I woke up this morning to an email from my friend and colleague Kushal with this link to the Huffington Post. I clicked through and saw this picture: Kushal (right) is the CEO of Vittana, an education microfinance organization I’m volunteering for. There are certain moments in your life where clever words or simple smiles don’t [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Game Changers and Change Makers
Posted in Gratitude Lists, Peru, Things we like, Thoughts from the road on October 30, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Drinking in the Rain
Posted in Post Cards, Snark, Things we like on October 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Glass of marginally good wine, plus Eclipse in Spanish. Call me a happy camper. I heart the rain sometimes. I just re-read that last post and realized that it sounds like we’re having a horrible time here. Not so. We did have one rather crap day (that I now can shake my head and laugh [...]
Recipe for Grumpy
Posted in Peru, Post Cards, Snark on October 23, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Did you ever read that book, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day“? Well, insert “Garrett and Katie” for “Alexander” and you had us a few days ago. No, we didn’t have a case of the Mondays. We had the case of the stupids. What else in God’s name would have encouraged [...]
Some thoughts on road blocks
Posted in Thoughts from the road on October 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
We were on our way home from Ingapirca, when we felt the bus slow down. And then we saw this outside our bus window: Road block. Although not an unusual occurrence in Ecuador, it was certainly a unique experience for us. We’d read about the disturbances and the riots between the local indigenous communities and [...]
MIA and back again…
Posted in Thoughts from the road on October 15, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Well, we sort of dropped off for a few days there… hope we didn’t leave you stranded with you (almost) daily dose of travel, adventure and good ol’ Tenuver wit and charm! As you’ve probably gathered by now, we’re no longer in Cuenca, and in fact, we’re no longer in Ecuador! We’ve made it to [...]
Saying Goodbye in Style (to Cuenca)
Posted in Food, Post Cards, Things we like on October 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We left Cuenca on Sunday Oct 4th, but not before we got some good laughs (and cries) under our belt. Thursday was my last day of school (G had finished the day before). Us with our fab Spanish maestros Mayra (left) and Morcela (right). We learned a ton at Escuela Amauta with our teachers [...]
Incan Ruins – Not too shabby
Posted in Post Cards on October 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
NOTE: I’ve had a few folks (Kushal, mostly) taunting me to put up photos of the Incan ruins we were visiting when I was supposed to be blogging and doing my Spanish homework. Well… it may not be the funniest or most insightful post so far, but really, it was a good trip. And here [...]
Why God Invented Sports Bras
Posted in Post Cards on October 7, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Loja was uneventful; really just a place to rest our heads for a night on our way to Villcabamba, the Valley of Longevity. Horseback-riding in the Valley of Longevity. Survey says… Not bad. Not bad at all. Some of our dear friends had mentioned that it (Villcabamba, not Loja… which has gotten across the board [...]
13,671 Feet and Counting…
Posted in Post Cards on October 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last weekend (after our very exciting musical events) we ventured out of the lovely city of Cuenca up into the mountains one of Ecuador’s national parks – The Cajas. The Cajas are just about an hour outside of Cuenca. Though not an enormous park, the Cajas have no fewer than 7 ecosystems, all of [...]
Some Real Cuencana Culture
Posted in Post Cards on October 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Cultural Event #4: We left Guns ‘n’ Roses early, but not without good reason (and I’m not talking about my limited appreciation for hair bands… well, I’m not just talking about that). Turns out that our lovely town of Cuenca has started having culture nights every Friday as a way to build their reputation as [...]
