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I stopped worrying about who to be or who will love me or why things happen. I started to just let things be, let things happen, or not.

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I am utterly charmed by this place and confounded by it.

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Scared of the speed I’ve gained, I push my heels into the volcano’s surface, attempting to brake. Immediately, I get the aching suspicion I’m going to crash.

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We wanted to go to Camaleon because it looked just shady enough we could either get thrown into a human sex trafficking ring OR we could have the best fucking night of our lives.

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As we put on our gas masks our guide told us the crater had been used as a place for human sacrifice for centuries and later on, as a place for satanic rituals. He then grabbed our hands and said a prayer for us before we began the hike.

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“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance.

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Recognizing her contribution to the world, Barnstable Academy senior Margaret Alston was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after she got back from Nicaragua on Tuesday morning.