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Salta's Plaza 9 de Julio

It’s hard to believe my month in Argentina has come and gone. Seems like just yesterday I wrote a post thinking through my options, and now I’m writing a post-mortem for the trip.

My month in Salta (with a few days in Buenos Aires) was an intense learning experience filled with many challenges. This is not to say I didn’t enjoy the trip: I met incredible people, ate delicious meals, and experienced unique cultural events on a near-daily basis. But this first trip of Traveling Savage will be remembered as the journey that tested my solo travel resolve, mental toughness, and ingenuity, and the one that set the bar and measuring stick by which future trips will be devised and judged.


I’ve distilled a few overarching observations from the month abroad below. Read more...

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Bloody Good Travel Writing from August 2010

by Keith Savage on September 7, 2010 · 6 comments

While August found me reading more work material than travel blogs, I did still stumble on several articles that struck a chord in me. Each shares a common thread with my mission or the style of writing I continue to pursue. Give these a read and enjoy! Read more...

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New Year’s Revolution

by Keith Savage on January 2, 2010 · 4 comments

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…in times of uncertainty we look for signs in the mundane for support and justification and comfort. It’s a natural reaction, but it’s important to realize that you’re just playing a game with yourself; true change requires hard work and determination… Read more...

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What Are You Saving Your Money For?

by Keith Savage on December 14, 2009 · 4 comments

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…so what were we saving for? For saving’s sake. Because that’s what responsible adults do. For the possibility of impending disaster. Reading it on the screen and boy, that’s a fearful way to live… Read more...

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