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Living in a Fish Bowl; Swimming with the Guppies When I landed in Loja, Ecuador at the end of June...

Adventures and More in Loja: What is the Next Chapter? While it is not for everyone, I really enjoying landing...

“In Canada these cows are called Holsteins.” “It is the same name in Spanish,” Ana replied. That figures as the...

The Apartment in the Heart of Magical Medellin Looking for a perfect place to stay in the center of Medellin?...

Greetings. My trip — – June 26 to July 14, 2017 — from Medellin where I live to visit my...

Monday 26 June  – left for the Medellin airport at 07:00 Tuesday 27 June– arrived in Saskatoon 30 hours later....

How I Grew Up to be the Dullest Person on Earth When studying Spanish verbs became my passion I knew...

The Maestro — which simply means “master” — ambled into a poetry reading at Ambrosia, the restaurant that has become...

“Brace yourself,” instructed Alvaro, “here comes Raul.” Raul is an older man – somewhere between 67 and 92 years of...

It was a Saturday morning when Nick the tuk-tuk driver went to see Karen. “My mother sent me to tell...

“There Are Going to be a Lot of Surprises This Weekend” ¨How do you manage to do it?” June asked...

“Do you get many tourists here?” Sonia – the waitress at La Taverna bar – shook her head. Only a...

Investigating the Inner-Introvert in Ica How, exactly, did I manage to miss the “Beam me up, Scottie” instructions? Another side...

“But you can’t do that,” gasped Alvaro, “it is your niece’s wedding and the money should go to her and...