Visits to the Houses of Frida Kahlo and Pablo Neruda by Tim Ghazzawi: From the outside, her house is a high-walled compound, painted in a shade of blue similar to one Frida Kahlo herself once described in her diary as “electricity.” Its green windows and doorways are closed and barred, […]
Central & South America
“Broken Train Tracks”
A Teacher’s Strike en route to Machu Picchu, Peru by Tim Ghazzawi: For two days in the summer of 2017 the railway running to and from Machu Picchu was closed. Not for reconstruction purposes. Or because of inclement weather. But rather as a result of the ongoing teacher strikes that […]
“Feeling Chummy”
Snorkeling in Placencia, Belize by Tim Ghazzawi: Speed humps. The locals call them sleeping policemen. I passed these “officers” on my way to the port of Placencia, from where most of the peninsula’s dive and snorkel trips embark. They help to slow the traffic on the roadway to and from […]