Day: August 20, 2025

My First Sip Amidst Wax Palms Ten years ago I stepped off a guagua in

Sweat, Strings, and My First Bachata Request I was twenty-three, newly landed in Santo Domingo,

Last August, on the sticky, mango-sweet morning after landing in Bogotá, I discovered that my

I still laugh when I remember my first attempt at serious small talk with a

From Sweaty Queue to Air-Conditioned Click: My Accidental Discovery Ten years ago, freshly moved from

Getting Happily Lost: My First Sunset Inside the Walls I still remember the lavender dusk

Dawn on Avenida Independencia The first time I tried to order breakfast in Santo Domingo,

From Motoconchos to Metrocables: My First Ride Ten years of dodging Santo Domingo’s motoconchos trained

Ten years ago I stepped off a plane, still clutching a pocket phrasebook, and into

Ten years ago, when I first landed in Puerto Plata armed with nothing but a