Note: this was started the day of this event and the section written at home is in bold and italics. Both are adequately stream of consciousness! Only a handful of kilometers from the South Sudan border there is an oven where a well decorated people raise cattle, sorgum, and wheat to meet their basic needs … Continue reading
We are all Ethiopian. Lucy was unearthed here, her body 3.2 million years old. I don’t imagine much mixing has happened, relative to the rest of the world, since this time. Here today and for at least 5 or 6 centuries the Afar people have toiled in this arid land eeking out a living. … Continue reading
Emany and the Borena kids getting together for a photo. When you ask people in Ethiopia to pose for a picture, they tighten up and lose their smile. We shouted, laugh, tickled, and smiled and got some to crack a smile. The thing about kids is they love to mimick. With crazy wing and dust … Continue reading
Before coming to trek the Simien Mountains you have already been in Ethiopia for at least a few days so you know some basic issues that may arise with communication, scheduling, and transport. We had many questions about how to organize when we arrived in Gondar and worked it out but hopefully this will save … Continue reading
A slightly chilled breeze blew some plastic bags and leaves past the stairs to the hotel. The pungent smell of piss and burning trash goes unnoticed. We walked into the street deciding that we don’t need to spend all our money at our hotel. The street is pitch black and we reminisce about how it … Continue reading
There are a variety of accommodations in Mindo, Ecuador spanning all budgets. I will say the best in town option is El Descanso (currently 18usd w/ breakfast). Rodney, is a superb host and he keeps a clean house. The rooms are rustic, clean, and the water is hot. The building is quite nice and he … Continue reading
A northern itinerary in the Galápagos Islands may take you to Santiago Island. The main attraction on Santiago Island are the dense numbers of fur sea lions vs. Galápagos sea lions (see the short post on the difference between fur sea lions and Galápagos sea lions here). The area around Egas Port was owned by … Continue reading
Living in Alaska, or anywhere, you get accustomed to what is around you. You don’t think much about it. You even take it for granted sometimes. However, if you look more closely there is usually a fair amount of fascinating, amazing, phenomenal, awesome stuff going on. For me one of those things is how life … Continue reading
Land based travel in the Galápagos Islands is common and less expensive than Galápagos Islands cruises. You don’t have to do a cruise (but you should) in the Galápagos Islands. It is easy to set up daily land based tours on your own in the from Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island and/or San Cristobal and … Continue reading
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