Tag: Mexico
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Recipe: Vegetarian Ceviche
I can’t get enough of ceviche or seafood. But sometimes seafood just isn’t available, so you gotta make do with what you have… so I learned how to make vegetarian ceviche!
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Living Like a Local: Crocodilos Up Close and Personal
My latest adventure in Mexico involved hanging out with crocodiles :3 We saw crocodiles as young as 1 day old!!! They were probably the size of my palm, but I was too antsy to hold anything still when there was a cloud of mosquitoes following us wherever we turned ><
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Living Like a Local: ¡Pobre Perrita!
Since arriving, I feel I’ve done a pretty good job immersing myself into this culture. I no longer feel weird pronouncing Spanish slightly incorrectly, saying hi to community members on my daily walks, or joking around with the people I meet. I think I got really lucky with the host family I was placed with,…
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DIY: Mosquito Traps
In Mexico, I’ve used bug spray with DEET, lime juice, Raid mosquito coils, but I’m amping up my protection by making DIY mosquito traps!
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Living Like a Local: Dealing with Pests!
Life’s rough living like a local when you’re used to black ants and mosquitoes in NYC! I miss my clean home free of any pests, but I’m finding living here to be a true taste of reality and cultural immersion dealing with all these unwanted pests. Maybe I’ll become a seasoned entomologist before I leave…
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