An Immortality Nesquik
Our third day clinic brought us to the community of Cerro Brujo. At the stroke of sunrise, sleepy bodies mobilised. A hard clang of the kitchen bell signaled breakfast, and…
Return to Bocas: Prologue
Location: El Dorado Airport, Bogotá Hot diggity dang we’re here. I’m doing it. I’m going back like I always knew I would. It was inescapable. I knew fairly early on…
A Two Way Street
Thursday morning I got out of bed at five AM and made myself a cup of tea. It was still pitch black, but I had to try and convince myself…
The Half-man Half-mud Troglodyte
Polio is an RNA virus from the enterovirus family. It commonly enters the body through infected food or saliva, and colonises the GI tract. In a subset of infections, the…
Finding a Fish that Moos
Quebrada Sal meaning ‘Salt Creek’, would be the final community I’d service as a member of this crew. It was on the far end of the nearby island Bastimientos. By…
The Broken Rope Bridge
Forecasted rain was nowhere to be found, and the large cayuco cruised out on bubbling water under blue skies. Amongst the many ins and outs of the bay, we passed…