South America
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Ahhh.... Carnival. |
Additional stories will be written when I return to the USA to reclaim my journal and other propaganda, unearth my computer from storage, and take a look at the 972 slides I took in South America. Believe it or not, I have nice comments to make about some parts of South America that I have not described such as the Inca trail, the Galapagos, and Angel Falls as well as intercourse with those friendly, beach-loving Brazilians.
World Wide Webbing
South American computers presented novel challenges, not the least of which was the fact that the tilde symbol (~) used in my Web site's URL does not exist on a Spanish keyboard.
Guinea Pigging Out
Experimenting with a local delicacy is always interesting even if it is standing on your plate when it is served.
High Living
Learning what a man and woman from sea level could and could not do at 4,000 meters even after weeks of acclimatizing.
Islands in the Sun
Boating to the solid and not-so-solid (floating) islands in blue, blue, blue Lake Titicaca.
Gotta Dance
Hunting for local dance performances in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, including one where you set a strip of paper attached to your partner's derriere on fire.
Fast Movers
Going to the Galapagos on one hour's notice and spending more money in a week than during the preceding two months.
The Natural Selection of Beer
Study of the contrasts and similarities between Darwin's theory of evolution and the development of the microbrewery.
Off the Gringo trail
Why we didn't ride on top of the train down the Devil's Nose.
Tongues of Fire
Fake story that makes it sound like the Spousal Unit and I got caught in a volcanic eruption.
Show me the Money
Successful countermeasures deployed to thwart amateur petty thieves and accommodate professional robbers in the Andes.
Land of Midgets
Why we needed to spend $US100 to ship souvenirs home from Otavallo, the best Indian market in South America.
Chocolate From Scratch
Chocolate does not grow on trees but cocoa does and all the conversion takes is a six-pack of beer and a large clump of bananas.
My Millenium
While the entire globe anticipated this event for years, I did not decide how to celebrate it until the night before.
Kotex in Cartegena
Learning experience in a foreign city that demonstrates what happens when a writer gets bored.
Water World
Answers that age-old question about the tropics: does standing frequently in the rain keep one cooler than swimming in a river full of piranhas?
Bosoms and Buttocks
Sights and more sights along the endless beautiful beaches of eastern Brazil.