Daily Archives: December 23, 2005
The Outer Limits of Globalization
Sitting in the Plaza de Armas of Carhuaz, a small town of some 3,000 inhabitants, almost all Native Americans, one is struck by the contrasts of cultures and world-views. It is not quite a Clash of Civilizations, except as the … Continue reading
Planes, Toyotas and Moto-taxis
One of the reasons that we love the city of Carhuaz, high in the Peruvian Andes, is that is has changed so little over the years. The people look, talk, dress and act just the same. The same stores sell … Continue reading
If at First You Dont Succeed
We heard back from our trusted tech-tester that the Peru video we tried to post earlier this week “doesn’t decode correctly” which means no one can see it. Oh well, we can only plead difficulties of connectivity and lack of … Continue reading
Breathless in the Andes
A scary episode night before last. Up here at almost 10,000 feet, at the very edge of access to Western medicine, we suddenly found we couldn’t breath. It woke us up in the middle of the night, the feeling that … Continue reading
Dowbrigade, Newshound
Although we are ostensibly on vacation, the mind never takes a vacation, or rather the mind takes its vacations when distracted by sex or powerful psychotropic substances, from whence it sends back no post cards. But up here at altitude, … Continue reading