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Logbook: The Ferry to Cochamó
Expectation, frustration, and a better day than planned...
Feb 28 • Egor Korneev
Logbook: Valdivia, Chile
Three waves of Germans, one cold summer, and no sea otters...
Feb 26 • Egor Korneev
Logbook: The Volcano Road
Terror and beauty along the path...
Feb 21 • Egor Korneev
Logbook: The Chaos of Valparaiso
Surviving the hills of Neruda's home...
Feb 17 • Egor Korneev
Logbook: Santiago, Chile.
We go for a stroll and fall for the city...
Feb 15 • Egor Korneev
Logbook: To Chile. Almirante - Panamá
We take a ten-hour bus across the mountains…
Feb 13 • Egor Korneev
Black Dog Will Stay Here
On departing acquaintances...
Feb 4 • Egor Korneev

January 2026

A Very American Question
On polite questions, cultural scripts, and the right to define home
Jan 8 • Egor Korneev
Authenticity, Ordered in English
On comfort, fear, and how we choose a street in a parallel economy
Jan 3 • Egor Korneev

December 2025

A Cayuco at the Side of the Boat
A local indigenous fisherman drops by with a delivery
Dec 30, 2025 • Egor Korneev
Leaving to Earn the Right to Stay
On the gravity of comfort and the discipline of departure
Dec 26, 2025 • Egor Korneev
Bocas del Toro: Quiet Living Together While Living Apart
On sharing space today and building different tomorrows
Dec 21, 2025 • Egor Korneev
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