Tag: life
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When the Answers Are the Questions
I’m on the 5 month anniversary of my departure from my home, and all I have are questions. Mira: Does a grain of rice cost the same in rupias and pesos, dollars and shekels? If a coffee farmer in Zona de Cafetal makes 600 colones ($0.17) for collecting a kilo of coffee beans, where’s my…
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Palm Oil Wisdom from Pa
I was hangry, sweaty, and cramped in the back of a local bus in West Sumatra, exhausted from the morning’s jungle trek on little sleep. An older local man (which are all referred to as “pa” in Indonesia) started inching closer to me. “Hello! Where are you from?” He asked cheerily. I was expecting the…
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