Rafi Uddin Mahmud
The Team
No story is too small
Ecuador
Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the world)
Elevation drunk and having just summited the world's highest active volcano over night, I thought the smart good idea to slide down the slope on my bum. I had already lost 3 toenails in my rented boots. I have never been much of a pedicure girl, but I thought I should save what I could. The mountain had other plans.
luckiy just a wake up call. "I don't have insurance" as I slide down out of control do I dig in my heel? I kept trying to spike the ground with my axe. eventually it stuck.
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Myanmar
aamara bandhu
An Elder in the hills sang me an American song; one he played on repeat as a teenager while visiting a shop with a record player in nearby Thailand.
He told me about violence and gunshots, the unrest of his village in Myanmar some 50 years ago... but no one could take away his boyish smile.
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New York City
The City
Elevation drunk and having just summited the world's highest active volcano over night, I thought the smart good idea to slide down the slope on my bum. I had already lost 3 toenails in my rented boots. I have never been much of a pedicure girl, but I thought I should save what I could. Wrong.
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