My day started with a lovely bus ride into Otavalo on the morning of November 2. After visiting Maria and Javier just a few days before, and seeing the mountains from where they live, I was able to watch from above as the bus wound it’s way through the mountains, Read more
When we left Agato in January, I made a promise to come back to color with the children of friends who own my favorite coffee/chocolate shop in Otavalo. Arriving here in Ecuador last year with 4 trunks as well as my suitcases, I had the idea of sharing both beading Read more
GOOGLE TRANSLATION: there are places where the translation is not perfect, but the article itself is a good testimony to the destructive nature of mining. This article was forwarded to me by my friend David, who among many others would be greatly affected by the decision to have a mine Read more
You know you have adapted when you watch 2 men get on the bus carrying machetes and you don’t think twice about it. Speaking about the bus, I know how much I have grown and changed since arriving because I got through the whole mountain range before I realized I Read more
I had been warned over a week ago there could be another strike here in Ecuador, so this time I thought I would be prepared. As I said to my dear friend back home, it will probably not be so bad this time if there is a strike because we Read more
A few weeks ago I had made the decision to go to Bolivia for my next adventure. I didn’t really expect it would be an easy journey because with Mali transportation may prove difficult, but I felt it was an important next step. After everything kind of collapsed regarding the Read more
I just wanted to share this article today (I could not imbed the article, so copied it instead) because it is the first one I have read that clearly understands the difficulties of the oil and gas industry and the impact it has on so many people. His views are Read more
My introduction to Flamenco guitar music one Christmas Morning was an album by Ottmar Liebert, and I have been a fan ever since. He continues to be one of my all time favourites since that morning so many years ago. Best Christmas present ever!!! I was thinking of this song Read more
October 22, 2019: Things did not go as I’d hoped on this day – the day of our final meeting with the Mayor of Cotacachi. We had an appointment with him for 10:00, it was a bit of scramble to get all 3 of us in the same place at Read more
Since my last post, I have been struggling to get back to writing more. There seems to be a large part of me not willing to continue on with the blog. I am not really sure why I fee this way, and so decided it was best if I just Read more