Back in Canada, going through my Guatemala research, and wondering why I must wait an entire week between the resolution of the Stanley Cup’s Conference Finals and its celebrated final round (featuring my predicted match-up, Ottawa v. Anaheim). Meaning there’s no game this Saturday.
One wonders at the connection between this desperate eagerness to watch playoff […]

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Greetings from Guatemala City, where I am currently finishing up close to a month´s worth of research for the book. The city itself is worth some investigation despite the dire warnings of the guidebooks and the almost complete absence of any foreign tourists. The largest, most cosmopolitan city in Central America, it´s sprawling, chaotic, often […]

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