One Saturday morning I was streaming live and had some people over on my chat. I was trying to think of the plan for the day. Someone recommended sushi and I did want to try a sushi delivery, but the sushi here is hardly sushi. It’s mostly rice, salsa with a little bit of fish. I gave up eventually.

But we did talk about so many issues!

I’m looking forward to going to the coffee district of the coffee country of Colombia. We’re taking a little six-seater airplane and it will take us 27 minutes.

It’s been amazing in this place. Here you have all that you might need, it’s a two-store penthouse in a really good flat neighborhood with all these sports commodities here. And the price per month was 720.
The view is great to wake up to in the morning! Sometimes it feels scary how quickly you get used to them. They’ll blow your mind one day and then the next day you’re indifferent. I do love hills. This view is a highlight of my day here.

One thing I’ve learned from traveling is that balconies are super important to me! They are usually the first things I see when searching for an apartment. And with a view like the one I had had in Medellin, I can say that this one was worth every penny I spent. Sure – I work inside, and I go out for rides, but the balcony is another living room for me. And I feel the same way about cars and motorbikes.

I should be able to get this same price apartment for about 500 a month in Manizales. And as much as I want to be at this place, there is other stuff. You know, once you start your journey in these parts, there’s just so much to see: there’s Bogota, Pereira…

I don’t know if I’m going to spend more than two weeks in any place now. I’m tempted to go there, buy a motorcycle. I might just rent one. For ease, I might just go rent a motorcycle for a couple of weeks. Yes, that’s probably the best. I want freedom! It’s really about autonomy more than anything.

I got into all this at the beginning or end of 2013. Once I left the U.S. I couldn’t stop moving. There is just too much of this world to explore. And once I became an expat, I believe I felt I could live almost anywhere. And some of the places that I was living in are at the end of that anywhere-specter. Stories about life that treats people differently than we can be even aware of are amazing. Discovering them is a privilege.

I was out getting my haircut once in Danang, Vietnam, and the guy delivered to the barbershop a washer machine on a scooter on a 125. I knew you can put anything on a scooter, you could put a family of five on a scooter. But I was amazed!

I have my honda and it has been appreciated because of the car shortage and I only pay with insurance and storage. If I were to come back to America and need a car, that car would be the one. You know, the rental would cost a thousand bucks, so I’d rather just have my little
honda.

Looking at these clouds rolling! I wonder what my flight is going to be like.

You know, Colombia is not for people who like to sleep in. Life wakes up rather early.

I’m leaving in four minutes. I’m gonna pour a little more coffee. I’m going to this little tiny airport here in Medellin. Heading south. I don’t even have an apartment in Montez. I plan to arrive there and go straight to a Starbucks and have some more coffee. I think that’s the thing if you do the whole part of traveling – to go to the coffee capital of the world
and then drink Starbucks coffee. And I’m going to find an Airbnb while I’m at that place, or maybe a Juan Valdez.

It was good to see Brian last night out here. That was kind of cool, to run into two people I knew in Colombia. This world is starting to shrink.