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Christmas Candy Dec 4th in Cuenca
There are Christmas lights already being hung in Parque Calderon. On balconies, in store front windows and living rooms, trees are dressed with lights, nativity scenes, tinsel, peppermint sticks and brightly colored Christmas ornaments. This little...
Parque Calderone PowWow Celebrating ex-pats, visitors, locals, foreign investors, government dignitaries
On a Carol tip, this event celebrates the integration of foreign ex-pats into the Ecuadorian community. In a city leaning towards five hundred thousand there are estimates that twenty thousand Americans have relocated to Cuenca, not that many for...
Hat and Map In the travel bag
We aren't talking Dr. Suess, but my Hat and Map belong in one of his books. I don't like maps because they are a pain to carry, unfold, find north without a compass. The streets on the map are hard to read and intersections look like rat's nests. In the...
Cuenca Out and about
Before breakfast, Cuenca is a blank tablet. On the streets are a few people, stray dogs, taxi drivers, construction men headed for jobs. Churches aren't open, retail shops are locked tight, and, as you explore, the Historical District is shut down tight...
Dorado Panaderia In the Cuenca Historical District
If you like strolling empty sidewalks with little traffic, and only a few walkers, seven in the morning is good in Cuenca, Ecuador. It is a downhill jaunt from the end of Munoz Luis Cordero to the Parque Calderone. There are many General streets in this...
Leaving Belize/ Arriving Ecuador In transit
Leaving one place and moving to another is more difficult when you have enjoyed your stay. Then you have one place tugging at one arm and another place tugging at the other. The Caribbean is worn, tattered, frayed, chipped, pieced together, bright...
Hand Fishing from the pier Didn't catch a thing
This pier is at the end of the Perla Escondita Condos. With tomorrows departure looming, I find my Yo Yo, a bag of frozen shrimp, hooks and swivels and weights and try my hands at some hand fishing in Belize. It takes a minute to figure out how to cast...
San Pedro Town Catholic Church During the week
The San Pedro Town Catholic Church fronts the Caribbean Sea, just like every other bar, restaurant, and lodging in town.. As you walk the length of the beach you can look over a fence that separates church grounds from the beach and see cement seats and...
Hol Chan Snorkel Trip to Hol Chan Marine Reserve, Belize
We start on a clear day, end in a driving rain, complete a two hour guided tour of the Hol Chan Marine Reserve, The fish are many, the coral reef is intact, and there have to be more snorkelers in this reserve than fish. I start my snorkel with ten...
Coconut Jose selling water
This morning Jose scampers up a coconut tree on the Island Academy grounds and separates coconuts from their necks. They fall with a thud to the sand where he collects them, uses his machete to scalp them, then pours coconut water into plastic jugs that...
Night time in San Pedro Town in search of papusas
The papusa is an El Salvadorean snack. It is a grilled soft tortilla, much like a pancake, stuffed with chicken, pork, cheese, beef, and condiments. They are $1.25 U.S. at this El Salvadorean restaurant in downtown San Pedro Town. Night in...
Christmas Decorating Crazy Canuck's
As quick as Thanksgiving goes, Christmas is nipping at its heels. The girls at Crazy Canuck's, on a Friday afternoon, have opened cardboard boxes and are decorating. Stockings hang over the liquor shelves, tinsel is hung around the bar's ceiling, an...
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