It seems like the bathrooms here are all a result of the lack of resources. Water, electricity and ability/system to process. Water: In Puerto Lopez water is trucked in from an hour away and thats the water for showers, toilets, sinks. Bottled water is cheap. One of the places in Puerto Lopez I bought water charged a quarter for
I’ve done a lot of walking in Quito. Like any big city, there’s a lot of distance between you and your destination. After a couple of weeks of walking the hills in the city, my calves and feet ache. Most of the yoga I’m doing is to relieve some of the aches of walking, sitting, and travel in general. I’m
My trip TO the basilica yesterday went off without a hitch. RETURNING I got mixed up and got off the trolly one stop too soon, got on the bus going the wrong way and then got on the bus going the right way but the wrong bus. Its all part of the experience and I got where I was going,
While on the coast I observed, or rather heard, the men on the street whistle to each other. They communicate with each other, whether it be a greeting or a way to get someones attention so they can have a conversation or do business, for example, to hail the moto-taxi or give someone a lead on a tourista needing some
At a little taller than 57, Im on the tall side for an American woman. Here, in Ecuador, I feel like a giant. Im taller than all of the women and almost all the men, sometimes a whole head taller. In the US, Im used to being taller than a good number of woman but to tower over the men
The city of Quito is at such a high elevation the temperature is mild and it is in the clouds. From the air it is an amazing place that goes on and on and on. Crowded with people and car/bus/taxi traffic. There is a sense of orderlessness, a casual chaos to just about everything (which may be pervasive to this
Friday night we had a yummy dinner at India House, north of the hotel far enough to give me a blister on the back of my right heel. This was part of the dinner circle program arranged by the conference. Seven of us ate really good food in a loud, busy, bustling space. Chicago is a vibrant place with lots
We pulled into Fargo yesterday after driving almost 1,500 miles through North and South Dakota. As mentioned in my previous posts, there’s a lot of farm land in this part of the great United States of America. Hay, wheat, soybeans, corn, sunflowers … and a lot of each. We got some chuckles along the way reading what restaurants, churches and
In addition to meeting the chaacters of the Old West through stories, we ran into some modern day characters. My cousin Robb is a salesperson for a drug company that sells only to independent pharmacies. The job over the last 30 plus years has gotten tougher. The company he orginally worked for was purchased, and then that one bought by
In addition to meeting the characters of the Old West through stories, we ran into some modern day characters. At Spearfish Canyon an older man with a cane and a dog (not on a leash) approached me asking what I was shooting. Handing over my camera, he told me he shot Canons for years and currently has a Nikon, which