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Entering Peru

Continuing my slow progress through our trip (Feb-March) to Ecuador and Peru. This entry covers the trip out of the Andes across the border to Peru, and then arriving in Cuzco… but first, a couple of things to reference.

First, the new book is out! “Ten Years That Shook the City: San Francisco 1968-78” is […]

To Ingapirca and Cuenca

Chimborazo partially obscured by clouds as we finally catch a glimpse far to the west of it.

Our journey continues through the Ecuadorian Andes (sorry to all who might be waiting for me to finish this… my plate in San Francisco has been super full lately, so I’m trying to get to this […]

Salinas de Guaranda: A Nowtopian Town in Ecuador

From Guaranda we rode in the back of a Camioneta to Salinas de Guaranda, a little over an hour further into the brilliant green mountains of the Ecuadorian Andes. We’d heard it was a remarkable place, a town far from the tourist track full of cooperative small businesses. We travelled in gray, increasingly wet weather […]