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Self-help philosophy disguised as travel writing.

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  • No Sunsets in Sámara

    No Sunsets in Sámara

    I have no more tales of giant volcanoes or dense jungles. No more gripes about lost belongings or missed opportunities. And no photos to document the final few days of this dysfunctional pilgrimage. The story of my final week is probably going to sound dull and uneventful to most, but the past 96 hours or so were maybe […]

    Alec W. McPike

    March 10, 2017
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  • La Vida de un Pirata

    La Vida de un Pirata

    After a couple of emotionally and physically challenging weeks, I found myself lying on my back in the middle of a six-hour tattoo session at a small shop in San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua watching a mouse run across the rafters at the end of the room. But before I add some context to that, let’s […]

    Alec W. McPike

    March 2, 2017
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  • Fumble in the Jungle

    Fumble in the Jungle

    Something that many of you may not be as surprised by anymore, but has yet again certainly caught me off guard, is the almost inexplicable change in mindset that comes from a mere 18 days of constant, purposeful travel. It’s like all the different versions of your life, and yourself, are something you watched on TV years ago. And all that comes […]

    Alec W. McPike

    January 28, 2017
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  • Bike or Bus, It’s Belize

    Bike or Bus, It’s Belize

    If someone asked me what I was going to be doing my first week on this trip, I would not have told them I would be jumping off of a dirt bike, running into the jungle, then bounding across a river, so I could take shelter under the wing of an overgrown plane crash inside […]

    Alec W. McPike

    January 16, 2017
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  • The Goodbye Apparatus

    I’m beginning to wonder if my way of making big changes seem easier is to just change everything all at once. A relationship comes to an end, I change my career path. I move to a new city, my friends, hobbies and habits all seem to change. I didn’t really see the pattern until somewhat recently. […]

    Alec W. McPike

    January 3, 2017
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  • A Column Collection

    Originally posted November 20, 2015. My semester as news editor is over. My semester as news editor is over. Oh, that wasn’t a typo, it just felt really good to say it so I figured I’d do it again. I’ve obviously been neglecting this blog, yet again, but I have certainly been writing. The past […]

    Alec W. McPike

    December 2, 2016
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  • Write More Poems

    You’re not just a student. You’re not only an athlete. You’re not simply a son or daughter to your parents, or even to God. Yes, everyone has a core self, a central person deep down, but the rest, the real evolutionary you, is everything else. It’s the totality of the different aspects that make up […]

    Alec W. McPike

    September 5, 2016
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  • Write Now, Like, Right Now

    No one thinks I’m a writer but me. I spend so much time in front of a computer or with my nose in a book, I can’t understand how I could be confused as being anything else. Well then, why isn’t my name on anyone’s “bestsellers” list? Why aren’t the royalty checks rolling in on […]

    Alec W. McPike

    September 5, 2016
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