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  • Reach me
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  • Publications
  • Going Places
  • Driving and Drinking with Dracula

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    For a great haircut

    chiselch / May 5, 2019

    I went to Lagos, Portugal, and got a the best haircut I’ve gotten in years. I won’t say I went to Lagos to get a haircut, but I did go to Lagos, and…

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    Start walking, keep walking and don’t stop walking until you are full

    chiselch / January 26, 2016

    How can anyone experience anything of a place at the speed of auto-motion? Cars and buses are great for moving us from Point A to Point F and quickly past Points B, C,…

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    Collectivos, buses provide cheap transit path to rich Oaxaca experience

    chiselch / January 9, 2016 / 0 Comments

    With three weeks remaining on our two-month stay in Oaxaca, I took a collectivo out to the airport yesterday. “A what?” you ask. It’s a local transit option, a little bit taxi, a…

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