And 25 days later, the road winds itself to an end. It’s always a bit of a shock after a trip of some length to find it over, as in reflection it almost invariably seems to have passed quickly, and yet at times it may ground to such a halt that the second hands seems… Read More Long Time Running
Hot…very hot. I made it to Tena, an unremarkable small town at the foot of the Andes. It was 28 degrees at 6pm today, nearly 90 for the Americans in the room. Hot. Spent a lot of time sweating today, but then that part only served to remind me of time spent in Asia. It… Read More Days of Being Wild
Ahhh…Ecuador. I don’t know why, and it doesn’t seemed tied to economics as Peru actually has a higher per capita income. Yet everything is better here. It seems to be an instance where the little things do indeed make up life. Streets are cleaner, stray dogs fewer, people friendlier, food tastier, architecture more memorable. If… Read More Streetlife Serenade
I sit in a stuffy cubicle at an Internet bar off the Panamerican Highway in northern Peru, typing here and hopeful that the thus-far lackluster Internet connection will hold long enough so that I needn’t retype everything that is to follow. It’s the last day in Peru; indeed, the last hours are near. By dawn… Read More In the Books
The next stop was Huaraz, a smallish city nestled up in a valley (yes, a valley) at a height of over 10,000 feet. To pardon a pun, it was rare air and I don’t know if but for a few exceptions that I’ve spent any time over such an altitude. It would have been a… Read More Soroche, We Meet Again
Looking back to last week, I´m not sure what exactly I was thinking to come to Peru and assume Lima would be just another large city. Eight million inhabitants didn´t quite register to me as a lot, and I´ll admit a bit of hubris in thinking that after dealing with the big cities of Asia,… Read More What´s in a nombre?
Nearly two years after what I thought was to be my final post on this blog, I find myself here again. In the intervening time I have had the chance to visit corners of the US that I’d not seen before and to reconnect with my family roots as well as friends near and… Read More Back in the Saddle
Zak Abroad 