February 2011
1 post
January 2011
6 posts
December 2010
4 posts
Volunteer Update!
Man, I can’t wait to get to Sucre, Bolivia and start volunteering again. We have come across multiple mishaps making it take much longer than expected to get there: having to wait to cross the border into Bolivia for a week while the yellow fever shots kicked in, having to go to La Paz to get more passport pages added because I ran out (awesome problem) and now a strike in the area we were heading...
November 2010
4 posts
Guess which exciting thing I did today! Win a...
A) Was sick and had a headache.
B) Was sick and had a headache and had to take a 8-9 hour bus ride through the world’s driest desert and across the Andes.
C) Was sick and had a headache and had to take a 8-9 hour bus ride through the world’s driest desert and across the Andes in a bus with no air conditioning that was 92 degrees inside.
D) Was sick and had a headache and had to take...
October 2010
11 posts
I went mountain climbing/trekking in Colca Canyon in the Andes this weekend and here is a summary for your enjoyment: Number of times I vomited: 3 Number of times I climbed up a mountain: 2 Number of times I climbed down a mountain: 4 Number of times I dropped the F Bomb: 10+ Number of scary, rickety bridges over gorges I crossed: 3 Number of times I said, “F HIKING”: 1 Number...
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Interesting things that happened while showering...
I used the toilet (The shower is over the toilet. I really needed to pee).
I got electrocuted. Twice.
WatchI kept hearing The Little Mermaid’s “Under the Sea” randomly throughout Arequipa and I thought, “Gee, Peruvians must love this song.” Turns out their garbage trucks play it on repeat. Silly Peru.
I was awoken at 6:20am today because:
A) The sun was too bright.
B) I was nervous to start my first day volunteer teaching.
C) My Peruvian neighbor BLASTED Bon Jovi’s “Living on a Prayer” SEVEN times in a row.
If you guessed C, congrats! You are correct! The movies tell us when traveling abroad you will wake up to exotic noises like chickens and cattle and honking, but oh no, it’s the epic ballads of Bon Jovi.
September 2010
3 posts
August 2010
4 posts
July 2010
2 posts
May 2010
4 posts
lennyb asked: Hi Jillian! You're awesome and I would like to follow in your footsteps. I have some questions about your trip but I can't actually find your email address! How can I contact you?
April 2010
2 posts
March 2010
3 posts
“Solitude is a human presumption. Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life...”
– Barbara Kingsolver (Found this quote on the wall of the hostal where I’m staying)(via johnniejungleguts)
Kingsolver, on the wall of a hostel in BOLIVIA? Bolivia, you’re awesome. I can’t wait to meet you next year. As for you, Barbara, <3 U 4EVAR GURL.
February 2010
6 posts
Humility Now: Counting others more significant.:... →
Humility Now is a non-profit organization committed to working with the homeless, not just for them. We believe in counting their needs over our own, and building relationships as a means of getting them off the street. For every shirt we sell, we’ll give a shirt to our homeless…
Julio is the real deal. I met him via the internets while I was fundraising for the orphanages and...
A year from today I'll be in Antarctica.
Whaaaat!?
I know this much is true.
I will see the world and I am going to fall in love one day.