I've received a lot of complaints about my lack of a final entry. During the summer, I didn't really have a desire to sit down and think about how this incredible year of my life had ended. I didn't really have a lot of time to process it, either. I was surrounded by my family, my best friends, wonderfully warm weather, and lots of things to do. Being back was not strange- no reverse culture shock that I had been warned about. Now that I'm back at BU though, ...

Another fun Ecuadorian anecdote presented itself this morning. As I was taking my first step out of the shower, soaking wet and towel-less, there was an explosion- there is no other word to describe it. This explosion came from underneath the sink, and before I knew it the bathroom was filled with thick white steam. With an incredibly rapid heartbeat and adrenaline forcing its way through my veins, I struggled to wrap a towel around myself while answering my host...

Never have I ever been robbed on a bus by three men with butcher knives. Never have I ever been at risk of being stuck in an avalanche. Oh, wait. I did both of those this week. Let me explain. I mentioned in my last post that blog entries should be short because 'no one's life is really that interesting.' Unfortunately, mine is, and thus this post has the right to be long. Tuesday afternoon around 3pm my friend Tyler and I jumped on a bus to Tena, a town ...

I could probably write pages about my all-too-short visit to Cusco, Peru. However, as I've learned from this semester's newest hobby, blog stalking, no one wants to read lengthy blog entries. It doesn't matter if the entry is about your recent discovery of a seventh toe on your left foot, about the four people and the cat you saved from the mailbox fire last Tuesday, or the time you spent a week exploring Incan ruins, if the entry looks too long, it's not getti...

Caves are AWESOME. The jungle is even MORE awesome. This past weekend my friends Dani, Tyler and I went to a small town called Tena, on the outskirts of the Amazon rainforest. I had never been before, but we were all sold when we read about the 'extensive cave system' in which rubber boots, headlamps, and bathing suits were necessary. Tena is also only a 4ish hour drive away- not bad at all by our travel standards. We arrived just after dark on Friday night,...