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>Sandboarding With Franken-Ford
Our sandboards stood like picket fence posts along the disintegrating concrete wall. My long accompaniment with Andean ridges had been replaced by mountains of fine, wind-washed sand. These monoliths loomed over the oasis town of Huacachina like sentinels. An eternal... [Read]

Argentina

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>Horse Sized Pigs & Other Oddities On A Canyon Tour
The alarm buzzed us into semi-consciousness at 5:45 in the morning. Our dormitory-style hostel housed three other deep sleeping tourists who, I’m sure, wished our batteries had worn out long before we even set the alarm. From the top bunk... [Read]

Argentina As A Soap Opera (A Quick History)
Aregentina In A Nut Shell The Argentine people were often forced to equate economic stability with societal bullying. One of the most famous authoritarian leaders to be seated in power, Juan Peron, rose from the ranks of politics to control... [Read]

A Quickie With Argentina
Argentina's Measurements...... [Read]

Bolivia

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Chile

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Vigilante Meets Santiago
Fading gold plush enveloped me in the form of an uncomfortable armchair. I oozed out of the chair with my back resting on the seat and my neck bent awkwardly against the seat back. The TV in front of me... [Read]

A Quickie With Chile
Chile's Measurements...... [Read]

Ecuador

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>Are Those My Brains On Your Knife?: Eating Guinea Pig
Three years ago I was thrust into an initiation, of sorts, in order to be accepted as a member of my surrogate Ecuadorian family. My inebriated host uncle cracked open a roasted guinea pig skull like a pistachio nut, dug... [Read]

>The Count Who Was Afraid Of Heights
"Vamos Conde," (lets go Count) I whisper to my horse as he stops again as a result of his timidity to steep rocky declines. From where I´m sitting, on the back of a horse with heavy donkey ancestry, and on... [Read]

>Notes From Horseback: A Real Vaquera
At 27, Rene alrady had four children, one boy and three girls. Her son was actaully the young guide who had escorted us to the horses. I told her I was surprised that at her age she already had four... [Read]

Peru

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>Sandboarding With Franken-Ford
Our sandboards stood like picket fence posts along the disintegrating concrete wall. My long accompaniment with Andean ridges had been replaced by mountains of fine, wind-washed sand. These monoliths loomed over the oasis town of Huacachina like sentinels. An eternal... [Read]

>Hit And Run South: Real Life Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance
I looked up from my book toward the hostel’s front door that had just been thrown open with a muted thud of wood on cement. A silhouetted figure stood supporting the shadow of a motorcycle as the sun glared behind... [Read]

>Am I Really That Boring?
You never realize how boring you are until you talk to a man who falls asleep mid-sentence. I had squat down on the bare wood floor of my hostal room, sorting smells amongst my clothes into two piles: one pile... [Read]

I'm Nuts...and Bolts

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Peru As A Soap Opera (A Quick History)
Personal Ad: Who I Am/What I'm Looking For: Former Peruvian President Seeks Like Minded Country For Illegal Aquisition Of Public and Private Funds To Build My Modest 150 Acre, 5-Storey Country Home. Turn Ons: A Trusting People, And Rampant Economic... [Read]

A Quickie With Chile
Chile's Measurements...... [Read]

A Quickie With Argentina
Argentina's Measurements...... [Read]

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