Circumspencing the Globe

Call 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]

What 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]

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]

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]

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]

        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]

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]