Fort Negrita Blog

Run This Town (Atacames, Ecuador)

Travel


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Sand and sea is the name of my game! I live in Tonsupa, a beach city of the Esmeraldes Province, and it looks like I will be spending lots of time in Atacames too! I guess, I'll have the stinch of the beach on me for the rest of my life. Sounds good to me!

Atacames is a lively city to visit. Most of the buildings are painted in pastels, there's the contiunous sound of bachata music on all corners...

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The Best Indian Food (Bar Naan)

Travel

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Essence of India is the BEST! Bar naan (get it?) bar none.

Any who, on my never ending trip to Miami, I made plenty of stops along the East coast, including a pit stop in Tallahassee to see my king for his birthday.


Staying there for a few days, I had to make my way to one of the best restaurants in the world!

Now hear me out, for eight dollars you get a salad, a bowl of lentil soup, an entree (that...

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The Pit Stop Chronicles

Travel

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Pilot Jones, Pilot Jones.

After seven non-stop hours on the road, a 30-minute stop at a Pilot station sounded like heaven to me. Where else can you fill up the tank, buy homemade beef jerky and shower all at once?

Although I didn't hit the showers or indulge in tough, but chewy jerky. I filled up the tank and on a little park bench we had lunch. My sister opted for Wendy's, but Supa and I brought a...

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Where's All the Healthy Stuff in Jesup? (Georgia)

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It's funny because before we crept up on this natural beauty. Bink, my sister and I had been hanging in a park eating Damon's Famous wings and fries (sans the wings for me!). We joked about the health options in a little town like Jesup, where much of the diet is probably fried or smothered in meat fat.

Then I saw a sign, no really, a sign for a natural food store. With no knowledge of the town...

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Photo By the Hour (Our Going Away Cookout)

Wake up your life! I'm headed to Ecuador in less than two days (wait, she isn't gone yet?!), and I want to share the past week or so of my life. BTW, it's been awesome!! Imagine waking up and your itinerary is hanging with friends or touring tiny towns, barely knowing the day's date and making cremas with certified Haitians.

This is my first photo by the hour post, I give you a glimpse of my day...

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