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Argentina (3)
Book Reviews (1)
Chile (2)
Ecuador (7)
I'm Nuts...and Bolts (6)
Mile Trekker Tracker (1)
Not A South American Virgin (Previous Travels South) (4)
Peru (8)
Profiles (2)
Quick Tips - A Guide To... (3)
Scribblings (Trail-Mixed Thoughts) (5)
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Recent Entries
>Hello to Hangovers / Goodbye to Cities and Friends
>Machu Picchu Day One: Learning How To Walk
>Are Those My Brains On Your Knife?: Eating Guinea Pig
>Finding A Center In Montaņita
>The Count Who Was Afraid Of Heights
>Notes From Horseback: A Real Vaquera
>Bus Business
>A Guide To Inter-City Buses
>Pick My Brain & My Pockets
>The Ever-Growing Quick List
Total: 349.75 Miles
>Flying In: Airports and Hostels
>Battling the Batido
>Machu Picchu Day One: Learning How To Walk
>Are Those My Brains On Your Knife?: Eating Guinea Pig
>Finding A Center In Montaņita
>The Count Who Was Afraid Of Heights
>Notes From Horseback: A Real Vaquera
>Bus Business
>A Guide To Inter-City Buses
>Pick My Brain & My Pockets
>The Ever-Growing Quick List
Total: 349.75 Miles
>Flying In: Airports and Hostels
>Battling the Batido
Archives
September 30, 2003
>Hello to Hangovers / Goodbye to Cities and Friends
Exhaust-choking, garlic-snorting, and back-of-the-throat-gouging that tears at your soft palette and skewers your brain like an over-zealous acupuncturist. That is my hangover. My last night in Cusco was punctuated by a late night-early morning toast. I kissed the mouth of...Read this update
September 29, 2003
>Machu Picchu Day One: Learning How To Walk
We held our breaths as we jousted for right of passage with another passenger bus headed in the opposite direction. Our impasse arose as our bus shuttled all ten of us, plus our guide and driver, toward the 82 kilometer...Read this update
September 25, 2003
>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 this update
Posted by John on September 25, 2003 10:55 AM
Category: Ecuador, Not A South American Virgin (Previous Travels South)
Category: Ecuador, Not A South American Virgin (Previous Travels South)
September 12, 2003
>Finding A Center In Montaņita
I spent the night at Montaņita locked away in my room, one block from the breaking waves, and surrounded by the sounds of late night merrymaking. It sounds like some of the foreigners are teaching a few of the locals...Read this update
>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 this update
September 11, 2003
>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 this update
September 07, 2003
>Bus Business
Bus Business: A middle aged man stood up in front of the bus headed from Quito to Otavalo. Dressed in black denims, a black dress shirt, and a flattened ball cap, he addressed the passengers. "Hello ladies and gentlemen," WHAM,...Read this update
>A Guide To Inter-City Buses
There are two ways to catch an inter-city Ecuadorian buss. Option 1) You can go to the "terminal terestre" (buss station) where there are booths set up by various bus companies. Each company informs would be riders of thier destinations...Read this update
September 05, 2003
>Pick My Brain & My Pockets
Day One: Mile 2.6 My first 2.6 miles of walking the country, and I unknowingly fund a pickpocket. We will soon be crammed onto a trolley car that shuttles sardine-like passengers from old town to new town. We wait at...Read this update
>The Ever-Growing Quick List
Pre-Departure Tips For Overseas Travelers: This Post is Ongoing...Check Back Frequently 1= Make sure your passport is current for at least 1 (One) year after the date of your departure. 2= Bring a copy of your birth certificate in case...Read this update
September 04, 2003
Total: 349.75 Miles
My handy-dandy pedometer is keeping record of the miles I trek on foot south of the equator. Note: (Dancing may be included.)...Read this update
>Flying In: Airports and Hostels
I wish I could say that at 5:00am today, the morning I leave for Ecuador, the adrenaline took the place of caffine. I wish I could say I was confident in packing for three months of travel. I wish I...Read this update
>Battling the Batido
Drinking the H2O in South America is unavoidable. If you´re going to get bowel draining amoebas-and you can bet on it-then make it worthwhile. Find the nearest coastal town that sports at least running water, and order the largest fruit...Read this update
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