Groomed by Nacho and whipped by a shaman.
“How about we go to Papallacta, the town in the mountains near Quito rumored to have the best hot springs in the country, relax, email, and write about our jungle trip?” Good plan,… Continue reading
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Movement
Apparently someone issues these weekly photo challenges? I am guessing I’m too late for this one, and supposed to pick one, but we’re catching a bus in a bit and I’m curious what y’all… Continue reading
If the caimans don’t get you, the scorpion spiders will.
Since leaving Costa Rica I have been surprised at how little wildlife is left (or at least visible) in this part of the world (no offense Colombia) so I had my doubts about… Continue reading
My urethra did just fine in Cuyabena National Park.
Dude, there’s this fish in the Amazon that swims into your wiener, then twists its head sideways and, like, never comes out. It just lives in there. Forever. I heard they have to… Continue reading
Becoming an Ecuadorian uncle, public aerobics with Grace Jones, and men in leather briefs.
Thank the Incan gods (Imahmana Viracocha?) it was a fast case of food poisoning, though I opted for some safe home-cooked quinoa and veggies for awhile (with the added paranoia of the recently… Continue reading
Change of plans, the Amazon will have to wait.
In Nicaragua I ate pork tacos and drank mysterious beverages out of plastic bags sold by vendors on the buses. In Costa Rica I ate wild mangoes basically scooped up off the sidewalk.… Continue reading
Anybody seen a trumpet-playing Mexican around here?
We’re sitting at breakfast yesterday talking to a couple from Ireland, and once I manage to drag myself above an animal level of delight at their accents, I realized that their words are… Continue reading
A nice day hike around Pokhara, Nepal.
The skyline above Pokhara is normally dominated by the epic snow and stone bulk of Machapuchare, one of those incredible Himalayan peaks that are unbelievably…themselves. We caught a look at it one afternoon… Continue reading
First week in Nepal, Part 1
Well hello. Alive and well in Kathmandu. I like the idea of going two months without touching the internet, but here I am, and there you are. How are you by the way?… Continue reading
First week in Nepal, Part 2
Given that the waterfall regularly closes down the road (there are basically only two highways in Nepal, one going NE of Kathmandu, one SE) so we realized that if we managed to cross,… Continue reading
