Fotoz Friday: Meetings with a View
Foto Friday is back and better than ever! Actually, I just added a “z” at the end of “Foto” to make it seem cool. What do you think? Impressed? I figured, one photo on Friday was just a tease, so I added a “z” and vow to bring you multiple photos every Friday to distract […]
The Village You’ll Never Visit
It’s a 2-hour bus ride from the city of Sucre to the village of Morado K’asa where BiblioWorks has established one of their eight libraries. This has been my home away from home, away from home for the last few months as I’ve spent three days a week working in the library to develop and […]
Portraits of A Bolivian Book Fair & The Feelings Involved
I’m writing this post from 35,000 feet in the air on my way from Santa Cruz, Bolivia to Cancun, Mexico. As I squeeze into the middle-row seat on a 6-hour flight between 2 layovers and an overnight bus ride, nothing can push me off the feeling I have at this moment. The feeling is of […]
Volunteering at the Monkey Rescue Center in Puyo, Ecuador
The trip to Paseos Los Monos almost never happened. I was enjoying my time in Baños and questioned if the hour bus trip to Puyo for a typical, over-staged monkey photo was worth it. I was also a bit hesitant to see how tourists and staff interacted with the monkeys, seeing too much poor treatment […]