Articles tagged with "South America"
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Posted on: Circumspencing the Globe | 2008-06-05 00:37:45
Well, I've been back home for weeks and weeks--months now. I'd meant to write a concluding blog shortly upon my return. But I didn't. I got busy. I backburnered it. Time slipped away. Finally, I write now. So, just in case anyone ever
Posted on: Grassy and Wanting Wear | 2008-05-11 20:56:37
So no NGO development :(. Oh well, moving on!
So now my options are business advising in C./S. America or in the Pacific Islands. I'm an A-Match (Almost-Match) for C./S. America because of the language requirement. If I get picked I have to take 1 or 2 a
Posted on: Family Travel | 2008-04-14 11:00:25
The excellent travel website World Hum has a regular column called "Ask Rolf," by talented travel writer Rolf Potts.
Haven't heard of him?
Browse the Stories or Essays section of his Web site, or see how he makes an ancient French version of tennis
Posted on: The Friends Project | 2008-04-12 15:33:41
Thanks to our two latest donors to future Friends Project projects:Dawn Robinson in Springwater, NY and Harvey and Martha Rhody of Fairport, NY. Both attended the "Amazon: A Fragile Balance" exhibit and decided to contribute to future improvement projects
Posted on: mikeytravels | 2008-04-11 07:14:14
I couldn't place the song at first. It was drifting across the courtyard and flaking in the breeze. I wondered where the radio was and why it was playing American music. I roused myself and followed the source of the noise.
It wasn’t a radio at all;
Posted on: Claire takes on the world.... | 2008-04-08 00:02:54
Photos on this entry don't seem to be coming up. I'll fix them when I get a moment...
After 262 days, 12 flights, 15 nights spent on buses, 11 countries, and 1 baptism it was finally time to say goodbye to South America. Jenny and I saw a mini tornado
Posted on: Mom Says I'm Running Away | 2008-03-31 20:36:30
Day: 371
As I said in the last post, I am currently exhausted as I write both these posts at the same time. To make my extremely hard life (sarcasm), harder, I have a bus into the driest desert on the planet (in northern Chile) tomorrow morning w
Posted on: Mom Says I'm Running Away | 2008-03-31 20:24:53
Day: 370
Colca Valley is the worlds deepest canyon, even more so than the Grand Canyon, unfortunately after spending two days getting on and off the uber-touristy tourist bus non-stop, I am not really up to writing much. Needless to say, to have su
Posted on: The Friends Project | 2008-03-27 09:06:16
"Amazon: A Fragile Balance" is on exhibition at Ock Hee's Gallery in upstate New York, in Honeoye Falls.The show includes images from my time living with colonists in the Brazilian Amazon who had a plague of mosquitoes on their land and were protesting
Posted on: Tales From the Chicken Bus | 2008-03-09 13:54:57
Day 124
The hostel here in Popayan had a pub crawl last night. A great idea and something Jordana and I would have been up for if it was not for our 5:30am bus to the Ecudorian border. A border that we hoped would be open when we arrived later in the
Posted on: Mom Says I'm Running Away | 2008-03-08 17:38:01
Day: 347
My alarm beeped off at 8 am this morning and I jumped out of bed with the exuberance of a child at an all you can eat ice cream buffet. The sun was streaming in our second story window overlooking the street, and the day looked spectacul
Posted on: Mom Says I'm Running Away | 2008-03-07 15:46:35
Day: 346
Somewhere over Central America I open my eyes, blinded by the bright morning sun. The Singaporean in the window seat next to me has that, ghost white-hands clenched-holding down the vomit look on her face; the look you never really want t
Posted on: Tales From the Chicken Bus | 2008-03-07 06:46:04
Day 122
The time had come to leave San Agustin, our few days here have been some of the most relaxing of the trip and the scenery amazing. San Agustin is the sort of town I could see exploding with tourism if people actually started coming. To Colombi
Posted on: Tales From the Chicken Bus | 2008-03-05 07:42:52
Day 120
The beautiful landscape together with the stone statues scattered around the San Agustin countryside make it an ideal place for a horseback ride. So that's what we were off to do today, oh and hopefully find some more sex crazed monkey sculptu
Posted on: Tales From the Chicken Bus | 2008-03-04 06:44:53
Day 119
If there weren't any mysterious ancient statues here than I would still imagine it would be a popular spot for travellers. Although like the rest of Colombia there really isn't that many foreign tourists around. I would bet no more than 50 in
Posted on: Tales From the Chicken Bus | 2008-03-03 08:07:09
Day 118
Up just before sunrise we were attempting to get to San Agustin in one day. San Agustin in the south of Colombia is known for the "Valley of Statues". An area of hundreds of stone carvings of men, animals and gods dating from 3300 B.C. In a
Posted on: Tales From the Chicken Bus | 2008-03-02 20:52:37
Day 117
Same as when I thought of Colombia I didn't know what to expect, I certainly didn't know what to expect from its capital Bogota. Reading the name alone left images of a dirty crime ridden city. However like most of Colombia you really have to
Posted on: Tales From the Chicken Bus | 2008-02-28 18:58:20
Day 114
The day had come where we decided it was time to move on from Salento. We decided to take an overnight bus to the capital, Bogota. So with one more day in Salento we decided to stay away from trout today, checkout the town a bit more and mayb
Posted on: Tales From the Chicken Bus | 2008-02-27 18:08:26
Day 113
One of the most enjoyable things about a long term trip is you can stay somewhere just about as long as you want. The Plantation House here in Salento is one of those places you think you may spend 2 nights and next thing you know its 4 or 5 o
Posted on: Circumspencing the Globe | 2008-02-23 19:57:10
Call me narrow-minded, but I draw the line at cross-species relationships. The creature I encountered in the Amazon jungle clearly did not. Welcome to the jungle. Tena, specifically. Tena, my present location, is known as the "green heart of the A
Posted on: Tales From the Chicken Bus | 2008-02-23 17:12:00
Day 109
Finally the day we were going to see a football match in Latin America was here. We had been talking about going to see a match before we even left home. I figured somewhere in Mexico would be easy, but it just never worked out. Then throughout
Posted on: Circumspencing the Globe | 2008-02-22 18:54:47
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. Bu
Posted on: Circumspencing the Globe | 2008-02-19 16:18:55
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 stuck together in a b
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-12 08:00:13
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This is how famously troubled São Paolo loan star Adriano got himself sent off against Santos on Sunday. He goes nose to nose with Santos defender Domingo, but then can't resist giving ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-11 07:30:36
As an AS Roma fan, I often – too often – dream of the day when science and technology will allow for someone to splice and dice the DNA of Francesco Totti, Daniele De Rossi and Alberto Aquilani to create God’s gift to football: Francesco De Aqu ...
Posted on: Circumspencing the Globe | 2008-02-10 22:14:44
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 ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-09 11:29:22
With the Cope de Verano (now called Torneos de Verano) over and done with, Argentinean football got serious again this weekend with the Clausura 2008 kick off. It's a fascinating year for Argentinean football because last season saw the big boys fall ...
Posted on: Circumspencing the Globe | 2008-02-06 00:22:48
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 ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-05 15:00:46
It seemed like the man would keep going forever, but today the legend that was, is and forever will be Romário finally set a date for his retirement. As of March 30th, 2008 the little Brazilian who (maybe) scored a thousand goals will officially han ...
Posted on: Circumspencing the Globe | 2008-02-02 21:58:26
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 ...
