Quito, darling, you ain’t all as bad as they as they say you are ….
Namdeo Dhasal – Two Poems
Their Eternal Pity
Now Now
Day 29, Amazon Bound
Well, this was one heck of a day. Jumping out of bed at 2:30 am to be at Quito’s main airport by 4:00 am to jump on a flight to Bogota and then jump on another flight to Leticia. Even though we were all somewhat travel-weary, we were happy to board the plane for a two hour trip to Leticia, the southernmost city in Columbia. With twenty minutes to go, […]
Pablo Neruda’s Poetry – It’s Life Itself
One of the greatest poets of modern day.
KWP Poems
Dabbling in the Eternal Internal
One Night In Bangkok – A Short Story
Three friends in Bangkok, one with very big news.
Scorched – A Short Story
Outback Australian short story.
Ah, life!
We are all in his together.
The Paramo Trek – Colombia
The Paramo Trek, located in the Columbian Andes, a unique trek for all avid trekkers to experience.
Untouchable
At what point can women feel comfortable to say ‘fuck off and let me work’ without a fear of retribution?
Day 27 – Quito Darling Here We Come
It’s an up late kind of day, by that I mean, seven thirty. There were a couple of Toucan sightings, but to be honest, because they don’t want to play the game, I tire of their non-compliant attitudes. We are off to the big city of Quito today. Leaving late we exit though the windy hills, I fill my mind with daydreams to pass the time. Getting stuck behind large […]
Day 26 – Up In The Cloud Forest Called Mindo
Not much planned for the day, but the musings of everyday life in another country is always set to grab the mind and spin it in a new direction. Mindo, is a sleepy town. It wakes around 1:00pm. This means we get to go hang out with the birds early in the morning. The hummingbirds are out in full force. I never knew they were so tiny. I suppose they […]
Day 24 – Bookings and Bribes to Mindo
When driving to Mindo through Quito, try not to get fined.
Day 25 – Rainforests of Mindo
Rainforests, cable cars, lovely dogs of Mindo
Day 23 – Cotopaxi National Park and Machachi ???
Machachi – really? Did we have to?
Day 22 – Day Three Quilitoa Loop Trek
Day three of Quilitoa Loop – last day woohoo!
Day 21 – Day Two Quilitoa Loop Trek
Quilitoa Loop day two.
Day 20 – Day One Quilitoa Loop, Ecuador
First day always exciting to start a new trek.
Day 19 – The Roar of El Painlo De Diablo and More
Off the the giant swings in the cloud this morning. A great little side trip to the top of the mountain about 14km south Of Baños. I am so happy we decided to chance driving in Ecuador and get a hire car. Just makes it so easy to get around. The Giant Swings were great, even if they did leave me feeling a little queasy. Soon though, on our next […]
Day 18 – Baños, Here We Come
We wake early, it’s a natural body clock thing me thinks. Take a quick walk around Riobamba. It’s a town of 250,000. Our guide from yesterday told us, the current government for the town are not at all pro-active and therefore there seems to be no new infrastructure, no positive plans to move forward as a town. It is like the town itself is in a slow wind down, some […]
Day 17 – Hello Chimborazo You Majestic Volcano
We get to Riobamba late afternoon. First thing, see if we can organise a mountain biking trip down Chimborazo Volcano. It doesn’t look good seeings that it is late Sunday evening. As luck would have it, as it usually does. We found ProCycles was open so we hot tailed our way over to them quick smart. Low and behold, they had no tours booked for Monday which meant it would […]
Day Sixteen – Alausi and The Devils Nose Train
Love the town, not sold on the train. Amen.
Day Fifteen – Back On Mainland and Treacherous Fog
Woah mama that was a hard drive.
Day Fourteen – Sleepy San Christobel
Lazy, hazy days with sea lions and frigates.
Day Thirteen – The Highlands with a Sore Butt and Burning Kneecaps
Mountain biking in the highlands of San Christobel – oh the pain.
Day Eleven – Come sing me la! Come sing me Tortuga Bay
Vernon’ll meet me when the BOAC lands
Keys to th M. G. will be in his hands
Adjust to the driving ‘n’ I’m on my way
It’s all on the right side in Montego Bay
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Come sing me la! Come sing me Tortuga Bay
Day Twelve – Hello San Christobel – Aern’t You Pretty?
A quaint, cute, almost trendy little town (almost). Beaches are perfect.