March 2012
143 posts
iwishiwasindie asked: Hello! My name is Jovonnie. I'm going to Cuenca, Ecuador this summer for 5 weeks and staying with a host family. I noticed you traveled around South America, do you think you could tell me about the best things you saw in Cuenca? I am soooo excited to go!!! :)
maryjanepeterson asked: Just wanted you to know that you have more than 3 followers. I saw the article in the Pioneer Press and have been following you since then. It hasn't been easy, because I had to sign up for tumblr to finally comment. I am enjoying your photos and your commentary, living vicariously through you. How long are you going to be traveling?
gabiluna1 asked: Not a question just a comment, I'm Ecuadorian didn't like your story about Ecuador one bit, hate when people makes us look as just a bunch of old houses, wild animals on your yard ,indigenous etc etc. Is true is part of our identity,that I'm proud but is not just that, there's beautiful modern architecture as well as fantastic old town churches in Quito or Cuenca, there's...
timobility1980 asked: Hi Natalie, I read your Peru article in the Pioneer Press this morning and loved it. I am heading to Cusco in a few days and will face the same rain and mud that made your trek so interesting last month. From one stiletto girl to another (kidding--I'm 54 years old and would kill myself in those things--but wish I could wear them), do I need to wear rubber rain shoes or can I get away with...
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Buenos Aires, city of love
All right, look. I know I’ve been a bad blogger. But here’s the deal: I’m in Buenos Aires. There has been so, so, so much to do. Like shop and shop and eat and shop and see a museum and visit the oldest subway car in the oldest metro stop in the oldest metro station in the whole of South America.
I’ve had a lot on my plate.
But here: Buenos Aires is everything...
Aguacita
Wherever you go in South America (or at least, between Ecuador and Peru and Chile and Argentina), you generally pay for your water, and you always have two options: sin gas or con gas (regular or sparkling). I generally prefer regular. I always say “agua sin gas.” And unfailingly, I am always brought agua con gas. After nearly three months of being ignored, I could cry over this. Is it...
“It was passed from one bird to another,
the whole gift of the day.
The day...”
– “Bird”, Pablo Neruda.
