Adventures and fascinations of Matt Pāz
My bus pulled to the side of the road outside the bus terminal in Cochabamba at 9pm. I had dozed off during the ride, and was a bit alarmed to disembark half-asleep into a hectic scene of hawkers and street vendors on the sidewalk of Avenida Ayacucho, the main north-south street in the city. … Read more
My flight into Lima, Peru landed at 12:45am. By time I went through customs and exited Chezar Chavez International airport it was 2am. A cabbie approached me on my way out, “Miraflores? Barranco?” Why yes, Miraflores, please. How’d you know? … Read more
The lease on my apartment expired on June 8th, and the time had come to leave Medellín.
After more than two months in the city, moving onward was extremely bittersweet. The prior night, I had gone out with my buddy Jason for one last trip to Café Zorbas (my favorite restaurant in Medellín and the best pizza in South America), and lamented that part of me didn’t want to leave—I had grown comfy. … Read more
I slept soundly on the bus for several hours. Bright lights flicked on at 5am, and the bus driver announced “Frontera!” Everyone on the bus disembarked and got into line outside a small office behind 30 people already waiting. The lights of the building were off and the front windows shuttered. … Read more