The primary goal in going to Bolivia was to see the Uyuni Salt Flats. For years, we have seen photos of a mirror-like surface that stretched for miles, and we wanted to see it (and photograph it, of course!) for ourselves. We decided to go to Bolivia in the rainy season on a “private tour,” […]
Bolivia 2 – Copacabana
After leaving La Paz, one of our first stops was to Copacabana, on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca (you can see our visit to the Peruvian side last month here). To cross the lake, while staying on the Bolivian side of the border, you take tiny car ferries that only take two vehicles at […]
Bolivia 1 – La Paz
We have thought about going to Bolivia for many years. We kept putting it off due the extreme altitude of the region, ranging from a low 12,000 feet to as much as 18,000 feet in places. We were concerned that Burt’s health issues might present problems at such high altitudes. The doctors in our new […]
Christmas 2022 in Cuenca
The Christmas Eve Pase del Niño Viajero parade used to be massive, lasting for 8 hours and involving at least 20% of the city’s citizens. COVID put a sudden and unexpected stop to the continued growth of this parade in 2019, with the parade being forbidden in both 2019 and 2020. Last year, in 2021, […]
Lima, Peru 2 – Museums
We also visited other museums in Lima. One of the largest is the Larco Museum, which has been on every list of “must see” attractions in Lima, displaying one of the largest collections of pre-Colombian artifacts. Lorena had gone earlier on her own, and said there was no reason to take any photographs this time. […]
Lima, Peru 1 — Food, Death and Art
We went to Lima primarily to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. We spent an extra week to explore Lima, since our last visit here was in 1999, or 23 years ago. Since then, Lima has been transformed and is now known as the culinary capital of South America. We started by taking TripAdvisor’s top rated […]
Peru – Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca is a UNESCO heritage site and is the highest navigable fresh water lake in the world at an elevation (12,507′). It is also the largest lake in South America, bordering Peru and Bolivia. There are an estimated 70 – 114 small floating islands, with the bulk scattered in the shallow depths of the […]
Los Toldos and beyond, Argentina
Enroute to Los Toldos, the home of JT and Betty, as well as the birthplace of Eva Perón, we made a number of stops along the 6-hour drive(180 miles) to explore local towns, tourist attractions, food and ice cream stops as well as gas stops. Almost every city has a town square serving as a […]
Buenos Aires 2022 Tango
We are off on another multi-month, multi-country adventure. We started this trip by visiting two friends, JT and Betty, who moved from Cuenca, Ecuador earlier this year. We met them in Buenos Aires, and spent a couple nights in this cosmopolitan city of 15 million, before driving the 6 hours to their home in Los […]
Video – Living in Ecuador as an Expat
Since joining the Eyes of Hawaii photography club in Honolulu, several people were asking me about what it was like to live in Ecuador. Being a photography club, I decided the best way to explain it was by creating a slide show / video for them. In looking over our photographic resources from our living […]
