Jungle Fever
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008Call me narrow-minded, but I draw the line at cross-species relationships. The creature I encountered in the Amazon jungle clearly did not. [read on]
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Part Time Lava
Friday, February 22nd, 2008What I saw outside the bus window looked disturbingly familiar: rocks and boulders and mud piled on the windy road´s edge at the base of fresh erosion scars in the mountain. The driver had to steer wide to avoid the hazards as we chugged uphill. [read on]
Here´s Mud In Your Calle
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
A traditional Ecuadoran meal served by waiters in bowties: $3.50. A clean hotel room in the city center, with private bathroom and cable TV, breakfast included: $9.00. Being the only gringo among 49 non-English speaking strangers ... [Continue reading this entry]
Ruined (pics added)
Friday, February 15th, 2008
When I last wrote, I was in a little beach town in the north of Peru called Huanchaco. I´m now in another little beach town, further north, called Mancora. Between the two, I was ¨ruined.¨ Let me explain.
Dotting the landscape ... [Continue reading this entry]
Three Days of the Condor
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
I did not eat condor for three days. But I did visit their soaring grounds: Cañon del Colca. Canon del Colca and another canyon near it, Canon del Cotahuasi, are both over twice as deep as our own Grand Canyon. ... [Continue reading this entry]
Science!
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
I´ve never been much of a "science person," preferring instead the worlds of social studies and liberal arts. But I do know some things scientific. I know that matter comes in three forms: solids, ... [Continue reading this entry] In and Around the Lake
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Yes, ´round about 4:00 in the afternoon of Tuesday, January 29, I arrived by bus in Puno from Cuzco, Peru. Daniel and Perry had left on Sunday and I spent two extra nights in Cuzco alone. ... [Continue reading this entry]
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