Later this month I’ll be returning to Ecuador for several weeks. I decided to do this to amuse myself and, well, because being retired I can. Once I decided to go my attention turned to what might be interesting to explore while I’m there. Mostly I’ll be following my own advice avoiding the sights, lingering in… [Continue Reading]
Travels in South America: It was the best of times….
This is where we went If you find Lima on the map, that’s where our journey began. From there we flew to Cusco for the excursion to Machu Picchu. Travel by bus then took us to Puno on Lake Titicaca and the Altiplano; Copacabana, La Paz and Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia; San Pedro de Atacama… [Continue Reading]
Yellow Fever, closing up shop for the summer and heading to Peru y Bolivia
For over a week now I’ve been afflicted with Yellow Fever. I blame the Bolivians. Reasonable people might suggest I also bear some personal responsibility. It was I, after all, who made the appointment at the clinic, drove over and said to the nice lady, “Say, why don’t you load up a syringe with a… [Continue Reading]
Where in the world are you?
jlcollinsnh around the world I don’t know too much about this whole blogging process. Since starting last June, I’ve only barely figured out how to write the posts and put them up. But measuring readership and other metrics is still mostly a mystery to me. (I also just got an email from a reader asking… [Continue Reading]
Muk Finds Success in Tahiti
Let’s run away together One day, many years ago, I was having an especially bad day at work. Late in the afternoon I called my not-yet-then-but-soon-to-be wife and said: “I’m sick of this crap. Let’s quit our jobs and run away to Tahiti.” I’m not entirely sure I knew where Tahiti was at the time…. [Continue Reading]
Travels with “Esperando un Camino”
Esperando un Camino In my office there is a bronze sculpture we acquired in Madrid, Spain some 25 years ago. It is about a foot tall and depicts a young woman. She is barefoot and has long flowing hair. Dressed in a peasant blouse and long skirt, she stands with her hands on her hips… [Continue Reading]
The road to Zanzibar sometimes goes thru Ecuador…
Stone Town — Zanzibar — Sand & Water If you have been reading this blog closely you will have noticed that my wife and I have been planning for over a year to travel to Zanzibar this summer. It is where she was born and raised. She and our daughter went back last year but… [Continue Reading]
Johnny wins the lotto and heads to Paris
Back in the day my pal Johnny ran a high stakes poker game in Chicago. Of course, he wasn’t my pal then. I was just a punk on a waiting list for about six months to get into this game. Got called to substitute a couple of times before finally someone died and I… [Continue Reading]
