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Captivating Sri Lanka: An Unexpected Honeymoon

Sri Lanka Anton OrtigasApril 20, 2019 Places

Fleeing the Rat Race I live in a corporate world, surrounded by high-rises and traffic jams, unruly crowds and heaps of concrete. Social media provides …

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There’s No Place Like Rome: Travels with My Father, Travolta, & Mickey Mouse

Los Angeles / the United States Marga OrtigasMarch 27, 2019 Places

“BAD TRIP” I was eight years old the first time I visited the United States.  I didn’t want to be there. Italy was my preferred …

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Between Borders: Dualities, Wine, and Baja California

Mexico / Valle de Guadalupe Marga OrtigasApril 19, 2018 Places

Star sign Twenty-seven-year old Violeta is “sort of” an Aries.  It’s among the first things she tells you about herself – that she was born …

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Stargazing in the Yukon: A Journey Within

Canada / Yukon Territory Marga OrtigasJanuary 17, 2018 Places

In the stillness of a winter morning, I cast my hearing to the brittle dawn. The night was silver and dusted in diamonds. The frost …

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Once Upon a Time in Lesvos: A Humanitarian Crisis with No End in Sight

Greece Marga OrtigasNovember 25, 2017 Places

Time seemed a different creature on Skala Eresou, a small coastal village on the western side of Lesvos.  Days flowed one into the other unhurriedly, …

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Sandcastles by the Seine: A Fable of Love and Longing

France Marga OrtigasOctober 9, 2017 Prose

This was supposed to be the beginning of the beginning. But I don’t know where to start. Ten years ago?                         London. A dark …

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“Sami del Samwich” and Surviving the Colombian Drug Cartels: (Part 3)

Colombia Marga OrtigasSeptember 22, 2017 People

Part 1: Genesis Part 2: Exodus Ecclesiastes Samuél Vásquez Martín checked his watch.  It got dark earlier than expected as storm clouds loomed where the …

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“Sami del Samwich” and Surviving the Colombian Drug Cartels: (Part 2)

Colombia Marga OrtigasSeptember 18, 2017 People

Part 1: Genesis The Exodus Samuél Vásquez Martín, aka Sami, was eventually offered what he saw as his ticket out of the drug-cartel-dominated world in …

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“Sami del Samwich” and Surviving the Colombian Drug Cartels: (Part 1)

Colombia Marga OrtigasSeptember 14, 2017 People Places

He blended into the crowd quite effortlessly. Not too tall, not too big. Not too loud, and not at all brash. It was easy to …

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Håfa Adai: Dispatch From The Pacific Island Where America’s Day Begins

Guam Marga OrtigasAugust 12, 2017 Places

FRONTLINE The trek through the forest was not an easy one.  It was hot, and humid; rocky, and steep.  The terrain, though beautiful, was punishing …

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