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Tonight is the last night in a month that I’ll be speaking in English. After this, all conversation will be in Spanish. It’s part of a language hacking experiment that I’m trying. The goal is to become conversational in a month. This video is the first of weekly videos that will show my progress. Enjoy! […]

My return trip to Hostel el Sol was met with a surprise. This time, I’m the only gringo, and the only person in the hostel, aside from staff, who doesn’t speak Japanese. However, I looked at this as a challenge. For the past two days, I’ve given myself a crash course in Japanese. I found […]

I take a look at the countries on my itinerary over the next six months, and I realize that I’m in desperate need of learning some Spanish. No, I realize I don’t need to be fluent to travel through Central America, but a few phrases will certainly be helpful. Still, I’m trying to get past […]