The hippie had attached himself to a young group of artesanos 20 to 30 years his junior. As evidenced by his colorful Spanglish-speaking abilities, I doubted the group had much in common besides chipping in on high-grade Peruvian weed together.

Recently, I’ve been barreling through places at a breakneck speed: 7 cities in 11 days over 3 countries and 45+ hours on buses.