I like to explore and tell descriptive stories about places. I also make jewelry, music and mixed-media art.
Dates of travel – 25 July – 6 August, 2015 Date of writing – Autumn, 2017 This week i look back to those difficult 10 days i spent volunteering at a well-known reserve deep in the Peruvian rainforest, but did not want to go public about what happened there until now. While staying at the […]
Read More Beauty, Abuse, and Isolation in the Deep Forest – Tapiche ReserveIQUITOS to YURIMAGUAS, ida-vueltaAUGUST 2015 I am aboard the Eduardo VIII, one of the legendary slow boats known as lanchas that go along the wide rivers of the Amazon region in lowland South America. The word lancha means ‘barge’ and they transport cargo, including foods, propane tanks, and even mototaxis; they also carry passengers at […]
Read More LANCHAS, SLOW BOATS of the AMAZONAugust 17, 2015Arriving in the port of Yurimaguas after three days on a dreamy lancha boat filled with bored men, I am ready to bathe in a cool pool in the deep forest. First, however, it’s two or three hours in a crowded combi across the Cordillera Escalara, the last mountain range before the rivers […]
Read More Tarapoto, Lamas, Moyobamba: the Yungas of San Martin, PeruHere I am at an internet enfoq in a neighborhood in Iquitos, Loreto, Peru, the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, a good place as any to begin these travel stories. This blog will focus on Peru and Bolivia for a while since that is my current journey, but will eventually include places in North America […]
Read More birth in Iquitos…..CUSCO TO NAZCA, PERU July 20 2015 Clang, squeal. The bus breaks down before sunrise. Hours of delay….morning, where are we? On the carretera, up from Nazca, with barren brown mountains, sand, and cold air. I looked at this bus before getting on and had this thought of it breaking down. But the price was […]
Read More Nazca and the bus ride from CuscoPISAQ, CUSCO, PERU JULY 2015 While in Cusco I heard about a local, seasonal fiesta happening during the 15-20 of July. It’s held in honor of the Virgen del Carmen, who represents the mestizo of Peru, and is celebrated mainly in two or three towns outside of Cusco. For the town of Paucartambo, it is […]
Read More Virgen del Carmen – Pisaq – CuscoPuno, Peru June 20, 2015 Dawn on Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake on Earth, on the solstice, is a magical point in space and time. The bus terminal at Puno, Peru’s city on the lake, seems set for a perfect sunrise view with the port in front and the hills on each side. However, […]
Read More LAKE TITICACA, UROS, PUNO: THE PERUVIAN SIDEArequipa is a beautiful city, from the volcanoes sitting to the east above it, to the iconic sillar volcanic rock churches, monasteries, and other buildings in the centro. Most of the grey-white sillar material came from Chachani, the craggy, more northern volcano. Even the hostels are sillar with arches, giving a gothic, sonorous feel to […]
Read More Arequipa – the ´white´cityFirst, I suggest to anyone planning to travel to Arequipa or the south of Peru from Lima, to go by bus. It’s a 17 hour ride on the Panamerica Sur, which spans the length of South America, following the rocky Pacific coast along most of the way. Several companies have buses that leave in late […]
Read More Arequipa – Panamerica Sur from LimaTRUJILLO AREA, PERU June 2015 Trujillo is a mid-size city on the Panamerican Norte on the north coast of Peru. The climate is similar to Lima and the central coast, but a little warmer. During June, the season changes from sunny to foggy and gray, which happened over the days I was there. Yellow cathedrals […]
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