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Post Category → Nicaragua

About that time I contracted cholera on the Pan-Am highway.

posted in In Transit, Nicaragua, Vignettes on July 6, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A look back on the occasion of my 34th cholera-versary. Quite likely your most enjoyable five-minute read of the day.

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A 72-Hour Bout With Cholera

posted in El Salvador, Guatemala, In Transit, Nicaragua, Vignettes on July 6, 2020 by Bob Ramsak 6 Comments
Teustepe, Nicaragua, February 1990

I’ve read Love in the Time of Cholera twice. It’s among my favorite books. The first time was in the early winter of 1992, when I lived in a small one-room cabin in the woods near Athens, Ohio. At the time I was preparing for a road trip three friends and I were about to… Continue reading →

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This is BobRamsak.com, a public notebook by Bob Ramsak.

I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant ones are the global response to the climate crisis and a renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

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