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Notes to live and travel abroad — written from wherever home currently is. I moved to Colombia planning to stay seven months and I'm still here three years later. This journal is where I keep the honest version of that story: the slow mornings, the language stumbles, and the meals worth crossing a border for.
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How 7 Months Turned Into 3 Years — My Expat Story in Colombia
Six months in Medellín, and I’m finally starting to understand why people come for a week and stay for years.
There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that hits you on arrival — not from the flight, but from the altitude. Medellín sits at 1,495 metres above sea level. Your body knows before your mind does that…
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July 10, 2026
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