Monthly Archives: August 2010

BUS CRASH IN ECUADOR

For the record I was not on the bus ,a few things  came up and  me and the crew decided to wait a day when  I woke up monday morning the news of the crash  was over the papers,I might have been on a different bus  … Continue reading

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Cuenca,

I’m told  by my sources  that Cuenca, is  as a whole city, a national treasure, due  to it’s incredibly  well-preserved colonial buildings, cathedrals  and  plazas,  I’m still  trying  to find out the details on the history of the city itself , but … Continue reading

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llama quest: day 1

  So far all the furry beasts I’ve come across have been males, even , rather disturbingly, a male who was pretending  to be the mother of some baby lhamas’  I met in Cuzco,  FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON’T KNOW I … Continue reading

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Blocks, mortar, and many chipped nails to come

 For those of you who  don’t know Jehovah’s Witnesses are the do it  yourselves type when it comes  to  building the things they need, cleaning  or in general   getting any thing done , all type and  ages from 18- whatever are … Continue reading

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With love from Loja: SINFIN

 The next time you’re in Loja ,  don’t pass up the chance  to see the  next musical thing changing the country , the  group s called the   SINFIN* orchestra , and you can find it at the  Universiad Technica Particular de Loja, … Continue reading

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From Vilcabamba Loja with love: tips for travelers: pictures for lazy travelers

Today is officially  our last real day here in the  provencia de Loja a tear , but all in all  this has been a lovely trip met some interesting people  gleaned a little bit of knowledge all that good stuff, ok … Continue reading

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The Theory of Latin American cuisine, a confesssion

I don’t like menudo* yeah, my mother  is from Mexico, I’m from New Mexico, clearly my  the other side of my family loves latin things, obviously here I am. But it’s not even a strictly mexican/latin american thing  I don’t … Continue reading

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Lost in Loja: The Ecuador Diet

                                                                                 Good morning to all, or as the great Truman would say “good morning, good afternoon , and good night”  for whenever you get this ,  time has remarkably little value  in the part of the world after 10:30, by that hour  your  either … Continue reading

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Hola Cholla

now bear with me, I am after all from northern New Mexico, So for various reasons the idea i had in my head of a cholla or chollo for that matter is apparently very different from the actual chullos, which is the common name for one … Continue reading

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EL DIA TIPICO Vilcabambo

Some days you wake up and curse your youth,…. ok some days I wake up and curse my youth at least because it hinders me from  really complaining the way I would like  to. OK , that’s not really true  but I did wake up … Continue reading

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