow thoroughfare, creating the confining sense of an alleyway. Motorbikes and horses competed... More..

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