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Guayaquil: A Change Will Do You Good

Guayaquil: A Change Will Do You Good

Guayaquil: A Change Will Do You Good. June 9.  I slept so hard on the bus that the driver had to wake me up in my seat at Peruvian/Ecuador immigration.  The man next to me and I were the only two people left on the bus.  I need some real rest.  Exit stamp.  Hasta Luego Peru.  I will not miss you.  I will not miss having 18 year olds in bars trying to sell my cocaine and I will not...

An Encarnación Celebration

An Encarnación Celebration

An Encarnación Celebration. March 24. Encarnación is a town that sells cups and bottles made out of a cows hoof.  Really.  I have never seen something like this before.  The cup base it the hoof of the cow, and the drinking apparatus on the top is made out of a hollowed out horn.  They are gorgeous and stylish for drinking terere.  The woman who made them, with two thumbs on her one right hand, had also artistically crafted champagne or a...