colombia – Page 2 – Kerianne Baylor

Not B’quilla Take One

Vacation well spent traveling home to NJ, and then right back to Colombia (Cartagena and Manizales).

I popped the last piece of pizza in my mouth, darting my eyes between Nina and her two remaining personal slices. She was too busy leaned back in her chair, happily smiling into the world. When asked if she was going to finish her dinner, she readily said: “I’m just content, you know?” Our coordinator plannedContinue reading “That Feeling of Being Content”

Timing is Everything

I’m sitting on my bed in Barranquilla all jittery, not knowing how to contain the excitement within me. I have been promoted from alternate and selected for a 2015-2016 Fulbright U.S. Student Award to Brazil. Well, that’s what the email said. What I said was much different with much fewer words: I was speechless. Just seeing an email withContinue reading “Timing is Everything”

B’quilla Take Five

Wrapping up the first half of our ten months here in Colombia.

B’quilla Take Four

Here’s to yet another month of Colombian coastal craziness.

That Human Connection

I’m connected to humans that never cease to inspire me. They’re as close as the bedroom across the hall; the sweaty sidewalks of Suri Salcedo park; the always loud, always energetic SENA centers and as far as the streets of NYC; the café con leche-and-tortilla serving cafés of Madrid; the places I feel at homeContinue reading “That Human Connection”

So Many Feels

It’s already June. I’ve been in Colombia for almost five months, and the halfway point is closer than I realize. I’m splitting up my ten months with a short trip home to NJ for Father’s Day (PSA: June 19th-24th for anyone who would like to rendezvous), and returning to Cartagena for a longer explore-the-Colombian-coast-and-go-to-a-wedding-in-Manizales trip. I already haveContinue reading “So Many Feels”

B’quilla Take Three

Thirty more days of experiences worth remembering.

Food Series Take Two

I’d Tell Him Happy Birthday

My dad would have turned 58 today. I would’ve given him a call, though he wouldn’t have expected it. I would’ve started the conversation with an ecstatic Doooooodle! I would’ve heard him say “Swee-T, you took the time out of your day to call your dad, huh?” I would’ve been reminded of that same response onContinue reading “I’d Tell Him Happy Birthday “