Choosing the Obvious

The internal struggle from someone who has always loved chasing the unknown but now wants to live in one of the most popular countries in the world.

When I was applying for the Peace Corps, I dreamed of getting sent to Venuatu or Angola or somewhere not even a friend of a friend had visited. I wanted to go to places few could find on a map.

It wasn’t surprising when I was sent to Ecuador since I had spent some time in the region and worked as a teacher at a non-profit for Spanish-speaking immigrants…