Quito Encore
I have a day to myself in Quito before I join my tour group and I decide to spend it walking around the old part of town. One of the things… Read more »
I have a day to myself in Quito before I join my tour group and I decide to spend it walking around the old part of town. One of the things… Read more »
It is 6:30 am as my plane rises over the northern hills of Quito heading south toward the old city of Cuenca. In this country of perpetual 12-hour days,… Read more »
Quito is a world-class city. And consequently it has major rush hour traffic problems. It is surrounded by hills and volcanoes and large apartment complexes now climb steeply up most… Read more »
This morning our Black Monster steam locomotive cuts a narrow swath through an idyllic landscape. We clatter along through rich agricultural land, rectangles and strips of land growing various produce,… Read more »
Our train is passing through a landscape of primeval heavy woods, fed by the waterfalls and constant dripping moisture from the forest canopy absorbing the water coming from the Pacific… Read more »
The excitement of pulling out of a foreign train station, with the station bell ringing and the steam engine puffing/blowing its black smoke song, is like no other. A train… Read more »
After 14 hours of traveling, my cab ride through the quiet, shuttered streets of downtown Guayaquil at 1 am gave the impression of a clean manageable town. The largest… Read more »
Varya is visiting a country she has never explored, Ecuador, armed with a few lessons of beginning Spanish. She will fly into Guayaquil and board the “Train to the… Read more »
Battambang is a former French colonial district capital in Cambodia and I have long wanted to visit it to explore its architectural heritage. My friend Melanie and I decided to… Read more »
I feel a strong pull toward understanding the history of the British Raj in South and Southeast Asia. If one believes in reincarnation, you could hypothesize that I was the… Read more »