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Scene #6: armed conflict in Nicaragua

Scene #6: armed conflict in Nicaragua

November 25, 2019 · by Ben · in Travelling the Word

~~~ Note: I wrote the following blog in 2017, from Nicaragua.  I held off publishing, as I didn’t want my family to find out through this site what had happened.  That decision ended up with me putting this blog on…

Scene #5: bad apples in Honduras

Scene #5: bad apples in Honduras

September 10, 2017 · by Ben · in Travelling the Word

I’m in the fruit aisle, holding my breath.  Next to me an armed policeman, dressed for warfare and carrying a machine gun, is stroking the apples one-by-one.  Have they done something wrong?  Have I done something wrong?? Eventually, he gives…

Scene #4: the ashes of El Salvador

Scene #4: the ashes of El Salvador

July 23, 2017 · by Ben · in Travelling the Word

In 1926, the Izalco volcano in El Salvador violently erupted, blowing ash across the country.  The lava that buried a whole town, killing 56 people. Six years later, Izalco was once again the site of a violent eruption: this time…

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