Counting dead bodies, chewing coca leaves and feasting on llamas Puno, by Lake Titicaca, Peru. Since I left Santiago, I have been wondering through the...
Dear All, I have uploaded lots of photos onto the net. Go to: http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/twc-nomad/lst Click on Chile - Mainland and Peru (followed...
Peru: Guinea pig for lunch, Disneyland meets the Inca ,and other strange tales of Lake Titicaca I am now writing from Cusco, the old capital of the Incas, an...
Peru - Machu the Picchu and visiting a SexyWoman in raining season I spent the past week in Cusco, once capital of the Inca Empire, one of the greatest land...
Meeting Miss Peru and pondering about sexual positions In the past week, I have escaped from the cold, wet Peruvian Highlands into the arid, desert plains of...
I fed on alligators and piranhas, and mosquitoes fed on me, Colombia tomorrow! Can you imagine a city with half a million people in the deep jungle,...
More photos have been uploaded at: http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/twc-nomad/lst Click "Peru", followed by either "Nazca" or "Iquitos-Amazon". Apologies...
In Colombia Now! And a 2nd foray into Brazil. Woke out at 5:45am this morning to go to an air force base near Iquitos. It's a small 6 (excluding the two...
Trouble in Colombia and Slow Boat on the Amazon Shortly after that last email I sent in Leticia, Colombia, parts of this Colombian city suddenly fell into...
Leaving Peru Into Ecuador: More gold, more bodies, more sex and lots of rain and misery After an exciting time in Iquitos and Leticia, I returned to Lima...
Galapagos: We swam with sharks, sea lions, penguins and iguanas Imagine this: You get up after sun rise and found the boat off a green island topped by...
Quito, Ecuador: Life is a philosophy at high altitudes I arrived in Ecuador two weeks ago from Peru. The endless banana plantations of El Oro ("Gold")...
A para in my previous posting has prompted a curious note from a friend: After one of the several nights of excesses, I climbed Mt Cotapaxi but forgot that I...
Dear All, I have fully uploaded my photos of Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. Go to this page and click on Ecuador and Galapagos albums for the numerous...
Colombia: Fun in Bogota and wondering about the war "By that lake of Guatavita they made a great raft of reeds... They undressed the heir, anoited him with...
Cartagena, Colombia: Exploring History and Survival Guide to Guerillas & Dead-squads in Colombia After Bogota, I flew to Cartagena, Colombia's famous historic...
Costa Rica: Rice and Beans, Beans and Rice. "In Macondo, nothing has happened, nor is happening, nor will ever happen." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred...
Nicaragua: Bulls’ testicles in the land of fire and revolution Nicaragua may be yet another land of volcanoes (remember how tired I have become of volcanoes...
Mad Rush Through Honduras, El Salvador & Belize Late, late, late. WeeCheng is behind schedule, and so he had to rush through Honduras, El Salvador and Belize....
For the Maya, time was born and had a name when the sky didn’t exist and the earth had not yet awakened. The days set out from the east and started walking. ...
Chiapas & Oaxaca, Mexico: Mayan Gods, Fried Grasshoppers & Beheaded Saints The incense has blackened the ceiling of the cathedral. The worshippers chanted...
Mexico: Tacos with Ants Eggs, Pretending to be a Beijing Commie and lots of Dead Bodies I am now in Puerto Veracruz, almost at the end of my journey through...
After Latin America, what's next ? So, it's end of Month Five. A bit of recap. I began my odyssey in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Sped across southern Brazil...
After one week in Bahamas and Miami, I am now in London preparing for the next stage of the journey. During my stay in Miami, a rogue salesman deleted 200...
Bahamas: Love Portions, Bad Stomach and Rainy Weather in the Sunny Isles WeeCheng at a beach resort ? That sounds like a recipe for a disaster story. Indeed,...
Note: Apologies, for I have no time completing my Miami story right now. Maybe next week. I was in Faroes Islands a few days ago and here's the story of this...
Tonight, I am flying to Athens, Greece, from where I would begin my one month journey through one of the past decade's hot spots, the Balkans of southeastern...
Tonight, I am flying to Athens, Greece, from where I would begin my one month journey through one of the past decade's hot spots, the Balkans of southeastern...
Thessaloniki, Greek Macedonia & Skopje, Republic of Macedonia: A Tale of Two Macedonias Thessaloniki, old Salonika. Pearl of the Aegean, Second City of the...
Belgrade, Serbia: Broken dreams and phoenix rising from ashes Belgrade, the White City. Capital of Serbia and the soon-to-be-abolished Yugoslav Federation, at...