In the past decade there has been a 180 % jump in costermongering. Costermongers are showing up in communities all over the USA. It is purported that over 8,000 cities in the United States now have significant gatherings of these people. There seems to be little to stop them. This grass roots approach to commerce …
In the blink of a news cycle the world has become geographically familiar with Reunion Island. Airplane parts have drifted to the Reunion shoreline. That flotsam may have been part of the ill fated flight MH 370, a suspected highjacking. People pay attention to geography when things go good or when things go real bad. …
We kick back at the Blackbird Woodfire Pizza and enjoy an above average pizza and desert. We are exceedingly weary and prone to a bit of reflection. The street is being swept and cleaned as we look out the window and enjoy our meal. In no time at all, the tidiness of this city will …
The hood of the car would open and my high school buddies would look wide eyed as they peered into the engine compartment. They could not have been more in awe of this marvel of technology. I grew up in a town of four thousand and this was an event of significance. We had never …
Quite some time ago I got to attend a rather exclusive event called International Guitar Seminars. It was held in NYC at Columbia University. The founders of this seminar were well regarded in the field of music and guitar playing. One founder went on to be given the World Music Guitarist of the Year Award-by …
NO PHOTO’S PLEASE ! Seek No Further – Guinea pigs, Shamans and the Supernatural. We are traveling to the hilltop Chullpas of Sillustani known for pre-Inkan circular funerary towers built of basalt and frozen in time. They are a product of arrested development, late in their building a group of explorers from Spain made landfall. …
Our first train ride took us to Augas Caliente. We were seated with students from Galudette University. When we were seated across from them we realized they were deaf. My wife had the presence of mind to sign to them a greeting and her name. They realized we spoke english and were from the U.S.A. …
The last day spent in Peru was the highlight. Our host invites us to his silver factory. This is the culmination of years of friendship. We have sold their silver jewelry in our store and now we are able to see where it is born! We find our way down the twisted streets of …
We leave Lima and catch a plane to Cusco. We will acclimate for a few days in this city of a million people. It is two miles high and at this elevation it will help us with our endurance in the coming days. A long awaited trek, to Ollantaytambo is up the roadway in the …
Peruvian travel, here we come. I press the GO button. We’ve been to numerous Caribbean Islands and we’ve been to the middle Americas. The chance to go to Peru has loomed large the past few years and at long last we’ve determined that it is time to go. Our friend Marcy has family in …