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“i could get very rich here in guatemala. doing this would be the most horrible betrayal of the two me’s that do battle inside me - the social reformer and the traveler”

he writes about being poor in a way that actually makes me feel it - i’m getting frustrated by how redundant his writing is, the “i’m waiting for a visa, i’m looking for a job, i’m looking for a job, i’m waiting for a visa” schtick … and then i remembered that’s the whole point