Exploring the world, intentionally or not…
Posted in Peru on Dec 25th, 2006
CHACHAPOYAS, PERU – I arrived in Chachapoyas on Christmas Eve, following two brutal days of travel through the boondocks of Ecuador and Peru. (Read about it here.) Exhausted beyond belief and not knowing anyone in town, I was fully prepared for a lonely Christmas highlighted by an early night’s sleep. But somehow the spirit of [...]
(Note: I will add photos to this post as soon as I can find a computer capable of reading the DVD they are stored on!)
CHACAPOYAS, PERU – “Are you sure you want to go that way?†asked the woman at the tourism office for the third time.
The fact that you keep asking me the same [...]
Posted in Ecuador on Dec 22nd, 2006
VILCABAMBA, ECUADOR – Ecuador is a treasure chest of plant life and has one of the most diverse ecosystems of any country in the world. In particular, the flowers here never cease to amaze me. I’m not a botanist and have absolutely no idea what most of these flowers are, so I’m going to challenge some [...]
Posted in Ecuador on Dec 9th, 2006
QUITO, ECUADOR ─ This holiday wouldn’t even be legal in the United States.
I’m talking about Fiestas de Quito, a city-wide festival to celebrate the founding of Quito by the Spanish on December 6, 1534. The official holiday falls on the 6th, but Fiestas de Quito kicks off on November 30, beginning a week-long period of [...]