February 24, 2010 One of the BEST parts of visiting with Ricardo was that he helped me come up with a PLAN for arriving at Tierra del Fuego, my destination fr this trip. I’d been suffering considerable angst watching the weather get colder and colder down there, and was no longer sure if I could [...]
Dad's biopsy went well today. We're hoping Monday they'll tell us it's just a polyp and not his lung cancer returned. Love you Dad! #
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Here are some miscellaneous pics from my week in Quito. Meet Juan Jose, Argentinian TV producer. I said I was hungry and he cooked me an omelet. God I love motorcycle men that cook! (Lucky for me I have a great motorcycle man that cools already waiting for me back in the States…) How cool [...]
February 20-21, 2010 Ricardo invited me to his Birthday Party. His brother owns a popular discoteque in Quito, and that’s where the party was held. Oofa, it started at midnight! Ricardo runs Escuela de Motos. the only motorcycle School in Quito. There was a nice mix of all his friends and yes lots of motorcyclists. [...]
I've resurfaced from her week off the grid. I am in Nazca, Peru, and saw the famous Nazca lines. Today will be spent catching up on the blog #
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February 17, 2010 February 21, 2010 Wow. Beautiful Roads. Nothing like great scenery to help you forget the hollowness in your stomach after a proper and thorough emptying of it. This will would weird, but I feel “clean” (if weak from lack of sleep and unnatural stomach exercises). I even ate breakfast, although that was [...]
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Well, the short story is that I got sick and got taken in by strangers. I had my second bacteria of the trip (read: chronic diarrhea), and also developed a bad cough. An acquaintance whisked me off to his Doctor, then home to his wife, and I stayed at Hipocampo for a week. Pepe and [...]
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February 16, 2010 Well, it’s the last day of Carnival in Ecuador. It’s quite a raucus time, full of celebration and fiesta. One of the ways they celebrate is by throwing water at each other and spraying foam on everyone. Sounds like fun. Whereas leaving Colombia was straightforward, Ecuador is not. There’s a drunk guy [...]
February 16, 2010 Today’s agenda s a full one: Ipiaples and the beautiful Sanctuary of Las Lajas, a basilica church nestled in a crack between the mountains of southern Colombia. Then cross the border into Ecuador and hopefully make it to Quito all in one day. I have breakfast at the hotel and hit the [...]
